Wake (Audiobook) by Amanda Hocking, Nicola Barber

from BookishThings

Gemma has confidence and a love for the water. When boys begin going missing, Gemma's sister, Harper, forbids her to go on her nightly swims in the bay. The family dynamic stands out in this book. Harper has practically raised Gemma since their mother's accident. Both girls live with their father...

from jeneaw

Gemma is a young, very likable girl. She has a sister and father who care about her. Gemma loves the water. She is on the swim team and loves to train everyday, but not just in a pool, her favorite place is the ocean. Gemma share a very close relationship with her sister. I absolutely loved this ...

from sszkutak

Background: Gemma is a normal girl, except that she is obsessed with swimming, but how else is she going to make it to the Olympics? This summer Gemma is thrown a loop when three girls appear in her small town, making her and others uncomfortable. They invite Gemma to hang out with then and she b...

from elliepotten

This is the first book in Hocking's Watersong series, and it's mostly about a girl called Gemma. She's a brilliant swimmer and local beauty (the natural lovely kind, not a primped and preened prima donna) who loves nothing more than taking off for nighttime swims in the bay, marvelling at the sta...

from Emily_Anne

For fans of Amanda Hocking's Trylle series, you might find Wake a little lacking of the magical charm she set in her other books, but Wake was still a tremendously wonderful read. In fact, right after I read it, I bought the second book, Lullaby, and read it that same day. In the goodreads descri...