The Sound of Drowning

by Katherine Fleet

Meredith Hall has a secret. Every night, she takes the ferry to meet Ben - her best friend and first love, who she has a second chance with. Until Wyatt washes ashore - a brash new guy with a Texas twang and a personality bigger than his home state. He makes Mer feel reckless, excited, and alive in ways that cut through her perpetual gloom. Slowly, they form a cautious friendship.

But a storm is brewing in the Outer Banks. When it hits, Mer will find her heart tearing in half and her carefully constructed reality slipping back into the surf. She’ll soon discover that even the most deeply buried secrets have a way of surfacing, and as they do, she’ll have to come to grips with the fact that nothing is forever - especially second chances.

• ISBN10: 1624147119
• ISBN13: 9781624147111
• Publish Date: 1 April 2019
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 4 April 2022
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Page Street Publishing Co.
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 384
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

Rating: 4.5 Stars

She betrayed her best friend and first love, and thought she had lost him forever. The guilt forced Meredith to isolate and abandon the things that brought her joy, until she met Wyatt. The exact opposite of Ben, Wyatt helped Meredith work through her pain, but will embracing her friendship with Wyatt result in betraying Ben?

• Pro: Fleet did a fantastic job laying this story out. She kept me reading, because I had to get to the truth, and she expertly meted it out to me, piece by piece.

• Pro: I thought I had the whole thing figured out. I believed the big THING was one of two options, and it was revealed, that I was right. And THEN, there was more revealed, which I wasn't shocked by, but didn't expect. And THEN, this third thing comes out of nowhere, which really surprised me. All I have to say is, well played, Katherine Fleet.

• Pro: We got to know Wyatt, who was fantastic, in real time, while we met Ben mostly during flashbacks. Fleet let me share so many beautiful, and sometimes, painful moments with Ben and Meredith, but I really could see why he was such an important person in her life.

• Pro: Back to Wyatt. He was such an interesting character. He seemed almost like a caricature, when I first met him, but then his deeper layers were revealed, and that made me really adored him.

• Pro: There were a lot of interesting details running in the background of this story. I loved the Outer Banks setting, and the way Fleet sort of made it another character in the book, and it had a big emotional impact on me. There was also: wind sailing, motocross, beach bowling, and The Yellow Rose Cafe were just a few of those little things that enhanced my enjoyment.

• Pro: The ending was bittersweet. Hopeful, but at the same time, a little sad.

Overall: A beautiful and heartbreaking romance, which was suspenseful and had me feeling all the feels.

*ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

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