In the Shallows

by Tanya Byrne

Overview

From the acclaimed author of Afterlove comes a beautiful sapphic second-chance love story drenched with longing, loss and mystery.

Mara's ex, Nico, is the girl of her dreams: beautiful, wild and unpredictable. She's Mara's everything, even though Mara's never sure that she's Nico's anything. Then Nico goes missing ...

New Year's Day: A girl is rescued from the sea. She knows she is called Nico, but other than that, she has no memory of why she was in the sea or what came before.

When destiny reunites them, is this Mara and Nico's second chance? Can their relationship make it out of the shallows? And what will happen when they discover the truth behind Nico's accident? Because one day, Nico will remember everything.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250865588
Publisher:	Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date:	05/21/2024
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	725,042
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Tanya Byrne is an award-winning author and freelance journalist who lives in Brighton, England. She has written several young adult novels, including Afterlove and her first book, Heart-Shaped Bruise, which earned her a nomination for New Writer of the Year at the National Book Awards.
Tanya Byrne is an award-winning author and freelance journalist who lives in Brighton. She has written several young adult novels, including her first book, Heart-Shaped Bruise, which earned her a nomination for New Writer of the Year at the National Book Awards.

Editorial Reviews

"...For readers who enjoy character-focused psychological dramas akin to E. Lockhart’s We Were Liars and Karen M. McManus’s One of Us Is Lying, this is a solid, sapphic, addition to the genre" —School Library Journal

" Salacious as a tabloid cover story, In the Shallows recasts some of the worst parts of being young and in love and suggests that maybe sometimes there is a good explanation for flaky behavior" —Booklist

"A character-driven story with touches of mystery and romance that builds toward an engaging ending."—Kirkus

"I want everyone to read Ash and Poppy's love story."—Holly Bourne on Afterlove

"A book to make you feel and think" —Terri Terry on Afterlove

From the Publisher

05/17/2024

Gr 9 Up—Mara Malakar lives in Brighton and loves Nico Rudolph, even though she's unreliable, volatile, and all of Mara's friends hate her. Despite being stood up again and again, Mara remains hopeful when Nico asks to meet her on New Year's Eve. Then the pain of a curt break-up text after midnight is followed by shock as Nico's face appears on the news the next morning: "teenage girl rescued from the sea." This novel explores trauma-induced amnesia, as Mara and Nico are reunited, and Nico remembers nothing about their previous relationship. Mara takes the opportunity, at the urging of Nico's mother, to start over. During the course of this meandering, moody novel, Mara rebuilds their relationship on top of a tremendous lie, while trying to uncover the sinister truth of what happened that night at Brighton Pier. VERDICT Slow pacing and repetitious dialogue mar this book's journey to its unexpected ending, but for readers who enjoy character-focused psychological dramas akin to E. Lockhart's We Were Liars and Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying, this is a solid, sapphic, addition to the genre.—Molly Saunders

School Library Journal