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This book was really cool and interesting. I read it really fast. Basically it's about a girl named Gemma who is a really fast swimmer, and who is falling for the boy next door..sound familiar? Well it's not. Everyone around town seems to notice Penn, Lexi, and Thea....three girls who suddenly (and mysteriously) became a trio after the fourth suddenly vanishes from town. They are the talk of the town from their looks to their reasons for being there. Some people say they are movie stars from Canada ...which is a far more innocent excuse and is far from the truth. The trio suddenly becomes a saga when they set their eyes on Gemma. After a night of swimming in the bay, she is suddenly drawn to them, when they start to sing. Gemma who doesn't drink, suddenly feels like she should drink the weird thick potion Penn has. It seems innocent enough...right? Four girls having a party on a beach with a bonfire....just the regular, teenage party. But then Gemma wakes up, tangled in a net, covered in bruises, and with no memory of what happened after she drank. At first, she thinks that Penn is a witch, which is far from the truth. Suddenly, Gemma is getting her best times at swim practice, she finds weird green scales in the shower, and the water seems to sing to her.... And suddenly, the reasons for Penn, Lexi, and Thea being there doesn't seem so innocent after all, especially when teenage boys start to go missing....
Over all, wake was a great book that took me no time to read. I will definitely pick up the next book in the trilogy, lullaby, as soon as I can. Amanda Hocking is a fantastic author and her work should definitely not go unnoticed.