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Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves
Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves | Quinn Connor
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At turns haunting and breathtaking, Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves explores legacies of love, family, and the ghostly imprint grief leaves behind as three women face the past to bring light to an old Southern town lost deep beneath the surface. Years ago, yellow fever gripped the small lakeside town of Prosper, Arkansas. At the height of that summer swelter, in the wake of an unexpected storm, the dam failed and the valley floodeddrowning the town and everyone trapped inside. The secrets of old Prosper drowned with them. Now, decades later, when a mysterious locked box is pulled from the depths of the lake, three descendants of that long-ago tragedy are hurled into another feverish summer. Cassie: the reclusive sole witness to an impossible horror no one believes. Lark: a wide-eyed dreamer haunted by bizarre visions. June: caught between longing for a fresh start and bearing witness to the ghosts of the past. Bound together, all three must contend with their home's complex historyand with the ruins of the town lost far beneath the troubled water. "A liquid southern Gothic that laps against the land of the living until old secrets that can't be washed away are revealed. Seductive, haunting and beautiful." Willa Reece, author of Wildwood Magic
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I wanted a kinda creepy, eerie read that would not keep me up at night and give me nightmares. This was perfect! While reading I couldn‘t help but think of Sarah Addison Allen‘s books with their mystic, magic undertones - which I loved (the telescopes on Lark‘s houseboat reminded me of the Pixar light 😆). I also learned about “Development-induced displacement”, which I didn‘t know anything about and now I want to learn more! A solid pick 👍

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A wonderful summer ghost story! This is my first kind of scary, horror book being read as an audiobook and I really enjoyed it! I think listening to it around 4th of July (the same time frame of the story) made it even better. As a lover of history, a fan of fantastical, this story was the perfect spooky summer read.

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Finally getting into this audiobook. Learning I need to just trudge through the first couple hours typically before I know if I like or dislike a story. Thankfully I listen at 1.5x speed so it‘s not so bad time wise!

ShananigansReads I hate that getting to know you/learning a new world stage. 10mo
StaceGhost I have such a hard time with this! I end up finishing even the books I‘m not enjoying because I‘ve already sunk so much time into it lol 10mo
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Starting my next audiobook today. It‘s a rainy dreary summer day where I‘m at, so I‘m hoping to get some good reading and light cleaning in today.
I‘m just a couple chapters into this book and so far I‘m finding all the characters a bit confusing and hard to keep straight. It was definitely a book I picked because of the cover so I won‘t be upset if I decide to bail on this one.