Waking Storms by Sarah Porter

Lost Voices submerged us in a world of alluring mermaids with angelic voices; existing as a result of human cruelty. While the fear of being exposed to humans is always an issue, the greatest danger came from among the mermaids themselves. Waking Storms now brings the threat of human discovery to the fore and the boy rescued by Luce is the key.

We resurface to follow Dorian, alive and suffering. He struggles with feelings of hatred and thoughts of revenge for those who killed his family, blaming Luce most for her siren song stuck within him. Our dear Lucette also has a lot on her mind; practicing her newfound ability to move water, pressures to become queen, and her consuming curiosity of the boy with bronzeblond hair. What will happen to her now that she has broken the timahk? Will Dorian reveal what she has done? Who made the rules anyway and what are the true consequences of disobeying them?

In a tale of friendship and enmity, love and hate, trust and betryal, Porter takes us on a deep dive into emotions of every sort. Waking Storms leads us on a current of finding to a drift of losing.This sequel of the hauntingly beautiful series, The Lost Voices Trilogy, will have you on edge at the impending peril and the unknown of what is to come. The storms have arrived; now who will survive?

Maybe the most evil thing about you isn't even that you kill people. It's what you do to the ones who survive.
Porter, Sarah (2012-07-03). Waking Storms (The Lost Voices Trilogy) (p. 29). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Kindle Edition.

It’s starting, Luce thought, but she barely understood the words. It’s starting, it’s starting...
Porter, Sarah (2012-07-03). Waking Storms (The Lost Voices Trilogy) (p. 389). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Kindle Edition.