Like many lead characters in teen fiction today, Gemma is seemingly ordinary, and then one day things change. She is an avid swimmer, has recently fallen in love with Alex, a long-time friend, and has a supportive family and her share of misfortune. During one of her night swims, Gemma is persuaded by a group of beautiful, unusual and seemingly dangerous girls to join them in a cove. They give her a drink and, after losing her sense of her reality, she wakes as a different being. She's changed, that's for sure and, after realizing this, hunts the girls down to find out what they gave her.
The suspense is great, and the desire to find out about these girls, what they want with Gemma, what they gave her, and what she's become, drives the reader forward. On the side, Gemma is falling in love and dealing with a family who are desperately trying to figure out what's going on with her and this gives the novel a human quality.
I love the characters and the relationships they have with each other. Gemma and Alex have a sweet and budding romance, and her sister, Harper, is falling, despite her wishes, for a caring and carefree guy who lives on a boat. Gemma, her sister, and their father, have the type of family that makes you realize home is where the heart is.
I was disappointed, however, when I realized Wake is part of a series. This means I will have to wait to find out what happens. I guess I was hoping for a little closure.
The next books is Lullaby, available November 27, 2012.
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