Undertow (Widdershins Supernatural Academy series #5)

Here's "Undertow" by Blake R Wolfe. It's the fifth novel in his Widdershins Supernatural Academy series. 

["A cursed song. A witch out of his depth. A love that could end in destruction...

My voice heals and ruins in the same breath. I’m a siren and every note is a hook, every melody draws promises from mortals that think they mean it until silence steals it back. I’ve watched their eyes clear, their vows dissolve, and my heart fracture in the aftermath. So I sing alone. I stay alone.

Until he finds me.

Theodore Voss—witch, varsity swimmer, and future valedictorian. He catches me skinny dipping in the academy pool after hours and now he can’t keep his eyes off me. After a one night stand on Halloween, we’re both hooked.

But my kind bears a deeper curse than a dangerous song. Once a siren gives their heart, it cannot be taken back. If our lover’s affection fades… we fade with it until we’re nothing but seafoam and memory. I have been hurt before. If I’m wrong about him, it will be the last mistake I ever make.

I swim to uphold my family legacy, my father’s dreams, and make an olympic team that is always just a few seconds out of reach. To appease them all I must keep the grades perfect, keep the times sharp, and keep the feelings locked down.

Then I see him.

Nerion doesn’t cloud my mind though… he clears it. What I feel toward him is not some enchantment… it’s the first honest thing in my life. But convincing a siren who has been drowning in false love to trust me might be the hardest race I’ll ever swim. We’re just friends with benefits until we’re not. And now my family wants to tear us apart.

I could live with losing a race or my family’s name. But I cannot lose him."]

This one seemed overall sadder than the other books in the series. There was so much personal tension and angst and trauma that they were both dealing with. Their connection helped to alleviate some of that baggage..until it started to bleed into their relationship. 

Of course the secretly-really-great-people professions had their back. And several (not all) of the Elder Council. And their friends (..friend). 

I love how this series is connected, but we aren't bombarded by past couples and cameos (though I could use a liiittle more cameos). 

Trigger Warnings: toxic parents, discrimination, and more.

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