The Last True Poets of the Sea

By: Julia Drake

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

From a stunning new voice in YA literature comes an epic, utterly unforgettable contemporary novel about a lost shipwreck, a missing piece of family history, and weathering the storms of life.

The Larkin family isn't just lucky - they persevere. At least that's what Violet and her younger brother, Sam, were always told. When the Lyric sank off the coast of Maine, their great-great-great grandmother didn't drown like the rest of the passengers. No, Fidelia swam to shore, fell in love, and founded Lyric, Maine, the town Violet and Sam returned to every summer.

But wrecks seem to run in the family: Tall, funny, musical Violet can't stop partying with the wrong people. And, one beautiful summer day, brilliant, sensitive Sam attempts to take his own life.

Shipped back to Lyric while Sam is in treatment, Violet is haunted by her family's missing piece - the lost shipwreck she and Sam dreamed of discovering when they were children. Desperate to make amends, Violet embarks on a wildly ambitious mission: locate the Lyric, lain hidden in a watery grave for over a century.

She finds a fellow wreck hunter in Liv Stone, an amateur local historian whose sparkling intelligence and guarded gray eyes make Violet ache in an exhilarating new way. Whether or not they find the Lyric, the journey Violet takes - and the bridges she builds along the way - may be the start of something like survival.

Epic, funny, and sweepingly romantic, The Last True Poets of the Sea is an astonishing debut about the strength it takes to swim up from a wreck.

©2019 Julia Drake (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

It's entertaining in a weird way.

Most reliable moment in the first 8 chapters:
"Aren't you an adult?"
"Not a very good one."

Let's just say when the book isn't trying to 180 your mood or fill you with teen angst, it's actually kinda funny in dumb ways that I love. Like spending 3 minutes laughing over "LIV STONE", and laughing now as I write that.

I love a story that can make me laugh one moment, and worry I'll have an anxiety attack triggered by a character having a panic attack the next. I live a weird life and this feeds into it in an oddly satisfying way.

Meh

It was a good short read. But lazy writing. Wish the flow was better. Ok narration

beautiful angst

Beautiful writing! Lots of adolescent angst, but just when I thought I couldn't take anymore, the direction shifted, offering the relief needed to go on. what a beautiful balance between inner voices and external life!

Absolutely love this story

What a wonderful story of love, loss, coming out, the struggles of mental health, the struggles of bing a teenager, and a missing ship reck. It’s was such a great story and a really wonderful book for anyone who like a ship reck and LGBT books!

A Good adolescent coming of age story

This is a good story focusing on a young lady, her family and friends going through some stuff. I was hoping there would be more focus on the ship reck and that part of the story but it was taking too long to get there so I couldn't finish it. I just don't think it's for my age demographic ( 35 plus) but the story was so far good and well told and I feel would be great for younger people.