When Oceans Rise

By: Robin Alvarez

Narrated by: Jennifer Aquino

Submerged in a toxic relationship and disconnected from everyone, she turns to the sea to decide her fate. Its decision? Toss her to the sea witch.

Seventeen-year-old Malaya is cursed. In her family, every girl’s first love ends in death after falling for someone evil. Good thing Malaya’s dream guy isn’t monstrous.
Except the curse is real and preventing Malaya from noticing how much he has gaslit and isolated her until she can’t be saved. With no other options, the sea witch is the only one to help her.
Bartering her voice for a new life where she and her abusive boyfriend never met, Malaya accidentally swaps places with an alternate timeline version of herself who never made her mistakes. As she tries to undo the switch, the sea witch uses Malaya’s voice to unleash Filipino mythological creatures into the worlds.
Can a champion, an alternate timeline sister, and Malaya fight these beasts and stop the sea witch before she destroys both timelines?

©2023 Robin Alvarez (P)2023 Robin Alvarez

infinite-star book

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Captivating

I binged this audiobook in like a day. The performance was excellent and I loved the story. I was hooked from the very beginning and loved all the entwined Filipino mythology as well as the FMCs growth throughout the story.