Publication Date: October 28, 2014
YA Fantasy
"Goodreads: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen books comes WATERFALL, a novel about love, betrayal, and epic consequences—a world-altering tale told by a girl whose tears have the power to raise the lost continent of Atlantis. This second novel in the Teardrop series is intensely romantic, with strong, hot main characters caught up in a thrilling fantastical love triangle. For readers who love Lauren Kate and the worlds of Alyson Noël, P. C. Cast, Maggie Stiefvater, and Veronica Rossi.
Eureka’s tears have flooded the earth, and now Atlantis is rising, bringing with it its evil king, Atlas. Eureka is the only one who can stop him, but first she must learn how to fight. She travels across the ocean with Cat, her family, and Ander, the gorgeous and mysterious Seedbearer who promises to help her find Solon, an enigmatic lost Seedbearer who knows how to defeat Atlas.
Once on land, Eureka is taunted by gossipwitches, a group of displaced Atlantean sorceresses, and ambushed by locals struggling to survive amid the destruction her tears have wrought. And she feels no closer to facing Atlas or saving the world when Solon lets slip that love is Ander’s weakness, and that any affection he feels toward her makes him age faster.
Trying to make sense of the dark world her sorrow has created, Eureka receives startling insight from an enchanted pond. Her bewildering reflection reveals a soul-crushing secret: if she’s strong enough, Eureka can draw on this knowledge to defeat Atlas—unless her broken heart is just what he needs to fuel his rising kingdom...
In Waterfall, Eureka has the chance to save the world. But she’ll have to give up everything—even love."
I read the first book in this series over a year ago, not long after it came out. I was super intrigued by the fact that it was about Atlantis! I did enjoy the first book but not so much for me to remember every single detail about it. But here is a short synopsis of it.
Teardrop by Lauren Kate is about a girl named Eureka (love her name) who's struggling with the death of her mother. What Eureka doesn't know, is she is apart of the tearline. What this means is she is apart of an ancient story or curse or whatever it's called where if she cries, all hell breaks lose. Ander, a seedbearer, is sent to kill her so the world isn't destroyed and that is when Eureka's mother dies. However, Ander is intrigued by her and saves her. But the other seedbearers want her dead. While all of this is happening, Eureka's best friend, Brooks, is possessed by an ancient Atlantian king who tries to make Eureka cry in order to bring back Atlantis.
So she cries at the end...
This brings us to Waterfall where the world is flooded and Ander has taken Eureka on a journey to save the world and destroy the ancient king. In order for Eureka to save the world and destroy the ancient king, Atlas, she has to figure herself out. Basically, she has to give up everything including her life to win the battle. I don't want to give any spoilers away in case anyone wants to read this book, so here are my thoughts:
Lauren Kate has a way of writing really unexpected things. For example, in the Fallen series, I did not expect it to end that way. Most of the time I can guess, and I have a bad habit of always reading the last line, but her endings always surprise me. I did not enjoy the beginning. This book took me far too long to read because the first half of the book was entirely too slow for me. It just dragged and dragged, but it made for a good story in the end. It did surprise me a lot. There were many times throughout the book where I was like "wait, what?" Once I got past those parts, it was less shocking. But the last few chapters were a bit shocking. I did not expect Eureka to do what she did and it made me very sad for her to have to end everything.
As for the characters:
Eureka started out being someone completely different from who she ended up being, literally. I was pretty mad at her for a good bit of the book. I think my anger towards her character was because she had this guy, Ander, who was totally in love with her and she kept pushing him away. I mean I understood it, but geez, give the boy a chance. However, I did like how her character ended up. She did the right thing and she was no longer sad, which is the most important part. There was a part at the end of the book where she's looking down at her body and she's just so happy to be free of everything that is Eureka Boudreaux. It felt like Lauren Kate was trying to say about a real life scenario here, but I suck at analyzing text. so there's that.
Ander, Claire, and William are my favorites. Ander is so sweet, loving, and everything I would want in a guy (let's be real). Claire and William are adorable and so amazingly talented and mature for their age. Brooks, who was hardly actually in the book, is slightly annoying for me. He was in the way of Ander and Eureka's love. I'm only joking, but hey, it's true. :)
I thought the gossipwitches were actually really cool. I really liked how they had butterflies in their head to help the fly. And they flew backwards? Like, what? Who thinks of these things? They might have been my favorite part of the whole book, to be honest.
Overall, I did enjoy this book once I got past the middle of the book. Seriously, it just dragged... Would I recommend this to anyone? Sure. Will I read it again? Nah. If there was another book in the series (which there won't be), would I read it? Maybe.
If you've read this book, let me know what you thought and if you enjoyed the series!
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