Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Violence, Death, Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide, Execution, Drowning, Grief, Queer tragedy
Lies We Sing to the Sea
by Sarah Underwood
A sharp pick when you want YA mythology that treats love, grief, and sacrifice as the same storm. It is beautiful, angry, and very aware that old stories rarely spared the girls inside them.
goodreads 3.41/5 11,623 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
Quick fit
Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length432 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Star-crossed
- F/F
- Medium burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Beautiful grief
Show more
- Prince charming
- Forbidden love
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Book hangover
- Reluctant hero
- Mutual pining
- Longing glances
- The angst delivered
Fantasy promise
- Ya romantasy
- Coastal / island / beach
- Mythological
- Gods/deities
- Sacrifice/martyrdom
- Royal court / palace
Show more
- High fantasy
- Star-crossed lovers
- Temple / church / monastery
- Mythology retelling
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Medium
- Mythic
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- High
Show more
- Sacrifice / chosen to die
- Sapphic
- Melancholic
- Emotional
- Prophetess/seer
- Bisexual MC
- Heartbreaking
- Dramatic
- Rebel leader / revolutionary
- Queer
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Teen MC (under 20)
- Somber
- Yearning
- Sacrifice for love
- Mediterranean fantasy
- Will make you cry
- Emotional devastation
- Gut punch ending
Similar stories
Similar in ways that matter
Matched by the most important shared story signals, with the tradeoffs made explicit.
448 pages Standalone
Song of the Huntress
Lucy Holland
Similar because
Somber · Mythology retelling · F/F
Different because
Slow pacing rather than Medium.
512 pages Completed
Ebonwilde
Crystal Smith
Similar because
Ya romantasy · Sacrifice / chosen to die · Reluctant hero
Different because
It is completed rather than standalone. Slow pacing rather than Medium.
416 pages Completed
Fallen City
Adrienne Young
Similar because
Rebel leader / revolutionary · Reluctant hero · Dramatic
Different because
It is completed rather than standalone. Spice is higher (2/5 vs 1/5).
Book details
- Length
- 432 pages
- Publisher
- HarperTeen
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book