Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves

By: Quinn Connor

Narrated by: Marnye Young

At turns haunting and breathtaking, Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves explores legacies of love, family, and the ghostly imprint grief leaves behind as three women face the past to bring light to an old Southern town lost deep beneath the surface.

Years ago, yellow fever gripped the small lakeside town of Prosper, Arkansas. At the height of that summer swelter, in the wake of an unexpected storm, the dam failed and the valley flooded—drowning the town and everyone trapped inside.

The secrets of old Prosper drowned with them.

Now, decades later, when a mysterious locked box is pulled from the depths of the lake, three descendants of that long-ago tragedy are hurled into another feverish summer. Cassie: the reclusive sole witness to an impossible horror no one believes. Lark: a wide-eyed dreamer haunted by bizarre visions. June: caught between longing for a fresh start and bearing witness to the ghosts of the past. Bound together, all three must contend with their home's complex history—and with the ruins of the town lost far beneath the troubled water.

©2023 Quinn Connor (P)2023 Tantor

Beautifully read

This is a subtly haunting story set in a hot Arkansas summer with lyrical writing.

Great book!

Loved this book! Being from Arkansas, love that it was set in Arkansas. I really enjoy a good ghost story and this fit the bill! Narrator did a great job. Highly recommend this book!

Love it

We need more books like this one! Love novels that read like literature, don’t talk down to the reader, and reveal their secrets gently. Also, yay gay relationships! Representation matters.

Couldn't finish this book.

I just couldn't get into this book. The narrator didn't distinguish between character voices, so listening to the story and following who was talking was nearly impossible. I was able to get about 10 chapters in, and I knew nothing about any of the main characters (of which there are at least 3), and it seemed to be continuing in that same vein. The characters are uninteresting and their stories are hard to follow. I wouldn't suggest this book at all.

Undersold

This book has too many POV’s without any voice changes or inkling of character change for it to be followed easily. I found it hard to follow the story, with that said but the storyline itself is really undersold and under-described. The story had so much potential but just missed the mark for me.