Through Waters Deep

Waves of Freedom, Book 1

By: Sarah Sundin

Narrated by: Rachel Leblang

It is 1941, and America teeters on the brink of war. Outgoing naval officer Ensign Jim Avery escorts British convoys across the North Atlantic in a brand-new destroyer, the USS Atwood. Back on shore, Boston Navy Yard secretary Mary Stirling does her work quietly and efficiently, happy to be out of the limelight.

Yet, despite her reserved nature, she never could back down from a challenge. When evidence of sabotage on the Atwood is found, Jim and Mary must work together to uncover the culprit. A bewildering maze of suspects emerges, and Mary is dismayed to find that even someone close to her is under suspicion. With the increasing pressure, Jim and Mary find that many new challenges—and dangers—await them.

Sarah Sundin takes listeners to the tense months before the US entered WWII. Listeners will encounter German U-boats and torpedoes, along with the explosive power of true love, in this hopeful and romantic story.

©2015 Sarah Sundin (P)2024 Tantor

About the little known Battle of the Atlantic

Sarah Sundin is one of my favorite WW2 authors. This book is the first in a series about the navy during WW2. It begins before the war in the U.S. shipyards and with the lend lease program. Mary and Jim each have challenges and weaknesses they need to work on separately and together.

Off fixation, bad narration, great location!!!

Mary’s fixation on pride was overdone and overplayed in the book. Also she was a bit over sweet and perfect. Some of the writing, too, was just too sweetsie. However there were some moments of good humour. It was also neat to learn more about how Americans felt pre WW2. Also a pretty well- done mystery, and plot in general. Love Boston, and could picture the sites that were mentioned. The narration was some of the worst I’ve heard. If she’d used her normal voice I’d have had no problem. But the higher pitched, quivery, wimpy voices she gave to the females, even the heroine was very off putting.

God's enduring love example

It is refreshing having books not afraid to show an example of how God works out things in our life.

Ok

I’m not a fan of some of the voices from this narrator. The story had some good parts but some of it was not that engaging and I finally just forwarded to the end. I like this author but this wasn’t my favorite.

Love Sarah Sundin….Not the Narrator

I have tried to listen to this book multiple times. I usually love Sarah Sundin’s books, but I have had a very difficult time concentrating on the storyline because the narrator is so distracting with her narration of male voices. I’m not really sure how to describe the aspects of this, but she doesn’t read in a way that flows and the male voices are very obviously off. I really wanted to give this book a chance, but after a couple of hours of trying, I am considering returning the title.