A review by notinjersey
At Sea by Emma Fedor

4.0

4.5 Stars. At Sea is the story of Cara, who moves to Martha’s Vineyard after college graduation. Her mother has passed away and she needs to figure out what to do next. She meets Brendan, who claims he can breathe underwater due to experimental surgery that he received from the armed forces. Brendan also occasionally disappears and has mood swings. Cara gets pregnant and thinks everything will be ok, but then Brendan and young Micah disappear. The story of the early relationship is interwoven with Cara’s present, 5 years later. She still holds out hope that her child is alive and will return. This book had me turning pages quickly and I was very into the story. It did include some uses of ableist language, including the R word, which I hope will be edited in the final version. The mental health representation was done well otherwise. ⁣