I absolutely love this cover and tbh it was the reason that I was drawn to the book. It took me a while to get hooked on the book, I was a bit lost with the multiple pov, but eventually got the hang of it. I just couldn't connect all that much with the characters, but the story is intriguing and I wanted to know more. It has a touch of magical realism, which I like, but it's a bit darker than I'm used to.

I read a galley of this elsewhere and wanted to leave a review here too. I found this to be both intriguing and mystical. Southern gothic horror/mystery/suspense at its finest. I ate this up like cornbread.

This is a dark story about love, family and grief. The town of Prosper was flooded by a dam - drowning the people and it’s secrets. We follow three descendants as a mysterious box is pulled from the lake.
I appreciate the authors note at the beginning of this book. It shows that a lot of research and respect went into this book!
I wish the story was more magical but I liked that it was darker and more suspenseful. Some heavy topics are discussed and it did make me want to keep reading.
Overall I enjoyed it, but it isn’t the type of book I would read again. But I will definitely keep an eye on this author in the future!

This book ended up not being for me. I went into this thinking I was getting some semblance of s thriller and that really wasn’t the case. The story moved kinda slow and I got bored

Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves is a ghost story set in the American south that explores the dark history of towns being drowned out,

I was hoping this story would have more of an enchanting magical realism quality, so I was disappointed that it was dark and strange rather than whimsical.

The storyline itself was intriguing and there was enough suspense to keep me reading.

Overall I would have preferred more magic instead of the darker heavy topics that were explored.

Thank you to the publisher for providing me with a free arc via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.