Lies We Sing to the Sea vs Tarnished Are the Stars: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: LGBTQ+, Lesbian, Queer, LGBT, Young Adult, Fantasy
Lies We Sing to the Sea
Each spring, Ithaca condemns twelve maidens to the noose. This is the price vengeful Poseidon demands for the lives of Queen Penelope’s twelve maids, hanged and cast into the depths centuries ago. But when that fate…
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Tarnished Are the Stars
A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: an illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- donning the moniker Technician -- to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the…
The verdict
- Readers rate Tarnished Are the Stars highest: Tarnished Are the Stars 4.1 · Lies We Sing to the Sea 3.4.
- Lies We Sing to the Sea has the widest readership — 11987 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Lies We Sing to the Sea | Tarnished Are the Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.4 (11987) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.2 (28) | 4.8 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (13) | 4.5 (6) |
Reception
| Lies We Sing to the Sea | Tarnished Are the Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 11987 | 6 |
| Editions | 9 | 3 |
| Want to read | 53608 | — |
| Reading it now | 943 | — |
| Written reviews | 2429 | — |
| Pages | 432 | 384 |