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Synopsis
When seventeen-year-old Tess Davies, a ladies' maid, meets handsome Alec Marlow aboard the RMS Titanic, she quickly becomes entangled in the dark secrets of his past, but her growing love puts her in mortal peril even before fate steps in.
Is Fateful appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
This YA fantasy romance set on the Titanic contains references to the historical disaster with resulting deaths, class-based social tensions, and dark supernatural elements including potential danger to the heroine. Romance is fade-to-black appropriate for teens.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, mass death, and drowning (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be drawn to the star-crossed romance aboard the doomed Titanic, combined with mysterious supernatural secrets and the ticking clock of historical tragedy.