.................................... The Blurb ....................................
Tempest Maguire wants nothing more than to surf the killer waves near her California home; continue her steady relationship with her boyfriend, Mark; and take care of her brothers and surfer dad. But Tempest is half mermaid, and as her seventeenth birthday approaches, she will have to decide whether to remain on land or give herself to the ocean like her mother. The pull of the water becomes as insistent as her attraction to Kai, a gorgeous surfer whose uncanny abilities hint at an otherworldly identity as well. And when Tempest does finally give in to the water's temptation and enters a fantastical underwater world, she finds that a larger destiny awaits her—and that the entire ocean's future hangs in the balance. .................................... My Thoughts ....................................
Tempest Rising is one of those books I have really mixed feelings about, even now that I have finished it I am still struggling to decide how I feel about it. I think part of the reason I didn’t love it as much as I hoped is because I read it while distracted. This always means I don't really allow myself to get as into it as I would hope and therefore don't get a good connection with the characters from the beginning. While reading this I kept thinking to myself ‘This is a great book, why can’t I get properly into it?’ I just never felt ‘part’ of the book or like I was there with the characters until near the end.
I think one of the things which I struggled with in this book is the romance, a lot of this book is built around that but I didn’t properly feel any of the romance until the end. I don’t know whether it was because I could never really get a picture of the guys in my head or another reason. Towards the end, for some reason, the emotions became more true for me and I finally felt like I clicked with the characters.
I really enjoyed the mermaid side of this story and although I didn’t feel there was a lot that was really unique it didn't really take much away from the book. Saying that, there was little unique things in this book which really added to the storyline and the book as a whole. Tracy did a great job of making everything feel very real and I loved her descriptions which really helped me see and feel what Tempest did.
Tempest is a great character, she is so strong throughout the book but not to the point where things became to unrealistic, there are points where she shows she isn’t as strong as she acts. I also really liked how she did make mistakes throughout the book and how she almost discussed these with the reader - I really felt like Tracy made this very reader friendly read.
The emotions between Tempest and her mother were ones I didn’t totally ‘feel’ but yet I felt her emotion for her dad and brothers. This may be because Tempest feelings were backed up by her actions towards her brothers and dad whereas Tempest wasn't able to show that apart from what she was thinking.
Over-all Rising Tempest is definitely worth a read and is a book which really makes me want to read more mermaid books in the future as well as more books by Tracy.
Ratings :
Plot : 4/5
Cover : 4.5/5
Page Turner : 4/5
Characters : 4/5
Ending : 4.5/5
I love mermaid books and this one sounds wonderful! Thanks for sharing your review!
ReplyDeletehavent heard much about this one, sounds good :) thanks for sharing your thoughts!
ReplyDeleteDiana
I need to read more mermaid books as well and this is on top of my mermaid-to-read list. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your opinion with us. I just recently had the same problem with connecting to the characters in Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr, so I totally know what you mean.
Great review,
Carina