things have gone from bad to worse for Marina and Ethan
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I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for my honest review. This in no way effected my opinion of this book.

In The Moon and the Tide, things have gone from bad to worse for Marina and Ethan. Their relationship is tested by both new and old obstacles and they spend a lot of time either fighting for their love or fighting with each other.
When they did argue, I never quite knew whose side to be on. Ethan came off as over protective and bossy, but he was just trying to keep the girl he loved safe. Marina has a choice between spending a normal life on land with him or spending and eternal life in the sea with other mermaids and he is afraid that the temptation of the sea is to strong for Marina to resist forever.
Marina on the other hand is positive that she wants to remain on land with Ethan and everyone else she loves. At least she says she is positive that this is what she wants. Honestly her behavior in this book makes it easy to see why Ethan is so afraid. Marina falls deeply in love with surfing and spends a little bit too much time doing in alone or with her mermaid friend Lorelei. Her strong desire to spend time surfing bigger and more dangerous waves leads to several dangerous situations so she came off as more reckless and wild than she was in the first book.
By the end, I decided that neither of them were right or wrong, they were just people and sometimes people disagree. No one has to be wrong. The relationship stuff is handled in a very mature (and by "mature" I do not mean sexual) manner that has me rooting for Ethan and Marina as a couple.

A good chunk of this book focuses on relationship stuff, but it also progressed the broader plot  of the entire series. I got some great scenes where Marina let loose and gave into her love of the sea. Like I said, she was wilder in this book than the first, but I never said that was a bad thing. Mermaids are portrayed as being wild, free and beautiful creatures, and it was fun to read about Marina's transformation.
Because she is not a full mermaid, Marina has some interesting powers that I'm not sure her full blooded counterparts have. She has some psychic abilities that add to the drama, but by far the coolest thing about her is that she is a muse. Before reading this, I knew muses inspired artist to be more artistic, but the power they posses in The Moon and the Tide is stronger and cooler.
Marina is more powerful than your average half mermaid so her ability to inspire people is stronger and more dangerous. She could help a hero save the world just as easily as she could help a villain burn the world to the ground. And that is freaking scary!

The Moon and the Tide was a fun and slightly different take on the mermaid Lore, and I am having a great time with the series. I am also looking forward to learning more about Marina's muse powers in the next book!

Because of some mild violence, I would recommend this book for ages 13 and up.
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In simpler times, some things were much more difficult.

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny become orphans and have some trouble getting help when their new guardian, Count Olaf, abuses and threatens them to get a hold of Violet's inheritance.
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Sometimes life isn't as simple and predictable as you imagine it to be. What started out as a simple mistake continues at a somewhat rapid pace. Two people are drawn together without their realizing  the outcome.
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This is third book and features Desmond and Alina. Alina is still having trouble with all the things Preston did and how she played a part, even though she was forced to do it. She has come to rely on Desmond but he is scared to push her past her boundaries and she is scared that she may never get over what is done to her. Preston is still out there stalking the women. This story is not a standalone even though each book has a different couple who the story is about, each couple from the previous books are present and their stories are always evolving so we get to see what is going on. This book does contain violence a sad moment or two. This book also ends in a semi cliffhanger while you are getting ready for the next book which has been released.
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There is an unexpected twist right at the beginning of the book that makes you think that there will be something great to happen but unfortunately it doesnt live up to what you would think. Yes, Colin has his problems with dealing with the unforeseen tragedy but its not to the extent that you would think it would be. Also, Caroline seems to be becoming less and less like the person that she was in the last two books and its weird to see someone as stubborn and independent as her become so compromising.

This book didn't have that element that the last book seemed to have. The last book gripped you more and made it harder to put down. Perhaps the fact that this book pretty much goes over the same kinds of problems it felt a little redundant and over played even though the problems were a little different.

There is not all bad in this book. In fact the ending really made up for the middle of the book. There is a nice set up from this book to the next book where you know its going to be a new adventure for Colin and Caroline.

While this may not be the best book in the series, it still is able to get the fourth and final book set up. Its good to read because while some of the arguments are done before it shows what a marriage is like and how hard you have to work to make it.
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Halley has had a traumatic past and has to get past some things in life. Meeting back up with Kane seems to put her on edge. She is a lonely person by choice and seeing him has brought up some issues with her and his past. He tries to break her free of her fear whille ttying to get closer to her I volunteered to read this for an advanced reader copy.
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So now we are entering the fourth test. More schemes, more betrayals, and Grace is still clueless. I'm not sure I can continue but in a weird way they keep pulling me to know exactly what happens. David is still a massive jerk. Now he knows he can't live without her nor wants to but yet he's setting her up to fail. Really? This is nuts. Amber and Andrew are making it to the point it's becoming day time drama worthy or really crappy reality tv. It's getting almost predictable.
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When we left Ethan and Jamie at the end of Book 1 of the In the Kitchen series, the two chefs-to-be were about to be separated for six months. However, as we begin Book 2, it turns out that the time lapse has been EIGHT YEARS instead of 6 months. What? No! What happened? Ms. Michaels and Ms. Griffin give us the answer in bits and pieces, but we're left to try to figure out why, and when we do, it's heartbreaking.
As in the first book, Ethan is about as hard headed as a man can be and so many mixed messages result. Jamie's star blessed life continues as he has become even more rich and now famous than he was as the son of a wealthy restaurant chain owner. Jamie decided to go it on his own and his parents cut him loose.
Enter the two terrible T's - Tyler and Trevor. Tyler was found eating out of Ethan's restaurant dumpster and taken under Ethan's wing to work in the restaurant. Ethan understands Tyler's predicament. He was cast out from his family for being gay. Trevor, aka Trustfund, is rich, suave, and is now Jaime's agent for promoting his cookbooks and TV personality.
All through the book I wanted to knock some sense into Ethan. His inability to listen or simply have a conversation with Jamie causes all sorts of problems. At times Jaime seems so dense to how his actions appear to Ethan, so I wanted to knock some sense into him too!
By the end of the book you aren't really sure if Ethan and Jaime will be able to make this work. A disaster occurs that will make Ethan and Jaime either work together to make their dreams from 8 years ago work or cause an irreparable split. Luckily (for the readers) Book 3 is coming soon and hopefully it will shed some light on what happens next. This is a wonderful series. I highly recommend it but it needs to be read in order.
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Bethany hates everything about the small hometown she grew up in. Every memory is a bad one with the exception of her Grandpa Dan and his farm. Bethany has tried to erase the bad memories by moving far away. She lost contact with her best friend Robin who still lives in Peaks, Iowa. Ten years later, Bethany is living her dream in Chicago as an architect with her lawyer boyfriend. She gets a call from her estranged Mother to tell her about Robin's husband who is in the hospital. When her mom calls again she tells her Grandpa Dan had a heart attack. She has to return to that horrible town. When Bethany comes to visit her Grandpa she's surprised to find he has a houseguest, Evan who works on the farm. Evan is extremely distraught and distracted while she is there. Then she finds out that Evan's brother is married to her best friend Robin. Robin has to make the hard decision to turn off the life support after her husbands been in the hospital a week.
Bethany goes back to Chicago to find out that she's been downsized at her job. When things seem like they couldn't get any worse she gets a call that her Grandpa Dan had another heart attack and didn't make it. Back in Peaks for the funeral Bethany plans to leave as soon as the funeral is over with. One quick meeting with the lawyer and she was hitting the road. When the will is read she finds out that Grandpa left her all the land on the farm but left Evan the house, farm equipment, and the animals. When the lawyer tells Bethany she could sell her Grandpa's farm and get millions she thinks all her problems have been solved. Evan is angered by her desire to sell. He feels her Grandpa wouldn't have given her the land to sell. Bethany needs Evan on her side since she can't very easily sell the land without including the house on the land. Evan thinks Bethany is extremely selfish. When Bethany's boyfriend takes a job in Atlanta and doesn't really invite her along she is faced with a bleak reality; no job, no house, no boyfriend, and the only way to get money is to sell the land her Grandpa loved so much.
After Robin's husband passed away she finds out she's pregnant and not sure how she will go on without him. Bethany decides to stay with her, with the understanding that she will move as soon as she gets an architect job. In the meantime, trying to help Robin pull out of her depression Bethany helps her with the dream of building a cafe in town. Living in Peaks again Bethany has to face the dark secrets of her past and feels like she is in her own personal purgatory. Will she be able to forget the past so she can accept what the future has in store for her?
This is a sad story about the realities of losing loved ones and trying to figure out how to move on. It's also an uplifting story about leaning on those who love you and see you through the hard times. I liked the little flashbacks throughout the story giving us a better insight of Bethany. I'm excited that the author is writing a second book about Robin. You can't help but fall in love with these characters as your heart is touched by them.
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This story of a marriage in dire straits during the collapse of the housing crisis in 2008 had me tearing through the pages to find out what was going to happen. Phoebe and Nick are vicious to each other, bruising and combative, simmering with sexual tension and violence all played against the backdrop of abandoned homes, coyotes, wildfires, and squatters. It's the American Dream shown through the Upside Down. Dreams dashed and desperation pushed to its frayed ends. It's a brutal look at marriage and one probably not for everyone, but for many this is gonna be the book of the late summer and fall to pass on to friends and talk about.
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Savanna needs a change. Her and her kids need to get away. They can't live like this, they can't take it. These are a few of the things Savanna is thinking about at the beginning, and who can blame her? Her husband has been arrested for committing terrible crimes right under her nose. She had no idea, but everyone thinks she did. So she decides to move herself and her 2 children to another state and try to start over. She just didn't count on needing so much help and falling for the man helping her, who happens to be her neighbor.

Gavin Turner, musician, handyman, and neighbor, has his own issues. His ex-girlfriend just told him that she may be pregnant with either his baby or her other ex's baby. She wants a chance and he doesn't, at least not really.

Savanna and Gavin meet on the night she arrives in Silver Springs. The attraction is instant and due to everything going on, they try to fight it as it grows. But ultimately they give in and support each other through both of their extremely hard times.

I liked this story, I just wish there was more to the resolution of Savanna's side of the story. I liked how the story went into their individual struggles with their issues and their relationship and how each made the choice they made.
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I read book one of this series and have to say it is were you need to start to understand what the author LeTeisha Newton is trying to get across cause this starts where book one left off.

Ethan was sent to jail for manslaughter. He accidentally killed
his best mate in an underground fight.
While he was in jail his life changes for the worst when he got out he
was not the same person.

After Ethan got out he bought a boxing
club this is were River comes into the story she goes to the boxing club
to try to get Ethan to train her to kill someone but Ethan told her no and
not to come back again. River was attack by some thugs her ex put on
to her and they nearly killed her while she was in hospital Ethan came
to see her and told her he would teacher her now this is the start of there
relationship.

This is a dark story , but once you get started it just pulls you into it.  I received this ARC for an honest review.  Would I recommend this series yes if I know the person likes this kind of read and have to a few that I thought may like it as well.  Well done so far.
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As the characters continue to recover from the recent past events they accidentally stumble into a new set of problems.
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Pearl is working to make something better for her boyfriend who has been a pain after losing his job he comes back with another and takes pearl to the bahamas and that's where the crazy comes to town. .now abducted and scared she will have to fight to get free of these monstrous men
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The American South West has been destroyed.  Sam and Delta are trying to make their way to Salt Lake City.  The members of their new "family" decided not to come with them.

Sam and Delta are trying to get to a compound that may hold some of the secrets of the contamination and destruction.  If they are able to gain access, perhaps they will be able to stop this new world madness.

The men in white coats are from this compound and are not taking any chances with the environment.  On the other hand, they are evil-doers!

Some injuries occur as well as deaths.  Also, the rescue of 20 prisoners takes place.  This gives people hope which is the key for survival.

Highly recommended...
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Things got a little crazy Becca' s bartender friend breaks in the party and beats Joey up for making out with Becca.  Tracy and Micak break up the fight and offer friendship fixes everything.  Joey took a serious blow to the head and complains of a bad headache and being dizzy he gets to walk and has a bad seizure .Annie and Becca are scared to death and want to leave the party but Tracy convinces then to stay until the doctor checks out Joey.  Anne panics and leaves telling one one and discovers she has deft her purse with her cell and keys and money at the party.  Suddenly 3 drunk guys are try to rape her tearing at her clothes she screams and Trace who was looking for her comes to her rescue.
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I have always loved Ethan and Merit. It seems they are always faced with die kind of trouble. While the mayor tries to shame all supernaturals, causing Ethan and Merit to hide with a few of their allies. But hiding out isn't all fun and games. Trouble lurks everywhere. Someone if causing trouble and Merit is caught in the middle. Forced to find the perpetrator our be the number one suspect. But she calls in her talented fiends to help her. Meanwhile the GP has thru own dangerous job for the Master of the Cadogan house. Can they overcome all that is thrown at them? Or will it tear them apart?