"Tempest Revealed" by Tracy Deebs (Tempest #3)

"Half-mermaid Tempest Maguire is trying to have it all: fulfilling her duties as second-in-line to the merQueen Hailana while periodically returning home to the California coastline to be with her family and longtime boyfriend, Mark.

Living under the sea and rebuilding Coral Straits is grueling work, while being back home reminds her of everyone she loves and misses. But when her old flame Kona arrives bearing news that Hailana has died and Tempest is now officially merQueen, she returns permanently to Coral Straits, even though it devastates her family and rips her apart from Mark.

Once there, she discovers that an old enemy has resurfaced, hell-bent on taking over her throne... with or without her. As Tempest prepares for her final showdown against Tiamat and anyone who stands with her, she must decide what - and who - is really important to her. Because there will be few survivors in the ultimate sea battle that is brewing - and Tempest isn't sure she will be one of them."

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Tempest Revealed by Tracy Deebs
Completed: 02.08.2013

After waiting for what felt like eons for this books to come out, I was considerably excited to read this book, seeing as it's the final installment... Let's just say that the excitement started to disappear as I continued reading, and within the first five chapters, I completely lost it.

Starting with the fact that Tempest, who I thought was a strong female character, has turned into the most infuriatingly dependent person. Always expecting someone to fix her mistakes, or deciding to run away instead of facing her problems head-on, not to mention the fact that she's become extremely whiny. I also found that the book had a large amount of loose-ends, so many things left unexplained, or even just certain parts of the book didn't feel... justified.

Then comes the love story. WHAT IN THE GOOD LORD WERE YOU THINKING, TEMPEST? From book one, I had never liked Mark, not that I had anything against him as a character, but I found that he was always so possessive and dominative over Tempest, telling her what to do, where to go, how to deal with things. Gah!

The final book in a series, definitely has to be, for me, one of those books that go out with a BANG! But this one just seemed so, anticlimactic. Now don't get me wrong, there were some parts in this book that had my heart racing, and adrenaline pumping, but I just didn't feel like the author packed enough of a punch into her final book.

Three stars.

"Summer of Frost" by L.P. Dover (Forever Fae #3)

"The Land of the Fae is strong with all four courts banded as one, but uncertainty still remains as they all work together to end the dark sorcerer’s evil reign. Sorcha—the one and only Winter Court princess—has a secret, a secret that she has enjoyed keeping for the past six months. When a much awaited announcement brings her to the Spring Court, and face to face with the man in her dreams, will she be strong enough to keep up the façade of her icy exterior, or will she melt into his arms like she does in her dreams?

After formally meeting Sorcha at the Winter Ball, Drake—Summer Court prince and army leader—knew there was a fiery passion underneath her winter skin, a passion he wanted desperately to ignite with his own. However, with her frigid responses toward him he’s decided to keep his distance, except how can he when his dreams feel real? Seeing her again only ignites his interest, and this time he’s not going to let his arrogance or her frosty heart stand in his way.

Through unexpected tragedy, Sorcha discovers the one thing the dark sorcerer has spent his whole existence trying to protect, but what makes it more difficult is that only one of the Four is strong enough to retrieve it. The tides have now changed. With Drake’s help, will Sorcha find what she’s searching for? Or will the dark sorcerer beat them to it, shattering all hope of finding out the one thing that could save the Land of the Fae … how to destroy him?"

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Summer of Frost by L.P. Dover
Completed: 26.07.2013

Sorcha is a Winter Court princess, except she acts nothing like a dainty, flowers & butterflies-kinda princess. She's smart, quick, witty and hot headed. Drake is the prince of the Summer court, a prince that has a secret of his own. 

I loved how L.P. Dover continues to blow my mind with her books, I must say though - that this book was really up and down for me, there were some parts that just did not intrigue me as much as others did, I found that some parts of the book lacked in details, and I also felt as though everything between Sorcha and Drake progressed far too quickly. One moment I was watching them fall in love, then the next, BAM! they were kissing and holding hands and claiming each other. Do not get me wrong! I loved this book, and I have loved this series from the very first book, and when the next book comes out later this year, I WILL be in line to get to a copy of it.

I highly recommend this book, for anyone who's into action, romance & one heck of a plot twist. (Do read the first two books in the series first though, you won't regret it.)

Four stars!
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