Sunday 1 September 2013

Book Review - Tidal (Watersong Series #3) by Amanda Hocking

Gemma and Harper are facing the fight of their lives - Gemma has been cursed with extraordinary powers that have a terrifying dark side - but she's finally found what she needs... a way to break the curse and become human again. Though finding a way to do so will be her greatest challenge yet - and making matters worse - Penn has her sights on Daniel - the boy Harper loves - and Penn always gets what she wants. 

Tidal is amazing. There is so much that happens throughout the book and you discover and learn so much more about the characters and even new characters are brought in. 
Gemma and Harper are literally working their butts off trying to find a way to break the curse, as is Marcy and Daniel. They know that they're running out of time - in some way, shape or form and are trying everything they can to save Gemma. They even get the help of Marcy's friend Lydia (if you have read Forgotten Lyrics, the short ebook from Amanda, then you'll know who she is) she helps to share her knowledge of what she knows about sirens and the possible ways to kill them or break the curse - both of which are pretty helpful. 
The plot of this book is really captivating - mostly because you know they're racing against time and eventually something will have to happen to either lengthen it, or shorten it and you can;t help but want to know which. It's fast paced and really well written - like Wake and Lullaby, the POV changes throughout the book (which I love) but what really surprised me and made this book a whole lot more exciting was that Gemma finds herself and unlikely ally... but I'm not going to say who, you're going to have to read it ;)

Gemma has been maturing over the books which I love - over the short space of time she has accepted what has happened to her and at times, even enjoyed it - but she knows that eventually, she will meet her fate and she's ready to accept whatever that may be. 
Harper has also grown a lot and isn't being as motherly as she has been - which takes a lot for her - but she can see the change in Gemma and knows that she won't be able to fight her battles for her much longer - which is tough, but she knows that's what has to be done.
Daniel is helping Gemma and Harper the best he can - he's being surportive and researching on the curse - but overall he knows he just has to be there for Harper - even she needs someone to lean on, but with Penn's growing interest in him, things change. 
Alex isn't as involved in this book, mostly because of what Gemma done at the end of Lullaby - but you do see him from time to time and get a general understanding of what's going on with him which is good. 
The other characters were also really well developed and had a good part within the book :)

Overall this is a really good book and continues on really well from Lullaby which I like and so far I would highly recommend this series :)



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