I absolutely can't wait for the second in this series! Undertow by Michael Buckley was wonderful. Great character development, interesting plot, great themes, just truly a wonderful, wonderful read. I highly recommend this novel.. Teens and adults alike will get so much out of this novel, as they ponder similarities with issues in our world.
A new species, Alpha, emerge from the water and attempts are made to integrate with humans. Lyric discovers she is half-Alpha, and keeps this secret as long as she can. She is forced to befriend the prince of the Alpha, and naturally romantic feelings start, which complicates her life even further.
Issues of loyalty, empathy, cultural differences, family love, war and peace, all lead up to an exciting conclusion in book one.
This book will be available on May 5th, and I for one and am already counting the days until the second one comes out.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Finished the series
I finished Cuba Straits over spring break. I enjoyed it, primarily because I am interested in Cuba and hope to visit one day. I enjoyed the fact that Tomlinson played a large role, and I found the plot quite interesting..especially how various characters were all tied into it.
I prefer Ford's first person narratives to the 3rd person (which was used in the first couple of books in the series), but I quickly got over that.
In this and in one other book, characters state Fidel is dead, and as far as I know he isn't...but I am sure RWW knows more than his readers do :-).
I have read this entire series, starting in December, 2014 when I had the pleasure of visiting Sanibel. I enjoyed all of the books, some quite intensely due to the character development, historical information, life on the islands, Ford's home and lab. A couple I didn't care for as much, as stated in an earlier post, but I am addicted to those characters. So much so that I am finally going to start reading other works, until Doc Ford's 23rd story line is written by the wonderful Randy Wayne White.
I prefer Ford's first person narratives to the 3rd person (which was used in the first couple of books in the series), but I quickly got over that.
In this and in one other book, characters state Fidel is dead, and as far as I know he isn't...but I am sure RWW knows more than his readers do :-).
I have read this entire series, starting in December, 2014 when I had the pleasure of visiting Sanibel. I enjoyed all of the books, some quite intensely due to the character development, historical information, life on the islands, Ford's home and lab. A couple I didn't care for as much, as stated in an earlier post, but I am addicted to those characters. So much so that I am finally going to start reading other works, until Doc Ford's 23rd story line is written by the wonderful Randy Wayne White.
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