Mark has his redeeming qualities, though. Tempest Unleashed made me really dislike Kona, and now Tempest Revealed made me annoyed with Mark! He kept trying to die too! And all of a sudden, I liked Kona again. I don’t like heroines who run away every chance they get.Ģ.

She had a lot of obstacles to go up against, so I give her props for that… but really, she bothered me because she handled pretty much everything like a coward. And really, so much of this story is of her inner thoughts as she whines and complains and acts selfish. It’s like she just kept wanting to die for someone, but not for a noble reason… mainly because it would be the convenient way out! It got a little old. I feel like she played the martyr role out in her mind in a way too dramatic fashion. Maybe I just have The Bachelorette TV show on my mind right now (since I just watched the recent episode), but if you feel like you love two people then you CAN’T and SHOULD NOT be with them! Anyway, I digress. She’s still a tad confused over whether or not she loves Mark or Kona… and that bugged me. She lost the fire I saw in her in the previous book. I feel like Tempest took a step back in this book. It goes without saying, but I am saying it anyway, that if you have not read the first two books of this series, my review will spoil them for you. While Tempest Unleashed, book 2 in this trilogy, is still my favorite of the three, I am very happy I got to see how everything turned out for Tempest. 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.Īnd so ends the Tempest trilogy, filled with mermaids, selkies, sea monsters, surfer boys, sand, and protective families. 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. Once there, she discovers that an old enemy has resurfaced, hell-bent on taking over her throne. 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. Living under the sea and rebuilding Coral Straits is grueling work, while being back home reminds her of everyone she loves and misses. 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.

Published by Walker Children's on June 4, 2013 Also in this series: Tempest Rising, Tempest Unleashed

Tempest Rising by Tracy Deebs