Title: Tempest Unleashed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s
Books
PubDate: June 05, 2012
ISBN: 9780802728302
Author: Tracy Deebs
Though they were being total gentlemen, I
still felt like a rope in a tug-of-war contest- caught between two opposing
sides. Belonging equally to both of them. It made my head throb. Pg. 200
Tempest Maguire is happy with her decision to embrace
her mermaid nature and live among her mother's clan within the ocean's depths.
Even though training to one day ascend the throne for the aging mermaid queen
is rigorous, she finds refuge in the arms of Kona, the selkie who first opened
her up to her mermaid side. But when word comes that one of her brothers has
been gravely injured on land, Tempest immediately rushes to his side—which also
brings her back to her old flame, Mark. And in her absence, a deadly battle
begins raging at the hands of Tempest's old nemesis, the sea witch Tiamat. As
the dangerous war erupts, Tempest's two loves—Kona and Mark, sea and land—will
collide for the first time, both to protect her and to force her to choose.
After reading book one, I was eager for book two. Now
that I have finished book two, I am desperate for book three! The clash between
water and land, new love and true love, keeps you involved and interested from
start to finish. The independent and fiery Tempest is overwhelmed with the
choices she is forced to make- and her ties with her family on land, and her
mermaid heritage within the sea- pull her two completely different directions. Deciding
to fight an evil sea creature doesn’t hold a candle to the heartache Tempest
experiences as she faces the fact that she loves two boys at once.
Teen readers will be crazy for mermaids after reading
Tracy Deebs’s books. Tempest Unleashed is filled with pearls of wisdom that reveal
crucial pieces of Tempest’s past so that she can face her uncertain future.
Tracy- if you’re reading this… I wanted you to know that I’m “Team Kona” all
the way!
I give this
book an A+ for it’s magical mermaid charm.
