Water Bound
Ratings8
Average rating4.3
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Ratings8
Average rating4.3
The last thing Lev Prakenskii remembered was being lost in the swirling currents of the ocean and getting sucked deeper into the nothingness of a freezing black eddy off the coastal town of Sea Haven. Just as quickly, just a miraculously, he was saved--pulled ashore by a beautiful stranger. But Lev has no memory of who he is--or why he seems to possess the violent instincts of a trained killer. All he knows is that he fears for his life, and for the life of his unexpected savior.
Her name is Rikki, a sea-urchin diver in Sea Haven. She has always felt an affinity for the ocean, and for the seductive pull of the tides. And now she feels drawn in the same way to the enigmatic man she rescued. But soon they will be bound by something even stronger, and their tantalizing secrets will engulf them both in a whirlpool of dizzying passion and inescapable danger.
Sea Haven / Sisters of the Heart #1
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4 primary booksSea Haven/Sisters of the Heart is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Christine Feehan.
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I liked this continuation of the Sea Haven story. There was one part that didn't make sense to me. There was a big time jump that didn't see like a time jump at the time and I got confused.
For the lovers of the Drake Sisters series Sea haven/Sisters of the Heart series is the perfect choice of reading.
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I can't summarize what this book is about to others without laughing aloud at the ridiculousness. Of course a runaway programmed-from-childhood Russian assassin was rescued deep under the sea by an autistic uni-diving water mage entrenched in her rural idyll created by a found family of other (probably) elemental mages, because: what else? Oh, and she has a pyromaniacal stalker. And survived the foster system.
Despite the over- over- over-the-topness of it all, this one zipped along (except for the pages-long sex scenes, which I started skimming because: I get it. You're into each other.). Also, so interesting were the detailed descriptions of diving/urchin harvesting on the California coast! Very nifty.
But: tone! Every time someone pontificated about the heroine's disabilities because of autism, I flinched a bit. It's like the nuance between being an autistic person and a person with autism. To everyone in this book, including the heroine, she's an autistic person. She “had some form of autism, yet she had carved out a life for herself in spite of all the odds...” “If she was autistic, she was too high functioning not to have had some help as a child.” “There would be a few people in her life who appreciated her quick mind and bravery facing the challenges of a world she was born too sensitive to function in properly–yet she managed, carving out a life for herself against impossible odds.” Maybe because this is 2010 and autism awareness has shifted just that much in 13 years, these quotes sound cringey? But if I were picking fiction to represent the successes and difficulties of life on the spectrum, this wouldn't be on my list.
I liked a lot about this book, and might try the others in the series once I absorb the ridiculous elements a bit more. (Runaway Russian assassins!!) I like stories of healthy found families and the urban fantasy elements, so I may be up for more. (This is my first Feehan.) I agree with other reviewers that some things were just repeated tooooooo many times. (Like: I get that she has BLACK EYES because we are told a dozen times or more...but what colour was her hair again? I can't picture her in my mind except as too skinny (also oft repeated) and with BLACK EYES, or maybe they're BOTTOMLESS black eyes. (Which to me sounds like her pupils are blown because of chemicals, trauma, etc., but what do I know? Bottomless like the sea, no doubt.) 3 1/2 stars
