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A review by miras_booverse
Water's Edge by Ash Redd
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I rarely reach for paranormal dark romances, as I don't think they are my thing, but so far the few I've read have appealed to me a lot, and Ash Redd's "Water's Edge" is no exception.
I can't deny that it was the darkness in this story that originally attracted me to the book. However, there were so many more factors that kept my attention on it and made me like it so much.
I'll start by saying that the writing style is great. Detailed and insightful in the story and the characters, depicting the situation in detail, and showing everything the reader needs to feel the feelings and emotions of the characters, as well as to perceive and, above all, feel the place where they are.
"But damaged people are dangerous, Sheriff. We know how to survive the fires of hell and make it feel like home."
As I said before, I really liked how dark the story was, and how it made me feel depressed while imputing a feeling of hopelessness, of suffocation by the place and the power in the forest, which made me feel like I was there myself. The author has simply done a brilliant job in the show not only of the situation, but also of the surrounding atmosphere.
No longer interested in simply just consuming her, I need her to be mine. I need her fate to be intertwined with mine until I begin where she ends.
I can't deny that it was strange to me how just the moment Ripp saw Mattie, he felt attraction to her and suddenly she was the only thing in his head, but then it is explained where this came from, so it's not so unexpected and rigged.
Even if her consciounsness doesn't registers in yet, her soul recognizes its match in my shadow.
Otherwise, their relationship develops quite quickly, but I didn't feel them hasty or forced, on the contrary actually - I think it happens at the perfect pace for the story. Their erotic scenes, which are not few, are so good. After a certain moment, I realized that they filled the book and yet, I did not feel them coming in excess, simply because they are placed in such a way that the plot is not lost between them.
The dynamics are constant. The action does not stop developing and there is not a moment of stagnation in the plot. It keeps the reader interested all the time.
But I wanted to know a little bit more about Mattie's past and what she went through with her family, because most of the things are mentioned, but we don't have a clear idea of what exactly her father did to her, and more about his evil deeds.
Other than that, the characters are very well built for such a short novel. And the image of Mattie was even more interesting to me with its unusualness, because I don't remember ever coming across a similar female character in other books.
I would certainly continue with the rest of the books in the series when they come out, as well as with the author's other books, as she managed to impress me.
~~~
Rating: 4/5
~~~This book was provided to me by Ash Redd for my honest opinion.~~~
I can't deny that it was the darkness in this story that originally attracted me to the book. However, there were so many more factors that kept my attention on it and made me like it so much.
I'll start by saying that the writing style is great. Detailed and insightful in the story and the characters, depicting the situation in detail, and showing everything the reader needs to feel the feelings and emotions of the characters, as well as to perceive and, above all, feel the place where they are.
"But damaged people are dangerous, Sheriff. We know how to survive the fires of hell and make it feel like home."
As I said before, I really liked how dark the story was, and how it made me feel depressed while imputing a feeling of hopelessness, of suffocation by the place and the power in the forest, which made me feel like I was there myself. The author has simply done a brilliant job in the show not only of the situation, but also of the surrounding atmosphere.
No longer interested in simply just consuming her, I need her to be mine. I need her fate to be intertwined with mine until I begin where she ends.
I can't deny that it was strange to me how just the moment Ripp saw Mattie, he felt attraction to her and suddenly she was the only thing in his head, but then it is explained where this came from, so it's not so unexpected and rigged.
Even if her consciounsness doesn't registers in yet, her soul recognizes its match in my shadow.
Otherwise, their relationship develops quite quickly, but I didn't feel them hasty or forced, on the contrary actually - I think it happens at the perfect pace for the story. Their erotic scenes, which are not few, are so good. After a certain moment, I realized that they filled the book and yet, I did not feel them coming in excess, simply because they are placed in such a way that the plot is not lost between them.
The dynamics are constant. The action does not stop developing and there is not a moment of stagnation in the plot. It keeps the reader interested all the time.
But I wanted to know a little bit more about Mattie's past and what she went through with her family, because most of the things are mentioned, but we don't have a clear idea of what exactly her father did to her, and more about his evil deeds.
Other than that, the characters are very well built for such a short novel. And the image of Mattie was even more interesting to me with its unusualness, because I don't remember ever coming across a similar female character in other books.
I would certainly continue with the rest of the books in the series when they come out, as well as with the author's other books, as she managed to impress me.
~~~
Rating: 4/5
~~~This book was provided to me by Ash Redd for my honest opinion.~~~