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Elements #3
Turning Tides
Aidan Brook committed one too many magical crimes. Now, the water council insists she answer for them. Before they can deliver a verdict that will change her life, a council member is gruesomely murdered—and Aidan’s best friend is accused of the crime.
Before the body cools, Aidan is racing against the clock to prove Sera’s innocence. To make matters worse, her favorite bear shifter is struggling with the dangerous bond they now share. Aidan will do whatever it takes to save her friends…but the cost may be higher than she can pay.
A little murder, a little magic, and family and friends to help her through it all. On the outside, it looks like a typical Aidan Brook day—but she’s about to discover, when the tides start to turn, even a water elemental can’t control what happens next.
Before the body cools, Aidan is racing against the clock to prove Sera’s innocence. To make matters worse, her favorite bear shifter is struggling with the dangerous bond they now share. Aidan will do whatever it takes to save her friends…but the cost may be higher than she can pay.
A little murder, a little magic, and family and friends to help her through it all. On the outside, it looks like a typical Aidan Brook day—but she’s about to discover, when the tides start to turn, even a water elemental can’t control what happens next.
344 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 6, 2014
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Mia Marshall
7 books133 followersMia Marshall is the award-winning author of the Elements urban fantasy series. Before she started writing about imaginary worlds, she worked as a high school teacher, script supervisor, story editor, legal secretary, and day care worker. She has lived all along the US west coast and throughout the UK, where she collected an unnecessary number of degrees in literature, education, and film.
These days, she lives in a small house in the Sierra Nevadas, where she is surrounded by a small but deadly feline army.
These days, she lives in a small house in the Sierra Nevadas, where she is surrounded by a small but deadly feline army.
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May 7, 2014
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Wins all around!
Ahhhh, the Elements series. Three books in, and it continues to delight, surprise and impress me.
The story begins with Aidan back home, on the remote island where she was born and where elemental Waters have lived for generations. It isn't a pleasure visit, either. She's on trial for working with humans and spilling "classified" elemental secrets. The other elementals are far from happy with her, and they don't even know the worst of it. You see, dual magics like Aidan are considered too dangerous to live, and if anyone found out she is one, she'd have a hot date she doesn't want with the execution block. She's hoping she can walk away from this with nothing more than a slap on the wrist, but as so often happens, where Aidan goes, crazy follows. In this case, it's the killing kind, and worse, her best friend Sera is the prime suspect.
And that, my friends, is just the tip of the crazy iceberg that is this book.
One of the things that makes the Elements series so great, IMO, is how well all of the core characters fit together. Each one is fantabulous in his or her own way, but they are at their shining best when they are all working to solve a common problem. It's pure magic, folks. Author Mia Marshall does an incredible job giving each character their own distinct voice and personality, and a role to play in the story. In Turning Tides, the group starts off fragmented, but to my great relief, circumstances conspired to bring them all back together again - and yes, I was totally happy dancing when that happened! Simply put, this group belongs together and I hope they are never separated again. (You hear that, Mia Marshall? No breaking up the Scooby Gang, okay?)
As always, the mystery element of the story was well-constructed, with clues and false clues laid all over the place. As the story progressed, the mystery became more involved, and I'll admit there were a few times I got lost in all of the twists and turns, but that is not a criticism. Far from it. If anything, it made me turn the pages that much faster because I simply HAD TO KNOW what would happen next and who was behind it all.
The world-building was stellar as well. With each book, we learn a little more about the elementals, and the information always arrives at the right time, in just the right way. No info dumping or clunky speeches for readers to trip over. Everything just flows, like the water Aidan draws her power from.
About the romance. There's been one developing between Aidan and bear shifter Mac since book one, and in Turning Tides, it finally, finally got some much-needed page time. I was over-the-moon thrilled at the forward progress Aidan and Mac made and I ate up every scene they had together - oh boy, did I ever - but at the same time, I was pulling my hair out over all the interruptions and reasons that kept them from doing what I am desperate for them to do (damn those keen shifter ears!). I am all for a slow burn but if these two characters don't hit the sheets soon, I can't be held responsible for my actions. Seriously.
Turning Tides is another great installment in the Elements series. It does everything right (well, aside from denying me a scene where Mac and Aidan tear each others' clothes off and go at it like rabbits, LOL). The pacing was great, the dialogue was even better, the mystery kept me guessing, and I got to spend time with some of my favorite characters. Wins all around!
If you love the urban fantasy genre as much as I do and haven't picked up these books yet, you need to. Immediately.
RATING: 4.5 Stars ★★★★1/2
A copy of this book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Wins all around!
Ahhhh, the Elements series. Three books in, and it continues to delight, surprise and impress me.
The story begins with Aidan back home, on the remote island where she was born and where elemental Waters have lived for generations. It isn't a pleasure visit, either. She's on trial for working with humans and spilling "classified" elemental secrets. The other elementals are far from happy with her, and they don't even know the worst of it. You see, dual magics like Aidan are considered too dangerous to live, and if anyone found out she is one, she'd have a hot date she doesn't want with the execution block. She's hoping she can walk away from this with nothing more than a slap on the wrist, but as so often happens, where Aidan goes, crazy follows. In this case, it's the killing kind, and worse, her best friend Sera is the prime suspect.
And that, my friends, is just the tip of the crazy iceberg that is this book.
One of the things that makes the Elements series so great, IMO, is how well all of the core characters fit together. Each one is fantabulous in his or her own way, but they are at their shining best when they are all working to solve a common problem. It's pure magic, folks. Author Mia Marshall does an incredible job giving each character their own distinct voice and personality, and a role to play in the story. In Turning Tides, the group starts off fragmented, but to my great relief, circumstances conspired to bring them all back together again - and yes, I was totally happy dancing when that happened! Simply put, this group belongs together and I hope they are never separated again. (You hear that, Mia Marshall? No breaking up the Scooby Gang, okay?)
As always, the mystery element of the story was well-constructed, with clues and false clues laid all over the place. As the story progressed, the mystery became more involved, and I'll admit there were a few times I got lost in all of the twists and turns, but that is not a criticism. Far from it. If anything, it made me turn the pages that much faster because I simply HAD TO KNOW what would happen next and who was behind it all.
The world-building was stellar as well. With each book, we learn a little more about the elementals, and the information always arrives at the right time, in just the right way. No info dumping or clunky speeches for readers to trip over. Everything just flows, like the water Aidan draws her power from.
About the romance. There's been one developing between Aidan and bear shifter Mac since book one, and in Turning Tides, it finally, finally got some much-needed page time. I was over-the-moon thrilled at the forward progress Aidan and Mac made and I ate up every scene they had together - oh boy, did I ever - but at the same time, I was pulling my hair out over all the interruptions and reasons that kept them from doing what I am desperate for them to do (damn those keen shifter ears!). I am all for a slow burn but if these two characters don't hit the sheets soon, I can't be held responsible for my actions. Seriously.
Turning Tides is another great installment in the Elements series. It does everything right (well, aside from denying me a scene where Mac and Aidan tear each others' clothes off and go at it like rabbits, LOL). The pacing was great, the dialogue was even better, the mystery kept me guessing, and I got to spend time with some of my favorite characters. Wins all around!
If you love the urban fantasy genre as much as I do and haven't picked up these books yet, you need to. Immediately.
RATING: 4.5 Stars ★★★★1/2
A copy of this book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
August 26, 2014
These books are so fantastic! And each and every one shocks me just a little bit more. I highly recommend these for Urban Fantasy fans looking for something fresh, fun, and utterly captivating. Mia has an incredible writing voice and the characters are utterly lovable. I can't wait for book #4.
August 3, 2016
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*I received this book for free from the Author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Aidan and the Gang are back!
If you ever kept up with my previous blog, you’ll remember that I gave the first two in this series a solid 5 star rating each. And Turning Tides, the third in the Elements series, is no different. I adore this series – I can happily call it the best Urban Fantasy series I’ve ever read. It avoids just about every dull and ever present trope there is in UF.
Plus it has wereotters.
And now I have a confession to make. A book like this, I can finish off in one night. But this book, I took 2 weeks to read.
That’s right, two weeks. Not because it was dull, not because I wasn’t enjoying it, not because I would drift away from it. But because, I didn’t want to finish it. I would deliberately put Turning Tides down and not continue, because I didn’t want to leave Aidan’s world. I didn’t want it to be finished. I couldn’t bear the thought of turning that final page and having to leave Aidan, Sera, Mac, Simon, Miriam and even Josiah behind. So I would string it out, reading a few pages here, a chapter there. :sigh: I don’t think I’ve ever done that with another book. I didn’t even want to write this review because it meant that the book was truly finished.
There are very few books that grab hold of me like the Elements series does. Ones that I feel I can read over and over, that I want to tell everyone about, that get me excited. Mia Marshall’s Elements series does this and more.
I love the friendship between Aidan and Sera. I love that Aidan is so desperate to prove Sera’s innocence in the death of the Council Member that kicks off the book. And I love that slowly she is starting to look at Josiah Blais as more than just Sera’s father and a really scary powerful Old One, that she is slowly starting to realise that he will do anything for his daughters, even kill to keep them safe.
Can characters in a book actually have chemistry, like you see actors in movies/tv shows do? I think they do. The chemistry between Aidan and Sera is so real. They talk to each other like best friends do, they act around each other like best friends do. You never once see a misstep between the relationship they have. I really believe they are two of the best written characters around.
And of course, there’s Aidan and Mac’s romance – I’m actually not really one for either loads of sex scenes or heavy on the romance in my books, but
Seriously folks, there’s not a single thing here to grumble over. It felt like being back with The Gang, with a bunch of old friends you had been missing and were dying to catch up with. You can feel Aidan’s stress and pain over wondering if she was going to go nuts dealing with her dual elements. You can feel her worry with Mac being tied to her with her magic in him, freaking out that every time she is away from him, he actually gets physically sick. Wondering what the hell she is going to do about it, how she is going to heal him. You can feel the passion and excitement as Mac and Aidan start to get closer and
I’m very much an ebook gal. Once I discovered the ease and convenience of being able to purchase a book whenever I felt like that, that I didn’t have to actually go out into the, y’know, the REAL WORLD to get my book fix..when I realized that I could fill my iPad with a gazillion books and never have to worry about buying another bookcase, or where to fit another bookcase, I was a convert. But a few months ago, in preparation for the release of Turning Tides, I went to my little local bookstore (cos we don’t have big chain bookstores where I live) and ordered the first two in the series, Broken Elements and Shifting Selves in physical form. So I could put them on my bookshelf and admire them in all their prettiness. And next week, I’ll be ordering Turning Tides in physical form also. There’s a handful of authors where I will do this – have their books in ebook as well as physical book form.
The Elements series is truly a brilliant example of how to do urban fantasy right. This is the series that I highly recommend when people are looking for UF, or even just looking for a damn good read.
Plus, it has wereotters.
*I received this book for free from the Author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Aidan and the Gang are back!
If you ever kept up with my previous blog, you’ll remember that I gave the first two in this series a solid 5 star rating each. And Turning Tides, the third in the Elements series, is no different. I adore this series – I can happily call it the best Urban Fantasy series I’ve ever read. It avoids just about every dull and ever present trope there is in UF.
Plus it has wereotters.
And now I have a confession to make. A book like this, I can finish off in one night. But this book, I took 2 weeks to read.
That’s right, two weeks. Not because it was dull, not because I wasn’t enjoying it, not because I would drift away from it. But because, I didn’t want to finish it. I would deliberately put Turning Tides down and not continue, because I didn’t want to leave Aidan’s world. I didn’t want it to be finished. I couldn’t bear the thought of turning that final page and having to leave Aidan, Sera, Mac, Simon, Miriam and even Josiah behind. So I would string it out, reading a few pages here, a chapter there. :sigh: I don’t think I’ve ever done that with another book. I didn’t even want to write this review because it meant that the book was truly finished.
There are very few books that grab hold of me like the Elements series does. Ones that I feel I can read over and over, that I want to tell everyone about, that get me excited. Mia Marshall’s Elements series does this and more.
I love the friendship between Aidan and Sera. I love that Aidan is so desperate to prove Sera’s innocence in the death of the Council Member that kicks off the book. And I love that slowly she is starting to look at Josiah Blais as more than just Sera’s father and a really scary powerful Old One, that she is slowly starting to realise that he will do anything for his daughters, even kill to keep them safe.
Can characters in a book actually have chemistry, like you see actors in movies/tv shows do? I think they do. The chemistry between Aidan and Sera is so real. They talk to each other like best friends do, they act around each other like best friends do. You never once see a misstep between the relationship they have. I really believe they are two of the best written characters around.
And of course, there’s Aidan and Mac’s romance – I’m actually not really one for either loads of sex scenes or heavy on the romance in my books, but
Seriously folks, there’s not a single thing here to grumble over. It felt like being back with The Gang, with a bunch of old friends you had been missing and were dying to catch up with. You can feel Aidan’s stress and pain over wondering if she was going to go nuts dealing with her dual elements. You can feel her worry with Mac being tied to her with her magic in him, freaking out that every time she is away from him, he actually gets physically sick. Wondering what the hell she is going to do about it, how she is going to heal him. You can feel the passion and excitement as Mac and Aidan start to get closer and
I’m very much an ebook gal. Once I discovered the ease and convenience of being able to purchase a book whenever I felt like that, that I didn’t have to actually go out into the, y’know, the REAL WORLD to get my book fix..when I realized that I could fill my iPad with a gazillion books and never have to worry about buying another bookcase, or where to fit another bookcase, I was a convert. But a few months ago, in preparation for the release of Turning Tides, I went to my little local bookstore (cos we don’t have big chain bookstores where I live) and ordered the first two in the series, Broken Elements and Shifting Selves in physical form. So I could put them on my bookshelf and admire them in all their prettiness. And next week, I’ll be ordering Turning Tides in physical form also. There’s a handful of authors where I will do this – have their books in ebook as well as physical book form.
The Elements series is truly a brilliant example of how to do urban fantasy right. This is the series that I highly recommend when people are looking for UF, or even just looking for a damn good read.
Plus, it has wereotters.
May 7, 2014
(I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.)
Reading this book was like going to a reunion with old friends, and realising that they have changed since you first met them, but being around them is still fun. You still laugh at their jokes and shenanigans, you love their dynamics, and you admire how far they’ve come. That’s how I felt when I got a chance to read Turning Tides, the third book in one of my favourite fantasy series.
The friendship between Aidan and Sera is one of my all-time favourite friendships in books. They’re both strong and kickass ladies, they have a fierce loyalty to each other, but are not afraid to call each other out if they go too far. There’s a lot of snark going back and forth, but it’s really fun to read because they’re very witty. This book takes it to the next level, showing just how much they can protect each other, and what they’ll go through.
Aside from the friendship, I love the relationship between Aidan and Mac. I love it when a relationship is developed over time, when it isn’t just “Hello, nice to meet you. I love you!” Aidan and Mac are far from it. They do love each other, but they aren’t constantly falling into each other’s arms or saying soppy things to each other while their world crumbles. No, they’re smart. They both have their strengths, and recognise the urgency or danger of a situation instead of being caught up in each other. Their relationship just feels so organic and wonderful, even without the constant proclaiming of love or extoling of virtues.
Of course, there’s Simon. My sweet Simon, the fun-loving cat shifter of the group, and my second favourite shifter. (Sorry, Mac comes first!) What I loved in this book was the chance to see Simon’s character as more than just comic relief, and you all know how much I love multi-dimensional characters. Miriam and Vivian help round out the cast, with smart mouths and technical knowhow (respectively).
I guess what I’m trying to say is that I love the characters. I love them so much and could go on and on about how much I love them. But I will TRY to move on to the rest of the book, promise!
The first and second books focused on our world, a world where elementals and shifters had to hide themselves. While it was interesting to see how they balanced magic with modernity, it was also really interesting to see what an elemental enclave was like. Aidan’s family, the customs and culture, how they still have older technology but have learned the ways of modern things too. Also, Aidan’s Grandma is officially on my list of Awesome Grandmas.
The plot moves quick, with twists that I didn’t see coming. Marshall can write a mystery really well, and has a great cast to carry it out. I really hated some characters, not because they were badly-written, but because they were just so mean! If a well-written villain can get a rise out of me, I begrudgingly give them kudos. Flat characters? No, you’ve come to the wrong place!
I think my only problem with the book is the pacing, but it’s a tiny problem that I can overlook. The climax and ending came fast, maybe too fast. I kept reading and reading until the end, and finally had to put it down to absorb the whole thing.
Overall: Five stars, for all the reasons listed above. Amazing cast of characters, great writing, a good mystery, and more world-building. I’d say more but this review is already long enough!
Reading this book was like going to a reunion with old friends, and realising that they have changed since you first met them, but being around them is still fun. You still laugh at their jokes and shenanigans, you love their dynamics, and you admire how far they’ve come. That’s how I felt when I got a chance to read Turning Tides, the third book in one of my favourite fantasy series.
The friendship between Aidan and Sera is one of my all-time favourite friendships in books. They’re both strong and kickass ladies, they have a fierce loyalty to each other, but are not afraid to call each other out if they go too far. There’s a lot of snark going back and forth, but it’s really fun to read because they’re very witty. This book takes it to the next level, showing just how much they can protect each other, and what they’ll go through.
Aside from the friendship, I love the relationship between Aidan and Mac. I love it when a relationship is developed over time, when it isn’t just “Hello, nice to meet you. I love you!” Aidan and Mac are far from it. They do love each other, but they aren’t constantly falling into each other’s arms or saying soppy things to each other while their world crumbles. No, they’re smart. They both have their strengths, and recognise the urgency or danger of a situation instead of being caught up in each other. Their relationship just feels so organic and wonderful, even without the constant proclaiming of love or extoling of virtues.
Of course, there’s Simon. My sweet Simon, the fun-loving cat shifter of the group, and my second favourite shifter. (Sorry, Mac comes first!) What I loved in this book was the chance to see Simon’s character as more than just comic relief, and you all know how much I love multi-dimensional characters. Miriam and Vivian help round out the cast, with smart mouths and technical knowhow (respectively).
I guess what I’m trying to say is that I love the characters. I love them so much and could go on and on about how much I love them. But I will TRY to move on to the rest of the book, promise!
The first and second books focused on our world, a world where elementals and shifters had to hide themselves. While it was interesting to see how they balanced magic with modernity, it was also really interesting to see what an elemental enclave was like. Aidan’s family, the customs and culture, how they still have older technology but have learned the ways of modern things too. Also, Aidan’s Grandma is officially on my list of Awesome Grandmas.
The plot moves quick, with twists that I didn’t see coming. Marshall can write a mystery really well, and has a great cast to carry it out. I really hated some characters, not because they were badly-written, but because they were just so mean! If a well-written villain can get a rise out of me, I begrudgingly give them kudos. Flat characters? No, you’ve come to the wrong place!
I think my only problem with the book is the pacing, but it’s a tiny problem that I can overlook. The climax and ending came fast, maybe too fast. I kept reading and reading until the end, and finally had to put it down to absorb the whole thing.
Overall: Five stars, for all the reasons listed above. Amazing cast of characters, great writing, a good mystery, and more world-building. I’d say more but this review is already long enough!
May 20, 2014
Review courtesy of All Things Urban Fantasy
TURNING TIDES by Mia Marshall is framed as a locked room murder mystery where the ‘room’ is an isolated island full of water elementals, and the primary suspect in the deadly explosion is the only person present who can control fire. Even though most of the crowd think the answer is obvious, the question of whodunit is paced nicely throughout the novel, and the unmasking of the culprit at the end would do Hercule Poirot proud. By then, however, the book is about much more than a single death, and I wanted the punishment to better fit the crimes.
Though I didn’t read the first two books in the series, I had no trouble understanding the situation, the relationships, or elemental society. I did struggle with Aidan Brook’s age; she’s supposed to be chronologically in her 60s, but is the equivalent of an adolescent in her own society of near-immortals. She reads as a teenager in much of the book, and lacks the wisdom I’d expect from someone who’s already lived so long (by human standards.) Her friends have the same sense of perma-youth; they’re funny, loyal, and probably the highlight of TURNING TIDES, especially ex-Air Force pilot-slash-otter-shifter Miriam and frequently naked cat-shifter Simon – though sexy bear-man Mac ain’t bad either.
Marshall does an excellent job clarifying things for new readers without making it seem like an exposition dump, and gives a good sense of what these elemental powers feel like, but since I didn’t read the first two books, I don’t have much of an emotional attachment to the characters, which I think makes me less sympathetic to the ending. A lot of the conflict in the novel comes from Aidan’s fears of going insane, after she finds out that she’s a dual magic –a split-personality with god-like powers just waiting to happen. And when it does happen, Marshall puts the reader in Aidan’s mind, successfully showing why the threat of a dual magic is scary. So scary, it seems like a cheat when her friends give her actions a pass. She seems to give herself a pass, too, expressing feelings of guilt, but not quite feeling them, and leaves the destruction in her wake. She solves the mystery, and while not unscathed, gets off the island with her friends, her boyfriend, and her life, which may be a happy ending she doesn’t deserve.
TURNING TIDES by Mia Marshall is framed as a locked room murder mystery where the ‘room’ is an isolated island full of water elementals, and the primary suspect in the deadly explosion is the only person present who can control fire. Even though most of the crowd think the answer is obvious, the question of whodunit is paced nicely throughout the novel, and the unmasking of the culprit at the end would do Hercule Poirot proud. By then, however, the book is about much more than a single death, and I wanted the punishment to better fit the crimes.
Though I didn’t read the first two books in the series, I had no trouble understanding the situation, the relationships, or elemental society. I did struggle with Aidan Brook’s age; she’s supposed to be chronologically in her 60s, but is the equivalent of an adolescent in her own society of near-immortals. She reads as a teenager in much of the book, and lacks the wisdom I’d expect from someone who’s already lived so long (by human standards.) Her friends have the same sense of perma-youth; they’re funny, loyal, and probably the highlight of TURNING TIDES, especially ex-Air Force pilot-slash-otter-shifter Miriam and frequently naked cat-shifter Simon – though sexy bear-man Mac ain’t bad either.
Marshall does an excellent job clarifying things for new readers without making it seem like an exposition dump, and gives a good sense of what these elemental powers feel like, but since I didn’t read the first two books, I don’t have much of an emotional attachment to the characters, which I think makes me less sympathetic to the ending. A lot of the conflict in the novel comes from Aidan’s fears of going insane, after she finds out that she’s a dual magic –a split-personality with god-like powers just waiting to happen. And when it does happen, Marshall puts the reader in Aidan’s mind, successfully showing why the threat of a dual magic is scary. So scary, it seems like a cheat when her friends give her actions a pass. She seems to give herself a pass, too, expressing feelings of guilt, but not quite feeling them, and leaves the destruction in her wake. She solves the mystery, and while not unscathed, gets off the island with her friends, her boyfriend, and her life, which may be a happy ending she doesn’t deserve.
May 20, 2014
TURNING TIDES by Mia Marshall is framed as a locked room murder mystery where the ‘room’ is an isolated island full of water elementals, and the primary suspect in the deadly explosion is the only person present who can control fire. Even though most of the crowd think the answer is obvious, the question of whodunit is paced nicely throughout the novel, and the unmasking of the culprit at the end would do Hercule Poirot proud. By then, however, the book is about much more than a single death, and I wanted the punishment to better fit the crimes.
Read the rest of the review on All Things Urban Fantasy.
Read the rest of the review on All Things Urban Fantasy.
August 8, 2014
This has been an absolutely amazing series. I can't say enough good things about the story!! I love all of the characters. I love the way the story is told. I love the twists. I love the inappropriate humor! I love everything about it. However, I am hoping that there will be another book in the series because the ending left open questions that I would love to see resolved!!
July 25, 2015
Another great Elements novel. It twists and turns from the very beginning and keeps a good pace throughout the story. A thriller with magic. I'm really looking forward to the next installment.
March 18, 2014
Soooooo good!
Review to come.
Review to come.
June 6, 2014
OMG, that ending.
Review coming soon.
Review coming soon.
December 27, 2014
This installment was just... not for me, I think.
May 3, 2017
I loved getting to see the island Aidan grew up on. There was so much rich character development in this story--I feel like I know everyone better. And there was lots of exciting action, too.
December 29, 2018
Still keeps me involved. it is and interesting tale, by this point I was into the story and the writer.
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