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The Heroes of High Tide #2
Fire & Ice
For this superhero, nothing’s fair in love and war.
The mob war was going so well until Colleen’s brother showed up with an icy ultimatum: Leave High Tide to him or suffer the consequences.
Throw in a little forbidden romance with the cop who’s trying to bring the vigilante down and Colleen is having a very bad week.
Little does she know that it’s about to get a lot worse.
When federal agents descend on her home to capture the vigilante and her super-powered brother, it’s the innocent that gets caught in the crossfire. To stop the agents and save those she loves, Colleen will have to make a terrible sacrifice.
The mob war was going so well until Colleen’s brother showed up with an icy ultimatum: Leave High Tide to him or suffer the consequences.
Throw in a little forbidden romance with the cop who’s trying to bring the vigilante down and Colleen is having a very bad week.
Little does she know that it’s about to get a lot worse.
When federal agents descend on her home to capture the vigilante and her super-powered brother, it’s the innocent that gets caught in the crossfire. To stop the agents and save those she loves, Colleen will have to make a terrible sacrifice.
348 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 15, 2020
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April 7, 2021
The story is set in the year 1963 in the fictional Metro City.
In the previous book Colleen Knight, whose mother Tina is a mob boss, reconnected with her old love Karen and saved powered children from exploitation. Karen works for the Bulwark, an FBI organization which hunts down powered people, and Karen left Colleen to work against the Bulwark from within. I was hoping Karen would return in this book, but she didn’t. It focuses on Colleen and her life in Hide Tide, the area of Metro City where she’s from.
Tina and a mysterious mob boss only known as Von are in a battle for the control of High Tide. Colleen and her mother have a strained relationship at best, but Colleen knows she must help Tina. Things are going relatively well, until Andrew turns up on the side of Von. Andrew is Colleen’s brother. She thought he died, so his return is quite a shock to both her and their mother. Colleen has fire powers and her brother has ice powers. She can’t understand while her formerly shy and gentle brother has become a stone-cold killer. She wants to save him, but she doesn’t know how or if he even wants to be saved.
The police aren’t too easy on High Tide’s poor black community, and the mob war has made them even more brutal. Surprisingly to Colleen, she’s very attracted to one cop in particular. Shay Reynolds is a young black woman and the first black female police officer in her precinct. High Tide is her home, too, and becoming a cop was the best way she thought of protecting her people. But the white male cops belittle her, and the black community is very suspicious and angry at her. She’s also attracted to Colleen, despite the fact that Colleen is a mob boss’s daughter.
This was a great, fast-paced read and an excellent continuation to the series. Colleen is the main POV character, but we get POVs from Shay, Tina, and Andrew, as well. We get to know Andrew’s difficult situation and why Tina made the choices which alienated both her children. Each of the characters have depth and are interesting by themselves.
The book has two romance subplots. In addition to Colleen and Shay, Tina and her right-hand man are dancing around each other. Tina doesn’t think it would be wise to start a relationship with Rick, but she knows he’s loyal and trustworthy. These romances, particularly Colleen and Shay’s relationship, add to the story, but don’t overwhelm it.
The story continues from the previous book, Fahrenheit’s Ghost. It’s not necessary to read that book first, but it’s a very good read and gives further depth to the characters and the setting. While this book doesn’t quite end in a cliffhanger, the story definitely continues and I’m looking forward to that.
In the previous book Colleen Knight, whose mother Tina is a mob boss, reconnected with her old love Karen and saved powered children from exploitation. Karen works for the Bulwark, an FBI organization which hunts down powered people, and Karen left Colleen to work against the Bulwark from within. I was hoping Karen would return in this book, but she didn’t. It focuses on Colleen and her life in Hide Tide, the area of Metro City where she’s from.
Tina and a mysterious mob boss only known as Von are in a battle for the control of High Tide. Colleen and her mother have a strained relationship at best, but Colleen knows she must help Tina. Things are going relatively well, until Andrew turns up on the side of Von. Andrew is Colleen’s brother. She thought he died, so his return is quite a shock to both her and their mother. Colleen has fire powers and her brother has ice powers. She can’t understand while her formerly shy and gentle brother has become a stone-cold killer. She wants to save him, but she doesn’t know how or if he even wants to be saved.
The police aren’t too easy on High Tide’s poor black community, and the mob war has made them even more brutal. Surprisingly to Colleen, she’s very attracted to one cop in particular. Shay Reynolds is a young black woman and the first black female police officer in her precinct. High Tide is her home, too, and becoming a cop was the best way she thought of protecting her people. But the white male cops belittle her, and the black community is very suspicious and angry at her. She’s also attracted to Colleen, despite the fact that Colleen is a mob boss’s daughter.
This was a great, fast-paced read and an excellent continuation to the series. Colleen is the main POV character, but we get POVs from Shay, Tina, and Andrew, as well. We get to know Andrew’s difficult situation and why Tina made the choices which alienated both her children. Each of the characters have depth and are interesting by themselves.
The book has two romance subplots. In addition to Colleen and Shay, Tina and her right-hand man are dancing around each other. Tina doesn’t think it would be wise to start a relationship with Rick, but she knows he’s loyal and trustworthy. These romances, particularly Colleen and Shay’s relationship, add to the story, but don’t overwhelm it.
The story continues from the previous book, Fahrenheit’s Ghost. It’s not necessary to read that book first, but it’s a very good read and gives further depth to the characters and the setting. While this book doesn’t quite end in a cliffhanger, the story definitely continues and I’m looking forward to that.
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September 4, 2021This book is a superhero novel with social commentary and is part of There are both racial and sexual orientation themes but they are a part of the world building which is very well done. The characters are already well defined by previous novels but they continue to reveal their personalities. The mix of action and intrigue makes for an enjoyable read. I’ve been reading through the other stories by this author and they continue to entertain as well as any other books in the superhero genre. I recommend this book to any adults like myself that can’t get enough superheroes having grown up on comics.
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I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily
September 20, 2020
A sister and brother with super powers, Colleen with Fire and Andrew with Ice, are on opposite sides as Colleen tries to protect High Tide from gang war fare. Colleen's mother inherited her mafia lifestyle position from Colleen's grandfather and she is trying to escape it all, making changes for the better with Colleen' help. Plenty of twists and turns, murder, action, danger and love. Well written and the usual good standard.
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