The Dark Tide (The Adrien English Mysteries, #5) in Q&A with Josh Lanyon

Mar 24, 2011 ❂ Endless rated it really liked it

Shelves: erotic-m-m, erotic-re-read

[*Edit - 2013/01/20 Update re-read count to 3]

Firstly, i really need to get this out of the way - i am pampered! And Josh Lanyon's writing did that. It's taken me a while before i could pick up another mm romance to read... Your writing is commendable Mr. Lanyon, kudos! I've had to give quite a bit of a break in between books to able to completely savor this last installment of the Adrien English series.

This entire series has been a very bitter sweet journey for me. The mysteries in book #3 and ...more

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Apr 10, 2011 John rated it really liked it

Shelves: mm-romance, gay, fiction, mystery

Delightful, actually. The film-noir atmosphere of the novel is something I enjoy steeping in, and here it's subtly well done. In some respects another body so soon after the conclusion of the previous story took a little suspended belief, yet twenty pages later I didn't give it a second thought. It's a little like realizing that your mother had successfully camouflaged the spinach and you'd swallowed it without complaint.

But, two things set The Dark Tide apart from the pack for me. First is that ...more

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May 03, 2011 Mtsnow13 rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, m-m, fbi-agent-detective, romance, contemporary, suspense, series-read, less-than-200-pages, amazon, own-read

Wow. I am feeling so much right now. Almost mournful. That. It. Is. Complete.

I came to love these characters so much that I am feeling a sense of sadness or loss, like I will miss good friends. I am so choked up with emotion right now. What.An.Ending. Josh is a master storyteller, and he really wrote such human qualities in these characters. I am so honored that I was able to share the hours with Adrien and Jake. And the supporting characters were all written so well. It was like I had my own li Wow. I am feeling so much right now. Almost mournful. That. It. Is. Complete.

I came to love these characters so much that I am feeling a sense of sadness or loss, like I will miss good friends. I am so choked up with emotion right now. What.An.Ending. Josh is a master storyteller, and he really wrote such human qualities in these characters. I am so honored that I was able to share the hours with Adrien and Jake. And the supporting characters were all written so well. It was like I had my own little family waiting in the wings. The monologue within Adrien's heart and mind was so REAL. I just wanted to crawl inside both of them and absorb and embrace everything about them.

I did not imagine that Jake could redeem himself in my eyes, but somehow the author reached deep inside of me and twisted my guts to see the humanity and forgiveness that was necessary for the unconditional love that ended up being at the bottom of both the MCs emotional makeup. And the bits with the exes all around. I was continually holding my breath and squinting my eyes, afraid of what kind of choices were going to be made... What a ride!

But even better for me was having the opportunity to 'listen' to them all back to back. This is a set SO worth purchasing as audiobooks. The narrator was optimal in his portrayal of the MCs. He had wonderful inflection and intonation, and I felt like I was in Adrien's body as he was going through everything. I know that may sound odd, but it's the only way I can think of to describe how I feel directly after finishing this final story in the series. I hope Josh gifts us with little glimpses of these two in the future with some CODAs, or dare I hope they actually have some future mysteries to dig into..

Anyway. I can not say enough how much I enjoyed this series in audio format, and highly recommend this series to anyone who might have a love of a good mystery, a feeling of old world film noir, old-fashioned bookstores, and a love of beautifully written words. Oh, and another thing. This is an excellent example of good mystery writing whereby he protagonists just so happen to be gay. Josh has well-earned his reputation of being a master in his field, if you ask me. [sigh] So sad it is over! but was a wonderful ride! and thankfully one I can revisit again! like I would my bestest and oldest friends. ...more

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Mar 29, 2011 Xiomara rated it it was amazing

Loved it, didnt want to let go of the characters.

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Apr 28, 2011 Gwendolyn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: law-enforcement, finding-love-again

This book makes me cry every time. Like Adrien Ithink about all the Jakes from the past and future who were so scared to be themselves that they lost everything or could never be truely happy. This is my favorite book in the series because both Adrien and Jake have to come to terms with everything.

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