Heart of the Storm (Undertow #3) by: Michael Buckley - Staring November 20th, 2022

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“There’s something out in that water. Be ready to take the people you love and leave when it comes onshore.”

For three months, Lyric Walker has been trapped in the hunting grounds, the Alpha city at the bottom of the ocean. But Lyric Walker, Brooklyn girl, is not going down without a fight. She makes an unlikely alliance with her jailor, a Rusalka named Husk. Husk reveals the truth about what actually resides in the Great Abyss. The Great Abyss is not some Alpha god but belongs to an unknown clan of monsters, ones who think in a hive mentality and believe anyone who cannot hear their voice is broken and must be destroyed. And Lyric has just woken them.

After a death-defying escape, Lyric makes her journey back to the mainland to prepare humanity for another monster invasion. Once reunited with her parents, Bex, and hot-nerd-with-potential Riley, Lyric has to break the terrible truth.

Lyric was just a girl when the Alpha arrived in her hometown. She was a soldier in the second attack that saved her world. What will she have to become now, and who will she have to leave behind?

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31% (view spoiler)[I don’t understand why anyone is following Minerva? It makes no sense. (hide spoiler)]

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

Ooops I read a lot more than expected lmao
75% (view spoiler)[ok wow guess I should have seen a pregnancy coming but that kinda blindsided me. Which reminds me to the last book…. I’m still shocked they felt comfortable while prisoners to even have sex but I guess all those pent up emotions gotta come out somehow. Her mom is really awesome but oh man her dad is gonna go bonkers especially when fathom returns. (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

haha I totally get it!

32% (view spoiler)[ I am so glad she made it back to her mom and dad. I also like this alternating chapters! It gives it a pretty cool vibe. (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

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(view spoiler)[ Exactly! She is just one thing!! (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

35%(view spoiler)[ I can't believe she hasn't asked about Fathom, at all. But, this is how I wanted the scene to go. Fathom walks in, talking about finding some clue, some trail, looking down at something, and doesn't see her sitting at the table at first. Everyone is silent and he looks up, seeing her. That would have been epic. (hide spoiler)]

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Krystal wrote: "35%[spoilers removed]"

Yeah I don't get why she waits so long to ask for any of the Alphas!

[Krystal]

54% (view spoiler)[ Man, I didn't like Minerva, but what a horrible way to go! Husk is definitely an interesting creature. You can tell he wants to help her, despite not wanting that want. (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

65% (view spoiler)[ That was amazing, the way Lyric hugged them all. I love that Husk is on their side. This was so touching! (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

68% (view spoiler)[ When she said she had gotten sick at the other house, I said, she's probably pregnant. Then I said, no, three months and she had no inklings? But, she is! (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "Ooops I read a lot more than expected lmao
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(view spoiler)[ I almost feel like this was an unnecessary add to the book. I'm waiting for this to really add something to the story, other than she's carrying the heir. (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

75%(view spoiler)[ Samuel!! I hate that his mind has been warped by that woman! (hide spoiler)]

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Krystal wrote: "65% [spoilers removed]"

Yeah I wasn't sure about him at first but now she's lucky to have them on her side.

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95% (view spoiler)[Wait a minute here, the timeline is just dawning on me….. She’s been gone for seven months as prisoner and now more time spent training so she should almost be nearing the end of her pregnancy am I understanding this right? Just seems so crazy she survived all that she did under the water, that’s one tough and resilient baby. (hide spoiler)]

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Finished (view spoiler)[hmm I kinda liked and didn’t like the end. I think it was a smart choice to actually have Lyric and fathom be on their own for a bit. She most of all needed to grow up and he needed to learn to rule with compromise. Both needed to put being parents before themselves but I’m sorry the kid is three bs just then meeting is dad? He lives in the ocean not on another planet? I don’t get this. What I really don’t like is how little we get to know about the entire WORLD in the after. Crazy wild series that I really enjoyed, just wish for once the government/military/corporations will stop ruining everything. And didn’t she use her mind to get rid of the bad guys-something she mentioned to them all as a possibility. Why not just have started the battle mind f*cking them, could have saved many lives. (hide spoiler)]

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Krystal wrote: "75%[spoilers removed]"

As if he hasn't been warped by life enough already, so sad.

[Krystal]

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(view spoiler)[ I thought she was gone three months when she escaped? This whole ending is confusing and honestly, I don't like it. (hide spoiler)]

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Krystal wrote: "❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "95% [spoilers removed]"

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Yea it even says three months in the blurb but I swear they kept changing the timeline. Agree about the end, not the best but overall a good trilogy!

[Krystal]

Finished. (view spoiler)[ I'm okay with her and Fathom not necessarily getting together. While I wanted them too, I applaud the author from straying from the typical YA norm. I love how she named the baby Max. What I don't like, was the fight and the ending. All that and she suddenly used the baby's power to connect and kill them? That was a little lazy in writing. But, overall, this was a great series. (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

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(view spoiler)[ This. It made no sense how she could do it then, but not in the beginning. And yes, it was odd he hadn't met Max for three years. Great series though, full of action. So many people died though so I agree, I want to know how they fixed the world. (hide spoiler)]

Have you read the Partials series?

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

I have read that series but years ago, like 2014 lol

[Krystal]

❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "I have read that series but years ago, like 2014 lol"

Do you want to read it again? I really enjoyed it and would love to have a Buddy this time.

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Krystal wrote: "❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "I have read that series but years ago, like 2014 lol"

Do you want to read it again? I really enjoyed it and would love to have a Buddy this time."

If I didn’t have so much piled up for the next couple months I’d say yes but sadly I have to decline.

[Krystal]

❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "Krystal wrote: "❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "I have read that series but years ago, like 2014 lol"

Do you want to read it again? I really enjoyed it and would love to have a Buddy this time."

If I didn’..."

No worries!