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A review by alikatson
A Turn of the Tide by Kelley Armstrong
3.0
Sadly this was my least favorite of this series and while Kelley Armstrong is one of my favorite writers this one was pretty close to a miss for me... warning a bit of a rant.
The ghosts and adventure were still quite good but the two main characters acted wayyyy too modern.
I liked Miranda in the last book but in this one she seemed like someone who would corner you at a party and lecture you - even if you agreed with the same things. Nico seemed unbelievably enlightened for a 17th century privateer, of course I like that he's into consent and protection for sex, I feel like them talking about this was weird... just show please. In terms of their relationship they came together without much tension or issue - not to mention while the FMC was thirsty beyond belief (she said she researched carnal situations for her books) they didn't even have much happen in the spice scale. In addition, Nico was not that suspicious about Miranda just popping out of nowhere beyond her initial warning about danger, soon after he totally was fine with her. I just don't get it... a bit of tension would have been welcome.
The book I read before this one a married couple were too proud to have a normal conversation despite deep hurts that could be resolved with a frank conversation. That also drove me nuts, this book had the opposite issue. And yet this book is set chronologically before that book. The two main characters discussed things that would be considered wildly inappropriate without batting an eye. While I appreciate having some of these ideals subtly added to the story I found the lecturing tone just really ruined the mood of the book and made it feel so fake.
I'm hoping the next one is better. I did enjoy the first two but I think only the first was really a romance novel - while the romances in these last two were important to the story they were more a strong A plot versus the main plot.
The ghosts and adventure were still quite good but the two main characters acted wayyyy too modern.
I liked Miranda in the last book but in this one she seemed like someone who would corner you at a party and lecture you - even if you agreed with the same things. Nico seemed unbelievably enlightened for a 17th century privateer, of course I like that he's into consent and protection for sex, I feel like them talking about this was weird... just show please. In terms of their relationship they came together without much tension or issue - not to mention while the FMC was thirsty beyond belief (she said she researched carnal situations for her books) they didn't even have much happen in the spice scale. In addition, Nico was not that suspicious about Miranda just popping out of nowhere beyond her initial warning about danger, soon after he totally was fine with her. I just don't get it... a bit of tension would have been welcome.
The book I read before this one a married couple were too proud to have a normal conversation despite deep hurts that could be resolved with a frank conversation. That also drove me nuts, this book had the opposite issue. And yet this book is set chronologically before that book. The two main characters discussed things that would be considered wildly inappropriate without batting an eye. While I appreciate having some of these ideals subtly added to the story I found the lecturing tone just really ruined the mood of the book and made it feel so fake.
I'm hoping the next one is better. I did enjoy the first two but I think only the first was really a romance novel - while the romances in these last two were important to the story they were more a strong A plot versus the main plot.