Chasing River by K.A. Tucker

Back again with another review! See, I told you all I'd get better about posting and I am! So yay me! It took me forever to find the time to finally sit down and read Chasing River, which is the third book in K.A. Tuckers Burying Water Series! Once I did finally have the time I devoured this book in two nights. And by that I mean two nights of me up reading until 2am! Don't you just love it when you get so lost in a book that you completely lose track of time? It makes reading all the more magical.

Chasing River by K.A. Tucker
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 A suspense-driven New Adult romance novel from the USA TODAY bestselling author of Ten Tiny Breaths and Burying Water.

Armed with two years’ worth of savings and the need to experience life outside the bubble of her Oregon small town, twenty-five-year old Amber Welles is prepared for anything. Except dying in Dublin. Had it not been for the bravery of a stranger, she might have. But he takes off before she has the chance to offer her gratitude.
Twenty-four-year-old River Delaney is rattled. No one was supposed to get hurt. But then that American tourist showed up. He couldn’t let her die, but he also can’t be identified at the scene—so, he fled. Back to his everyday life of running his family’s pub. Only, everyday life is getting more and more complicated, thanks to his brother, Aengus, and his criminal associations. When the American girl tracks River down, he quickly realizes how much he likes her, how wrong she is for him. And how dangerous it is to have her around. Pushing her away would be the smart move.
Maybe it’s because he saved her life, or maybe it’s because he’s completely different from everything she’s left behind, but Amber finds herself chasing after River Delaney. Amber isn’t the kind of girl to chase after anyone.
And River isn’t the kind of guy she’d want to catch.

My Thoughts:
****4 Stars****

As I am sure you can already tell by now, K.A. Tucker has quickly become one of my favorite authors on this earth and I will never stop obsessing over her work. It's safe to say that I will buy every book by Tucker within due time!

In this third book, we follow Jesse Welles, twin sister Amber as she embarks on her cross country journey searching for life outside of her small hometown of Sisters, Oregon. It was definitely nice to get to know Amber Welles a bit more in this novel. Tucker has done an exceptional job creating Jesse and Amber's characters. They are both so different from one another. Amber is more black and white, she knows the difference between right and wrong and where she wants her life to go, she's prided herself on doing the right thing her entire life, while Jesse is the complete opposite, he lives life in screaming color and has had his fair share of misfortunes.

This novel started off with a unbelievable bang, literally. Amber arrives in Ireland and finds herself unexpectedly in harms way, cue in River Delaney the charming, sexy, pub owner to the rescue. River finds himself risking his life for a girl he doesn't even know to protect her and to protect his brother. After his daring rescue River leaves Amber to pick up the pieces without even so much as telling her his name. After nearly dying Amber yearns to find the man that saved her life and thank him, and she does find him eventually, but she also seems to find herself too in finding River. These two characters have an instant attraction to one another that only grows throughout the story, despite the obstacles thrown their way.

This story was action packed from beginning to end, but yet still had those calmer still moments that worked well together. K.A. Tucker must have done a lot of research for this book and it definitely paid off big time. She did a wonderful job of painting the scenery and the Irish culture with her words. I found myself reading the story in my head with a slight Irish accent during River's chapters and loved that so much.

I've already per-ordered Surviving Ice, the fourth book in this heart stopping series and can't wait to read it on October 27th. If you haven't already check out K.A. Tucker's books, you won't be disappointed! I promise! 

Becoming Rain... A Review!

I'm back! Yes, with another review! It's been about three weeks since I finished Becoming Rain by the lovely wonderful K.A. Tucker and I must say I loved this book as much as Burying Water! For those of you who don't know Becoming Rain is the second book in Tuckers Burying Water Series, it's a suspenseful new adult romance novel that will leave you absolutely begging for more! It took me two days to finish this book! I literally couldn't put it down!

Becoming Rain by K.A. Tucker
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A suspense-driven New Adult romance novel from the USA TODAY bestselling author of Ten Tiny Breaths and Burying Water.

Luke Boone doesn't know exactly what his uncle Rust is involved in but he wants in on it—the cars, the money, the women. And it looks like he's finally getting his wish. When Rust hands him the managerial keys to the garage, they come with a second set—one that opens up the door to tons of cash and opportunity. Though it's not exactly legal, Luke's never been one to worry about that sort of thing. Especially when it puts him behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 and onto the radar of gorgeous socialite named Rain.

Clara Bertelli is at the top of her game—at only twenty-six years old, she's one of the most successful undercover officers in the Washington, DC, major crime unit, and she's just been handed a case that could catapult her career and expose one of the West coast's most notorious car theft rings. But, in order to do it, she'll need to go deep undercover as Rain Martines. Her target? The twenty-four-year-old nephew of a key player who appears ready to follow in his uncle's footsteps.

As Clara drifts deeper into the luxurious lifestyle of Rain, and further into the arms of her very attractive and charming target, the lines between right and wrong start to blur, making her wonder if she'll be able to leave it all behind. Or if she'll even want to.

My Thoughts:
*****5 Stars*****
 This series just gets better and better in my opinion. It's fast paced and keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time. The way the stories intertwine with one another are freaking amazing. I've fallen in love with the world Tucker has built in her novels and wish I could pack up my stuff and move there! It amazes me how up until now I had never even heard of this magical author! Her work is simply amazing.

In this second book we get a closer look at Jesse's best friend/roommate Luke Boone. In Burying Water Luke was portrayed as the womanizing rich boy who only cared about materialistic things in the beginning, but we quickly learned in that novel that he does have a pure heart and how he ultimately does the right things in the end.

I was extremely excited to get to learn more about Luke in Becoming Rain. I knew there was a lot more to him that what we were led to believe and boy I wasn't wrong. Luke is just as lovable as Jesse. He's grown up having everything handed to him on a silver platter so to speak by his Uncle Rust, and while that's all good and fine Luke wants more. Which is why he is so thrilled to accept the keys to his Uncle's garage when he hands them over. But accepting those keys comes another set of keys, keys that will send Luke's life into an epic tailspin. Keys that that will turn his perfect world upside down...Luke was an extremely likable and lovable character. Tucker has such a way with building believable male leads it's astonishing.

Cue undercover police officer Clara Bertelli aka Rain Martines, a beautiful twenty six year old at the top of her game looking to land her dream job with the FBI. It's her job to infiltrate her way into Luke's life. She has to gain his trust to find out if he knows anything about his Uncle Rust's side business stealing cars. Clara has lived a simple life, she hasn't had the privilege of having everything handed to her like Luke had, she's worked hard to build her life and succeed at her career, but this assignment might just shatter her world into a million pieces. Clara takes on a new identity as Rain Martines, a wealthy young socialite still trying to find her way in the world and into Luke Boone's life.

Tucker really raised the stakes with this second installment! Burying Water set the bar pretty high, but this one tops it! I'll say it now and forever, I highly recommend this series! If your looking for something with true love, high stakes, danger, and emotion this is the perfect series for you!