Surviving Ice by K.A. TuckerMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
ARC provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review
Hypnotic and Dangerously Addicting!!!! K.A. Tucker has truly outdone herself with her newest release Surviving Ice, the fourth and final installment of The Burying Water Series. Personally, this book happens to be my favorite of the series. Ms. Tucker had me glued to my kindle. She had me crave for more because I didn't want this book to end. Surviving Ice can only be summed up as PHENOMENAL!!!! I loved everything about this book from the writing, story line, the characters and the raw emotions that was seeping throughout the book. In this captivating and consuming novel, Ms. Tucker perfectly weaves romance, intrigue, suspense, passion and mystery. This book was literally brimming with so much intensity and raw emotions that every word, prose, and action has a way of holding your hearts and attention hostage.
"Who are you, really Sebastian? Besides the stranger who strolled in and seized my heart?"
If you have read Chasing River, we were introduced to Ivy Lee, a tattoo artist. Ivy's character intrigued me. She had this tough and rough exterior and personality that made readers like myself wanting to know more about this reclusive and resilient woman. And in Surviving Ice, Ms. Tucker captured our hearts as we got to see and know the REAL Ivy Lee. Though Ivy maybe perceived as tough tattoo badass chick, she was so much more. Behind the strong persona, there was so much depth to her character. She was strong, independent, and free spirited but she was also a woman, who was vulnerable, lovable, and beautiful inside and out. The different sides of Ivy allowed readers to fully connect to her and see her as a woman who yearns to be loved. In essence, Ms. Tucker allowed readers to see the full spectrum of the real Ivy.
When Ivy returns back to the States from Dublin, she finds herself living temporarily in San Francisco and working in her uncle's famous tattoo shop. Ivy has always been that person who was living out of her suitcase and seeing where the road takes her. And for the first time in a long time, she was considering making San Francisco her home. But when Ivy stumbles across and witnesses her uncle and a tattoo client brutally murdered, her life is unknowingly in danger. Ivy's first instinct is to run and leave San Francisco but out of respect to her uncle, she decides to stay and help put her uncles financial affairs with the shop and his house in order. Ivy may have not seen who the killers were but she knows their voices.
Sebastian is a former Navy SEAL and is currently working for a friend's private security firm. He is sent to San Francisco to do a job. His job is Ivy and to collect some secret information that her uncle has in possession of. As Sebastian integrates his life with Ivy, he finds himself being dangerously drawn to Ivy. There is this deep connection that he can't explained as to why he needs to be with her. Soon Sebastian and Ivy finds themselves connecting emotionally. physically and sexually. Lines begin to get blurred as Sebastian tries to battle his conscience of protecting Ivy and executing his mission. Ivy is aware that Sebastian has a secret, but she doesn't know yet how devastating it is. How far will Sebastian go to get his job done? And when new startling evidence are unraveled, Sebastian will find himself torn and at crossroad of what really happened to Ivy's uncle? Will this truth destroy Ivy and Sebastian? And when Ivy learns of his deceit, can she forgive the man who found his way into her heart?
"I wanted to fill her with me. I wanted to mark her, in a way."
Surviving Ice was a phenomenal read. If K.A. Tucker's job was to gift her readers with a book that was memorable then she did that and much more. Ms. Tucker delivered a book that consumes her readers. She takes her readers on one unforgettable journey where raw emotions and suspense were the main backbone of this story. As always the writing was beautiful, engaging, and perfection. If you are fan of romance, heart-pounding suspense, and mystery, then I highly recommend you to read this book. Surviving Ice had it all from chicanery, danger, lust, love, suspense, hope, and second chances. Ms. Tucker concluded this series with a BANG!!! She held our hearts and attention hostaged in this unforgettable tangible and palpable read!!!!!! A must read!!!! And also, I applaud Ms. Tucker for writing a heroine that is of Asian descent because there aren't many books that has a main character of different ethnicity. So if you are looking for a fresh and riveting read then look no further than Surviving Ice.
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