Review: Best book of the series!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2013
This was the best book of the Marina's Tales series!  It was so good, and a perfect ending to what was a very enjoyable series for me.  I love the mix of contemporary YA and fantasy that Anderson provides with this series.  I loved how we got the perfect amount of closure for each character in the story.  I came to love the minor characters just as much, if not more than, the main characters in this series.  So it was great to see all of them get their own happily ever afters.My favorite thing about The Turning Tides was Marina's personal growth.  She finally decides to stand up for herself in every way: she has a "get out there and get 'em" attitude towards the bad guys which I really liked.  She also finally starts to stand up to Evie, her well-meaning but overbearing "aunt."I love Anderson's treatment of the love story in this series.  It is slow to develop, and so sweetly portrayed.  There is just the right amount of tension and discord to keep things from getting stale.  Marina and Ethan's relationship felt very realistic, which I appreciated.  I hate reading about too good to be true couples!  I loved watching Ethan and Marina grow as a couple, and was very satisfied with the ending to their story.Overall, I would heartily recommend the Marina's Tales series.  This is a perfect example of a self-published series that is so worth your time.  People tend to overlook self-published authors, but authors like Anderson challenge, and hopefully will start to change, that kind of thinking.