Review: Captivating!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2013
Please read the whole review before you judge this book and decide to read it or not. As you will see, I definitely recommend this book and can't wait to read more from the Author!~*~RIVERBEND~*~I personally had a hard time reading this book in the beginning. I'm not a big history person and at times I felt like I was sitting back in my history class in high school. With that said, the author does an amazing job with describing the location and the history of that area. She really did her research before writing this book. Most of the beginning was written from the character's thoughts. There wasn't a lot of interaction with other characters. The main characters Lena and Will were very likeable and I sense a possible romance in their future. Lena is still trying to cope with the sudden loss of her father years before and you can tell she is afraid to let others in. The first book has quite the cliffhanger but luckily you can go right into the next one with this collection. There are a lot of questions left unanswered in the first book. I am looking forward to the next book!~*~RAPID WATER~*~I admit, I talked about having a hard time reading it the first part of the last book. Rapid Water was much, much better. It still had a lot of "in the characters' thoughts" but there was so much more person-to-person conversation. Rapid Water was quite suspenseful and the author did a great job pulling me further into the mystery surrounding Lena's father's death and the things happening around her. I realy am enjoying the progression of the relationship between Lena and Will. It's not rushed like a lot of books out there these days. I think I have figured out who the "bad guy" is but I'll keep that to myself. I'm not a big history-buff but this book was easier to read and still explain the history without making me feel like I should be taking notes for a test. Like in Riverbend, the ending of Rapid Water is another HUGE cliff-hanger that will leave you screaming "Noooo!" I can honestly say I have been sucked in and cannot wait to start reading the final book in the series!~*~WAKING TIDE~*~Wow.... just WOW!!! Waking Tide is the third book in the Riverbend Trilogy. I am thoroughly glad that I decided to finish reading the entire trilogy. Goodson really did a great job! Once I started Waking Tide I was honestly unable to put it down. I was heartbroken for Lena, and fell in love with Will and the way he was there for her even with all of her doubts and insecurities. I really enjoyed the mystery and how it all wrapped up in the end. I must say that I am sad to see this story end but glad that Lena got her happily ever after!My final thoughts on this series~So, as you can see, I really did enjoy this trilogy. Now that I look back on all of the books, the first book really worked with explaining all the history of the Lenape Indians and how that all ties into the whole story. I don't think this trilogy would have been so captivating without that all having been explained. While reading the trilogy you could see/feel the author "growing" and developing and getting comfortable with her writing and I am really looking forward to reading more of her work in the future!!