Review: Review from the book review blog, Book Faery
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2010
Where to start?  I wish I had read TIDAL WAVE sooner.  I loved Alexia and Joshua.  In fact, I believe that, after the "dream" scene betwixt the two, the childhood memory is one of my favorite parts.  It's so cute and innocent, and I think Vivan really captured how a young boy would act when being teased by the older boys in his family.  And then Alexia's innocence during the entire interaction... It made me smile.My all time favorite part of this book definitely had to be the scene when the two sleep together for the first time.  It's so tender... so loving.  I really got a sense of Joshua's love for Alexia, and I absolutely ADORED the fact that he would risk getting in trouble just to keep her safe.  Love love love!I wasn't entirely crazy about the dominance switch about halfway into the novel.  After Alexia rebukes Joshua for lying, it's like his character transforms from a dominating alpha into a little kitten with the alpha lurking under the surface... which is cute, but he simmers down in the bedroom a teensy bit.  And then Anthony, who was initially the little kitten, transforms into this dominating sex god.  Kind of weird, but hey, who doesn't love a guy who's confident in bed?  Plus, he did it for Alexia--since he knew she was too shy to start talking dirty--which makes him that more respectable in my eyes.Anthony had to grow on me, especially since I was shipping Alexia/Joshua from the start.  I'm not entirely a fan of threesomes in stories, however, this series--or more specifically, TIDAL WAVE--has made me a bit more open-minded about reading it.  But only by Vivian.  She doesn't make her sex scenes tacky.I loved the fact that, despite the story's length, there was plenty of room for character growth.  Alexia transformed from this shy, mortified creature into a true leader.  It was fun being able to witness that growth, and it was written eloquently.Just like all of her other stories, TIDAL WAVE ended on the perfect note.  I was absolutely satisfied with everything about it.  And Anthony kicked the bad guy's butt.  Woot!If you're like me and you don't read a lot of threesome stories, for whatever reason, TIDAL WAVE is the perfect introduction to this type of reading/writing.  Like I said, the sex isn't tacky, and you could tell that Alexia and Joshua really cared about each other (they were pretty much the "main couple" in my head, but you see the love with Anthony also, but I personally didn't find it as intense as Joshua's).  Definitely worth adding to your TBR piles.