Josh Lanyon's "The Dark Tide", #32

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Review: The 5th and last book in the "Adrien English Mysteries" series. And it's really too bad because I loved Adrien and his level-headedness, his crazy family, his relationship with Jake. On the other hand, he and Jake finally got their happily-ever-after, which was the whole point of the series, so I'm quite happy with that. Though I have to admit that all the loose ends were tied and all the outstanding problems wrapped up maybe too neatly? I mean, I didn't even expect to see some of the characters that popped up in this book again because I was quite content with what happened to them. On the other hand, Alonzo's dislike of Adrien was never properly explained - the way he kept blushing around Natalie, I hoped that he fell for her and that was the reason why he kept bugging Adrien, always coming after him... Oh well. A neat book. For once I felt sorry for Jake and not for Adrien, which quite surprised me. I really loved the "new" Jake, so calm and at peace with himself, though it's too bad that we didn't get to meet his family at all.

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Supernatural 515

( Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid )

Promo for 516.