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Summary: Second Great book in the Quinn brothers trilogy
Review: "Rising Tides" is the second book about the three Quinn brothers. This story revolves around Ethan and his relationship with Grace Monroe. Ethan has had perhaps the most disturbing past of the three boys adopted by Ray and Stella Quinn, but he has managed to become a wonderful, caring man and successful fisherman. Ethan and Grace have been friends for years. Grace cleans houses (including the Quinn's) and waitresses in order to support herself and her two year old daughter, Aubrey. Grace works incredibly hard and is a wonderful, complex character. Grace has been in love with Ethan for years and vice versa, although neither of them has acted upon it. This story is full of love and sadness, romance and fulfillment, as Grace and Ethan finally come together. It is a truly touching and lovely story, and is probably my favorite of the three.
Seth's story is also continued in this installment, as his mother begins to pose more of a threat to him. The interaction between Seth and his brothers makes this more than just a simple romance. NR does a fabulous job of dealing with difficult emotions and complex relationships. She really makes the reader care about these characters and what happens to them.
I highly recommend this book. It is full of all the aspects of life, and mixes moving and poignant scenes with humorous and amusing ones that will make you laugh. This is an excellent read and you do not want to miss it!
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Summary: BROTHERS THAT NO ONE SHOULD MESS WITH
Review: AFTER READING INNER HARBOR, CHESAPEAKE BLUE, AND THEN SEA SWEPT, JUST IN THAT ORDER HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND AND ENJOY THE LAST TWO BOOKS OF THE SERIES. THEN WITH THIS BOOK IT HELPED ME TO SEE THE BOND THAT ETHAN HAD WITH SETH. SEEMED TO BE STRONGER THAN THE OTHER TWO BROTHERS. BUT ALL OF THEM ARE BECOMING VERY CLOSE EVERYDAY. THERE IS LOVE, UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION FOR THE LAST QUINN, SETH. ALL THE CHARACTERS INVOLVED HAVE A PASSION TO KEEP SETH WHERE HE BELONGS AND IT IS TRUELY AMAZING THE BOND THAT CAN'T AND WILL NOT BREAK.
ETHAN AND GRACE ARE SUCH A SWEET COUPLE. IT WAS MORE ROMANTIC FOR THEM TO GET TOGETHER THAN ANY OTHER COUPLE IN THE SERIES FOR THEY HAVE BEEN IN LOVE FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS. EVEN THOUGH NEITHER WOULD ADMIT IT. THE LOVE SCENES COME FAST PUT THEN AGAIN THEY HAVE WAITED TOO LONG TO GET TOGETHER.
I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THESE BOOKS OF THE QUINN BROTHERS. YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FALL IN LOVE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
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Summary: QUINN BROTHERS SERIES ARE ONE OF THE BEST
Review: AFTER READING INNER HARBOR, CHESAPEAKE BLUE, AND THEN SEA SWEPT, JUST IN THAT ORDER HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND AND ENJOY THE LAST TWO BOOKS OF THE SERIES. THEN WITH THIS BOOK IT HELPED ME TO SEE THE BOND THAT ETHAN HAD WITH SETH. SEEMED TO BE STRONGER THAN THE OTHER TWO BROTHERS. BUT ALL OF THEM ARE BECOMING VERY CLOSE EVERYDAY. THERE IS LOVE, UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION FOR THE LAST QUINN, SETH. ALL THE CHARACTERS INVOLVED HAVE A PASSION TO KEEP SETH WHERE HE BELONGS AND IT IS TRUELY AMAZING THE BOND THAT CAN'T AND WILL NOT BREAK.
ETHAN AND GRACE ARE SUCH A SWEET COUPLE. IT WAS MORE ROMANTIC FOR THEM TO GET TOGETHER THAN ANY OTHER COUPLE IN THE SERIES FOR THEY HAVE BEEN IN LOVE FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS. EVEN THOUGH NEITHER WOULD ADMIT IT. THE LOVE SCENES COME FAST PUT THEN AGAIN THEY HAVE WAITED TOO LONG TO GET TOGETHER.
I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THESE BOOKS OF THE QUINN BROTHERS. YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FALL IN LOVE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
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Summary: Love it
Review: Ethan and Grace are perfect for eachother, but It got really irritating how he thought Grace was 'delicate' and 'fragile' expecially after she is raising a daughter alone and working such hard jobs. She stood up to him and that was cool. They really flow together.
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Summary: Audiocassette review
Review: First, I must say that I loved the book Rising Tides; in fact, I thought the trilogy was one of Nora Roberts' best. Since I enjoy listening to books on tape while I am commuting, I checked out this book's unabridged version from the library.Of course, the story line, whether read or heard, holds up well, but I was a bit taken aback at the voice of Cameron Quinn. I realize that one narrator must convey all of the characters' voices and maintain the listener's understanding of who is thinking or saying the statement, but, really. David Stuart made Cam sound like a 70 year old, 3 pack a day smoker with throat cancer. His gravelly voice really distracted from this audio. I have also listened to the unabridged version of Sea Swept (also recorded by David Stuart), and he did Cam's voice in a much more moderate style. Still, an enjoyable listen, and all of the positive reviews given the book's hardcover and paperback versions still apply.
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Summary: My favorite of the Quinn brothers series
Review: I enjoyed the book overall. This is a wonderful series about an adoptive family that works well together no matter what. The heart and soul of the Maryland Eastern Shore are its watermen, the men who make their livings on the Chesapeake Bay and its channels. They face hardships, storms, short seasons. Day after day and year after year they ply the waters-setting their crab pots, dredging for oysters-and are privy to a world many of us will never know. Seeing the red dawn break over dark water, watching a storm roll in slow and black from the east. In their rubber boots and gloves, they pilot their workboats through frigid dawns or sweltering afternoons searching for the blue crab the area is famous for. Ethan Quinn is a waterman. He wasn't born to this tradition, but he embraced it. He's a quiet man whose heart runs as deep as the waters he loves. In Rising Tides, he faces more than the challenge of making his living on the Bay or struggling to make the fledgling boat business he and his brothers began a success. There's Seth, a young boy who needs him, and a woman and child he wants to love, but never felt he could have. To shape his life around them, Ethan will have to face his own dark past, and accept himself for who he is, and also what he wants to become.
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Summary: Live and learn
Review: I listened to the book on tape. I was impressed. I thought I was going to dislike it, because I'm not a romanticist and of the few things I've read in the romance genre, I derived little pleasure, much boredom. This one was different. Some of it may have been the drama that the reading puts into it. It was read very well, sorry I don't have the man's name. But there was some drama, and some emotional scenes, toward the end. When Grace reconciles finally with thick-headed Ethan, when Ethan asks her will she let him be her daughter's (step) father, it is touching, even for a non-romantic. The only thing a little out of whack was Ethan's belief that his mother's slovenliness would be hereditary. At one point, he inventories hereditary factors, like weak hearts or hair color, but then he throws in something that was clearly a learned behavior, his mother's being very unmotherly. Oh, some of it might be attributed to her hormone system or even a brain malfunction, but he clearly didn't have those problems. Maybe he thought it was one of those generation-skipping disabilities? Anyway, Ethan seemed to be confusing nature and nurture. An introductory psychology course would have cleared up the matter for him long before he had to be "wailed" out by Grace, fed up with his intransigence. I'm going to try other books by Nora Roberts, and also J.D. Robb, her other nom de plume. Diximus.
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Summary: Read the whole series
Review: I thought Rising Tides was the weakest of the first three Chesapeake books, perhaps because I wasn't as interested in the characters Ethan and Grace as I was in Cam and Anna. Ethan and Grace were very sweet, and Grace's experiences as a single mother added a nice, homey touch, but I simply wasn't as drawn to their characters. However, this is still a good book and I highly recommend the series.
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Summary: Well written, believable story, leaves you smiling
Review: Nora Roberts does a wonderful job of making the reader a part of the small sea side town on the Eastern Shore. The characters are belivable and dynamic and you learn them very well. There are no gaps left to be filled. This is a story of two people who are dealing with their own deamons but at the same time yearning for each other. Grace and Ethan belong to the other in their hearts but have never spoken the words. Neither one knows about the other's secret love until a very insightful sister-in-law plans to get them together. This is not all story book, there are some bumps along the way. Does the single mom and the man that was once a street wise kid end up together? You have to read and find out. I read the book in 3 days. Enjoy.
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Summary: Still Waters Run Deep
Review: Rising Tides centers on Ethan Quinn, the middle Quinn brother. Nora Roberts's description of this quietly pensive character flows in a seamless effort. The daily life of a waterman and the small-town life in St. Christopher's will draw you in and stay in your mind for a while. It's a simple love story about two simple people, exquisitely tied together in 339 pages (paperback version).
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