Tsunami Blue Book Review *Gayle Ann Williams*

The Earth of 2023 has been devastated by a series of tsunamis where the majority of the planet is underwater. Kathryn O' Malley, known only as Tsunami Blue, lives on the San Juan Islands near Washington State. She was once a celebrity, who at a very young age, was able to predicting when a killer wave is coming. She now uses her shortwave radio to try and give people fair warning. Blue is all alone with only her dog Max to keep her company since her parents and twin brother where kill by a tsunami nineteen years ago. Blue lives in fear, because pirates called Runners are looking for her. Whoever has the power over Blue, will rule the world.

The day after Christmas, Blue finds an unconscious, drop dead gorgeous man washed up on her beach. Instead of leaving him to die, she helps him recover. Blue is in for a shock when she sees a design of 666 on the handle of a knife he left on the shore. This is a sign of a runner and now Blue will kill him, regardless of her attraction to him. After a fight ensues between them, which she loses, she finds out that his name is Gabriel Black and he has been searching for her for years. Gabriel has been trying to keep Blue hidden from the runners. She now has no choice but to go with him because the runners have found her and are out for blood. Blue has to put her trust in a man who keeps things from her as well as the runners on their tail who will stop at nothing until Blue is theirs.

Gayle Ann Williams' Tsunami Blue is more than your average post apocalyptic story. This is one with a high scenes adventure, suspense and a romance that although has promise, doesn’t deliver all that much because of the overall lack of connection between Gabriel and Blue. Gabriel's reasons for the way he feels for Blue are not all that solid and a bit weak. His survival techniques are also far fetched. He had his moments where I really enjoyed the way he handled Blue and the dangerous situations they find themselves in, but the majority of the time I found the writing to be unfocused. I also couldn't connect with Blue, who comes across as too confrontational and has a habit of repeating herself way too often. She also calls Gabriel, "tough guy" way too much, which grated on my nerves. Their love scenes were rushed and seemed out of place, especially because Blue doesn't trust Gabriel as for as she can throw him. But that still doesn't stop her from enjoying the practicing she and Gabriel do in his bed when there are no bad guys storming his boat.

The scenes where Blue and Gabriel fight to the death do bring forth some thrills and on the edge of your seat action readers can come to expect. The main villain is more cartoonish if anything and the tension and drama came across a bit weak and not all that shocking. More of a shock-light if anything. Tsunami Blue does have a high concept that with a little more depth, could have worked in so many ways. (Love Spell)

Final Grade: C+

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