Water Bound

A Sea Haven Novel

By: Christine Feehan

Narrated by: Angela Brazil

Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

The last thing Sid remembered was being enlisted to protect a vulnerable young woman in the coastal town of Sea Haven. Then, as if in some nightmare, he was lost in the swirling currents of the ocean, and sucked deeper into a freezing black eddy. Just as quickly, he was saved - pulled ashore by a beautiful stranger. Her name is Rikki, a sea-urchin diver in Sea Haven. Soon they will be bound by tantalizing secrets, which will engulf them both in a whirlpool of passion and danger.

©2010 Christine Feehan (P)2010 Random House

Great Story!

I hesitate to say anything bad about this book because it's great & worth a listen. My only deal is/was the long awkward random pauses. The narrator pauses so long sometimes that you wonder if the book stopped or if the chapter was over.

Peanut Butter

This installment is the first of The Sister of the Heart saga. It’s also gives a fascinating glimpse into the dynamics of the group. The story is talkie and has more character development than action it also has lots and lots of explanation.
The heroine of the story has a handicap, which is unusual but, but she is capable and intelligent, determine and confident.

voice

pauses in word over , actors breaks between two characters. deep quiet in places needs fixed

Very well written and interesting book!

What did you love best about Water Bound?

I enjoyed reading about the kind of life that a sea urchin diver lives. Christine Feehan did a great job with telling the story and adding in the "special" needs of the leading lady. The love story was well written and held my interest. I also loved it when Rikki was attacked by that fish with teeth and she threw it and it landed on the deck by Lev! Very funny part!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Rikki was my favorite character. She was very interesting at how she sees things and is aware of what's going on around her. Rikki is a very likable character.

What does Angela Brazil bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Her inflections on the personalities of the characters is great. She is a very good narrator.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The moment in the book that particularly moved me was when Rikki saved Lev after he was thrown from the ship. She was diving and saw him being battered underneath the sea. The way the author described their eyes meeting was so romantic!

I loved it!!! such a great listen!!!

I loved listining. I can get stuff done and get my books knocked out at the same time!!! It also went a long way to drive out how quiet the house is with both mine going to school full time.

Lovin' it

Love the mix of romance, intrigue and true love... typical Christine Feehan! Never disappointed....Hot loving

Fantastic story

A wonderful story by a fantastic author. I have read it myself already and absolutely loved it. The narrator though made it sound very robotic and stilted. I did not like this narrator at all, and struggled to pay attention to her reading it.

A new start with a dash of reunion

Let me first say that the posted Summary for this book is wrong:
Publisher's Summary
The last thing Sid remembered was being enlisted to protect a vulnerable young woman in the coastal town of Sea Haven. Then, as if in some nightmare, he was lost in the swirling currents of the ocean, and sucked deeper into a freezing black eddy. Just as quickly, he was saved - pulled ashore by a beautiful stranger. Her name is Rikki, a sea-urchin diver in Sea Haven. Soon they will be bound by tantalizing secrets, which will engulf them both in a whirlpool of passion and danger.

His name is not Sid nor was he enlisted to protect a vulnerable young woman in Sea Haven. His name is Lev and he was rescued by Rikki when he was on a ship that was went down near Sea Haven (from the last book in the Sea Haven Sisters Series). He isn't there to rescue anyone and he isn't needed to rescue Rikki either. She's a strong woman that can rescue herself - and does so.

The story is laid out as a first in the new series and I felt it lacked a little more of the introduction and connection to the other characters that were coming in the series within this book. Rikki is supposed to be close to her sisters and though not too close due to her condition the reader isn't given much information on the sisters, just a brief introduction to them with a little more for one of the other sisters. Of that I feel the story lacked the connection the reader should have as this is a series. The story does have it slow points, but I feel that the character Rikki needs this... and the action warms up in the last 1/4 of the book. If you've read the previous series it's a little reunion with Jonas and Hannah - just a little bit, but you are reminded of the history... some of which actually isn't resolved by the end of the book. This was disappointing to me personally as I feel it should have been resolved and done so in this book - but I can hope it does so within the next coming books in the series.

The narrator for this story didn't do a great job. She didn't make the male characters sound... well, male. Everything kind of blended when it came to character identification. I wish that the narrator for the original Sea Haven series had done this one. Also I feel that the narrator went to far in assuming what a high level Autistic adult would sound like. At times she was fine and at other it felt like a speech pattern was used that was very "different". Be consistent. Also the tone of the story was slow due to the narrator. Lastly the audio had an echo which can be quite disturbing. If you start and stop the story quite a few times this might be a huge problem.

Paranormal with a poignant twist

Christine Feehan is known for giving her characters extraordinary powers. But I found the heroine in Water Bound to be particularly touching. This lovely young woman is terse and antisocial - yet, she struggles to get past these traits to be what she needs to be to her sisters and the man who will become her love. Feehan gives her readers what we expect; then she takes it up a notch to introduce us to a heroine who gives hope to those facing similar disabilities. A satisfying and touching listen. Highly recommended.

Love overcomes obstacles!

Any additional comments?

The characters grabbed a hold of my heart and didn't let go. I already owned the paperback so I knew I loved this book. There are some stories worth re-reading and this is one of them. True love concurring what would seem to be insurmountable obstacles and making the two individuals whole in a natural progession of events and feelings. Since I work on a computer all day, my eyes get blurry long before I want to put some books down. With Audible, I can "read" as long as I want!