Caelyn – Winter
Caelyn is full of winter. But though she may have an aloof chill about her, she still wants to offer her daughter warmth and comfort, like a cup of hot cocoa or a fire in the hearth. She is crystal beauty, but keeps everyone, sometimes even her own daughter, at arm’s length, never allowing anyone too close. As strong as an arctic wind, she carries the weight of many responsibilities, but her emotional shell is ever-ready to crack—like the ice at the thaw–at the wrong word or suggestion, reminding her of the love she’s lost. Maura, at times, wants to break out of the ice, but Caelyn wishes to keep her safe, attempting to protect her from the same mistakes she made, when she was Maura’s age. She is very anxious about her daughter’s relationship with Ron and wants nothing more than to protect her from the fake friends lie in wait to wound Maura, just as she begins to emerge from the winter respite she and Caelyn have taken from the outside world.
Maura –Spring
Maura and Caelyn are both stuck in their own kind of winter, tucked away inside, just waiting for the right conditions to make them blossom. They are closed off, emotionally, sheltering themselves against outside elements. But, in Rising Tide, Maura is more like Spring, as she seems ready to break out of her antisocial slumber and experience the world. She wants to try out love and the friendships she’s wished for her whole life, while Caelyn wants to keep her under that protective layer of ice, away from the harsh realities of life. But Maura is changing in so many ways. She’s growing out of the weak, shy girl she’s always been into more of a take-charge, independent woman. And like spring, something new emerges within her every day. Both emotionally and physically, she gives birth to changes continuously, as she transforms into the creature waiting inside, of which she isn’t yet aware.
Shane—Summer
Shane is warmth without cessation. He never holds anything back and is sometimes very in-your-face. Like summer, he sets people in motion, calling them to action. He is the most gung-ho when the band he and Ron are a part of, books their first gig, displaying nothing but optimism. At the amusement park, Shane drags everyone to the roller coasters, daring them to break free, just as the summer sun calls people outside to try new things after a long, cold winter. Even though he may come across sometimes as too intense—like a relentlessly hot summer day—like the summer sun, he is a source of brightness and warmth in the lives of everyone who knows him.
Ron—Fall
Fall is the official end of the year. Ron is there as the official end of Maura’s time in the town she’s grown up in. Autumn is also regarded as a time of bounty and harvest. Ron has a huge heart and is ready to give love, understanding and assistance without end. He is mild, like fall temperatures—non-judgmental in his relationships with others, especially Maura—and as easygoing as the gently falling leaves. Like the trees, in all their colorful splendor this time of year, he is also pleasing to the eye with his long, dark hair and deep hazel eyes. Fall is considered the precursor to winter, and Ron is about to usher in a cold, lonely, barren time for Maura, as she must start a new life without him physically by her side. And some of his actions in the latter part of the novel, definitely bring a chill to Maura’s heart.
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Maura’s life just can’t get any worse…or can it?
Isolated and sheltered by her lonely mother, Maura’s never been the best at making friends. Unusually pale with a disease-like aversion to the sun, she seems to drive her classmates away, but why?
Even her own father deserted her, and her mother, before Maura was born. Bizarre physical changes her mother seems hell bent on ignoring, drive Maura to fear for her own life. And her luck just seems to get worse.
Life is about to become even more bewildering when her mother’s abrupt…and unexplained…decision to move a country away sets off a chain of events that will change Maura forever. A cruel prank turned deadly, the discovery of love and friendship….and its loss, as well as a web of her own mother’s lies, become obstacles in Maura’s desperate search for a truth she was never prepared to uncover.
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Genre – YA Paranormal Romance
Rating – PG
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