A review by enchantressreads
Black Tide by K.C. Jones

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

"The darkness is coming for me after all.  And it has teeth."

Black Tide is unlike any kind of apocalypse novel I've ever read before.  Some of them really sound the same at this point--a disease, zombies, warfare.  What about perfectly circular meteorites that grow vines, invisible monsters with mouths full of razors, and jellyfish clouds?

Beth is currently house sitting at a beach in Oregon, where she meets the next door neighbor, Mike.  After a quick affair, she has a strange dream.  Mike, wanting to end it all after losing his wife, sees meteors start to fall from the sky.  Beth believes she's had too much to drink, until Mike comes to the house with a perfectly round ball.  It burns his hands, so he drops it.  They think nothing of it, until they decide to go to the beach, where they see a group of people desperately trying to leave the island.  Something strange is happening at Strawberry Dunes.

This book had me hooked from the beginning, lost me a bit in the middle, and got me back at the end.  I enjoyed learning more about Beth and Mike, while also watching them try to figure out how to survive this weird event.  Both people seem to be notorious for fucking things up, and they don't want this to be their last fuck-up.  They both lean on each other to try to survive.

I'd love to see more of this world, or possibly a different location.  Is it happening world-wide?  How are other people handling it?  How is the government handling it?  I don't believe this is a series, but I would love to see a spinoff book.
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