Book Review: The WaterKeepers Series

Book Review: The WaterKeepers Series

Abigail Parella, Staff Writer

 

The Water Keepers is a series written by Christie Anderson following the adventures of California teen Sadie James through new adventures that test not only her strength and determination, but also her will to save those she cares for as well as herself.

In the first installment, “Deep Blue Secret” we are introduced to Sadie James a California teen that seems to have everything: a great best friend, a loving and energetic mother and her favorite place to unwind and have fun, the beach, is practically in her back yard.  When a strangely familiar boy, who won’t even tell her his name, shows up in her life she finds unmistakable attraction and need to unravel his secrets. With the crystal green eyed boy protecting her every minute of everyday Sadie begins to wonder why she needs someone to protect her. In trying to figure it out, she realizes her life isn’t as picture perfect as she thought. Caught in a world of secret agents that she never new existed, it might be her identity that’s the biggest secret of all.

“Rouge Wave” was released in 2012, and picks up after five months of the almost perfect relationship between Sadie and Rayne, they are practically the couple of the year. But she knows its just an illusion and their feelings for each other aren’t real. With the next step of her life just around the corner she takes the easy way out of all her problems and runs in an attempt to take control of her own life and destiny again. When Ash Hastings, son of the black-eyed villain, Voss, who almost drove Sadie to her death in November and Rayne’s supposed best friend, determines to follow through on his father’s mission and ruin Sadie’s life, she and Rayne must put aside their differences to protect not only Sadie but each other.

The third installment, “Ambrosia Shore” continues the journey of  Sadie and Rayne, in a place they never thought they would be able to share, his home of Ambrosia. There is only one problem. By bringing her to Ambrosia he breaks serious rules and he is expected to pay the price. Although her father has been missing for days she still thinks he will be able to help her save Rayne from the untimely demise he will meet. Alone in a new world she is desperate to keep Rayne from paying with his life.

“Flood Rising” is the fourth book released in 2016, that follows Sadie’s journey on Ambrosia and her plans for the future with her new friends and Rayne. The council, not being one to give favors and bend the rules, expect Sadie to return the favor of enrolling her the Academy. Exhausting herself with her new abilities and the sickening feeling that not everyone is on her side, she is on the edge of loosing it. And, with the return of Voss, Sadie will once again have to put her life on hold to keep her and her loved ones safe from the evil man.

With the Fifth book in the works, author Christie Anderson keeps her readers waiting for another installment of the action packed, adrenaline pumping series that tells the story of two teenagers who are trying to stay together and sane in a crazy world.