Today Tomorrow and Always is live, and the Phenomenal Fate series is complete!
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Blurb
Tucker isn’t interested in quests, thank you very much. Though the cigar-smoking, Uber-driving vampire has long been an official member of the undead club, his very human heart still lurks inside of him—and no one has ever spoken to it more clearly than Mary…the fairy he’ll be driving to her wedding. Where she’ll be marrying someone else.
Quests, right?
Mary’s blindness and window-shattering scream have forced her into seclusion since childhood. A seeming burden to her splintered family, she jumps at the chance to reunite them. All she has to do is marry an evil vampire, facilitate an unholy alliance and potentially start an underworld war. Easy, right? No, but it was doable. At least until Tucker.
The pair of misfits embark on a road trip that will have them questioning the past, present and future. Their building passion and trust in one another is undisputable, however. And as the battle looms, they’ll have to decide just what they’re willing to sacrifice for a lifetime together.
Review
4 stars!
This is a fantastic finish for the Phenomenal Fate series – a fun, sweet, sexy and exciting romance with great paranormal elements. I loved it!
Tucker is the third of a trio of vampire friends that have had their stories told in this series. He is the jokester of the group – rarely serious, and a total scene stealer in the previous books – and in the last book he got a glimpse of a woman that pretty much flipped his world upside down.
Mary is a fairy who has been kept secluded by her mother for pretty much her entire life. She is blind and somewhat sheltered, and is being traded into marriage with an evil vampire in the hopes that her marriage will reunite her family and her people, though it comes with the side effect of allowing her new husband to fight for a claim to the vampire throne. Mary may be powerful, curious, and a little bit quirky, but she’s been brainwashed into accepting her fate as a privilege, and with pretty much no ‘real’ life experience to give her perspective, she hasn’t even considered refusing.
From the moment Tucker and Mary meet, they both feel a pull to the other, which makes things super awkward when he is roped into the job of driving her across the country for her upcoming nuptials. But it does set the scene for an entertaining road trip as the two of them embark upon their journey.
“I call you ‘kid’ to remind myself to stop noticing how pretty you are,” he said quietly. “That’s not for me to notice, Mary. You’re not mine to look at. Or touch. And it’s reminding me of that, too.”
She may be blind, but Mary’s eyes are opened wide on her trip as she experiences life for the first time – and Tucker is right there by her side, facilitating her journey. They talk, they laugh, they live, they share about their pasts and what they truly want for their lives, all while fighting off bad guys and dealing with their growing attraction to each other. It’s beautifully written, and there is true emotion between them, which I could really feel.
“I’d fight the world if you asked me.”
It’s such a gorgeous romance. There is a paranormal element to it, which allows it to be super serious, super fast, and I was right on board. I was feeling the feels, I was loving the chemistry, and the sexy time is all kinds of steamy. I enjoyed Tucker and Mary together so much.
“My blindness has been a curse my whole life. But you don’t make it feel like that. You fill my head with beauty. You make me feel like I’m already whole. Like I don’t need to change a single thing to be accepted or loved.”
“You don’t,” he said without hesitation.
*dreamy sigh*
But the countdown to the end of their time together is looming, and while Mary is facing an unknown future, Tucker is facing immortality without the woman he knows is his. There are so many different factors at play which shape their story, and it’s intriguing and exciting watching it all unfold, and it’s super emotional as they figure out what their happy ending looks like, and what they’re willing to sacrifice to get it.
“You are the first and the last. The only one I’ll ever want or need or lust for. You’re mine, Mary. Not matter what, you are mine.”
“I’m staying with you,” she whispered. “You’re keeping me and I’m keeping you.”
I really loved this story. It’s a great mix of fun, exciting, dramatic and romantic. Tucker and Mary are fantastic characters who come together beautifully, and I loved their love story. The twists and turns in their story are so entertaining, and there’s a nice amount of action, intrigue and paranormal badassery which make this a really exciting read.
Characters from the previous book appear, and I loved seeing them again as they stand by Tucker’s side through it all, and the series finishes with a gorgeously happy ending for Tucker and Mary, wrapping up the series really nicely.
I’ve really enjoyed this series, and this book is such a great read. I loved it!
4 stars.
An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Phenomenal Fate
About the Author
Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad, California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook, ripped jeans and laptop, driving cross-country to New York City in under four days.
Her most valuable life experiences were learned thereafter while waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four walls, she met her husband, best friend and discovered the magic of classic rock, managing to put herself through
Kingsborough Community College and the English program at Pace University at the same time. Several stunted attempts to enter the workforce as a journalist followed, but romance writing continued to demand her attention.
She now lives in Long Island, New York with her husband of eleven years and seven-year-old daughter. Although she is severely sleep-deprived, she is incredibly happy to be living her dream of writing about people falling in love.
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