“Ms McKinney-Whetstone always satiates my reading palate & Tempest Rising is no different. The story opens with the reader enveloped in the wonderful love Clarise grew up with her aunts and uncles who made a living making fine soaps, coconut and honey, by hand. Being raised by her four uncles and four aunts gives Clarise her eccentric flair for life.
Clarise and her husband Finch also lives a comfortable lifestyle in West Philadelphia with their three daughters; Shern, Victoria and Bliss. All three siblings are as different as night and day. However different they are you can feel the same message espoused by all; respect love and obedience. Finch starts a catering company called Heavenly Caterers named after his and Clarise house they call “Heaven” life is good for them. That is until Finch begins to think on the times and where folks are spending the bulk of their money and it’s not with Heavenly Caterers.
One day Finch decides to go crabbing to enhance his catering business; he decides to call it a “crab fest” The more he thought about it the more excited he got. Sometimes excitement gets us in situations we cannot walk away from. One that day in 1965 Clarise and her girls were introduced to despair, death and separation.
Will Clarise be able to remove the haze in her head and care for her girls as she once did before the tragic accident? Will the aunts and uncles nurturing be enough to bring Clarise back?
The lost many of the characters felt throughout Tempest Rising is devastating. Each character has his/her way of dealing with lost but not without the help of family and strangers. What truly encapsulated me was the reconciliation throughout the book. The lost was big but the finding of souls, spirits and hearts will stay with the reader for a long time.
Absolutely engaging story with characters that surprise you and others who continue to grow with every page you turn. An absolute MUST READ!!!
Missy
Readers Paradise”
Missy wrote this review Saturday, October 18 2008.
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