This isn't the first book for me from this author so it wasn't a surprise that this read would be a great one! If you haven't read from this author or this book... you really should!

I received this free eARC novel from NetGalley. This is my honest review.

This has been on my TBR pile for so long, and I'm glad I finally got around to it. I really enjoyed the storyline and seeing the characters change throughout the story was a great character development. The plot was great and kept my attention. I'm glad I got the chance to read this and will be on the lookout for more in the future!

This review is so overdue, sorry about that. When I first started to read this series I wasn't in the mood for the story line and let it drop but then I got on a K.A. Tucker kick and realized I never finished this series to read and review. The good thing was I was that I finally was in the right place to pick it up again. And it was great. Even though it took me too long it was worth the wait for me to read it.

Amber Welles is first seen in Burying Water but was a smaller character. Because it had been so long from the first two books that i read to this one it took me a bit to remember all the details to get on board with her back story. We meet River Delaney for the first time here, thankfully River was at the right place when he meets Amber because if wasn't for that Amber may not be here.

I liked Amber and River together. The Delaney's are trouble magnets and Amber gets thrown into the middle of it. There were so many elements and layers to this book, love the complexity of K.A. Tucker's ability to tell a great story.

While Amber is in the thick of things she's also finding herself and what she wants. At the same time the Delaney's are trying to find there way out of a huge shit show. They both needed time to grow to be able to get where they needed to be. I was rooting for them from the beginning.

When I originally requested this title, I was approved the day before it went on sale and when I went in to download it a few hours after receiving that notification, it had already been archived. I kept the title on my shelf hoping I would be able to purchase the title and review it, but I just never got around to it. This review has nothing to do with the title itself as I haven't read it, but upon realizing that the "I will not be giving feedback on this title" that NetGalley rolled out not that long ago negatively affects reviewers' ratings, I unfortunately have to move this from that into the actual review section where I feel awful about rating and reviewing something I never got to read.

Set in Ireland, CHASING RIVER reminded this bird, she needs to make it there someday . . . sooner rather than later.

If you’ve read Burying Water than you know, Amber is Jesse’s sister and the ultimate 'good girl'. She’s uber-responsible and let’s be honest, she’s played it safe for most of her life. I’m talking safe with a capital S. It's a broken heart that makes her realize it’s time to live a little. Time to get out there and experience life on her own terms. With plane tickets, plenty of plans and her bucket-list in tow, she embarks on a three-month solo journey around the world.

I have to admit, it was a little bit of a rough start for me. I wasn’t completely sold on the whole IRA/terrorist storyline in the beginning and let me explain why. Within the first few chapters, there’s a pipe bomb blast in the middle of a park where no one seems to be around. Well, accept for this lone American girl and her Superman poised to save the day. Really? Wouldn’t a terrorist want to send a bigger message? That thought, combined with who was involved, had me thinking this might not be a well executed storyline. I’m eating those words now and happy to be. As I came to understand more of the Irish history (as outlined in the book), how River’s family was involved with the IRA and how things are being taken out of context with the ‘newer generation’ - it made sense and felt more believable, for the most part.

I haven’t dabbled in this genre much lately and because of that, I almost managed to forget how great of a storyteller K.A. Tucker is. This time around, she combines a chance encounter, an old Irish bar, a pilfered bucket-list, great secondary characters and even some mild suspense. And like the majority of the couples in her books, Amber and River have a undeniable connection. One that only continues to build as the story progresses. I liked that Amber was the one to track River down, despite her inner critic and worries, and give chase. Doesn’t life have a funny way of working out sometimes? We think we know what we need, when in fact it's something or someone else entirely.

That epilogue and almost every scene with Rowen, left me wanting a story from his perspective. Dying for it actually. What a tease. Looks like K.A. Tucker has moved on to other things though. So, I’ll just have to be happy with Ivy’s story, sans Rowen, I guess.