The Mire is a dark and dangerous place, but it is home to Cerise Mar and her family. The Mars are intensely loyal to one another and when her parents go missing, Cerise will do anything to find them. Even if that means teaming up with a mysterious outsider like William. They have a common enemy, a very vicious and violent one--the stuff of nightmares. Both Cerise and William are fiercely independent and do not trust others easily. They dance around each other, testing one another, each proving that they can not only hold their own in a fight, but also in matching wits and finally accepting their growing attraction to one another. I felt the chemistry between Cerise and William more than I did Rose and Declan in the first novel. Perhaps that had to do with their close proximity to each other in an unrelentingly tense situation. Bayou Moon has a more gritty feel than the first book in the series, On the Edge. There were a couple of scenes that made me feel uncomfortable, the gore a bit much, but I was invested in the intrigue and romance of the novel. The suspense was high throughout, up until near the end. Renée Raudman narrates the audiobook and does an amazing job capturing the voices of the many characters and providing a real sense of place in her reading of the the novel.