Review: Serial-part one
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2014
This is part one to a six part book available under one cover as The Rake and the Recluse: REDUX. I typically avoid serials, and am not sure how I ended up with this one since it is clearly described in the title, but liked it enough that I bought and read REDUX. It was well worth it.  In Freedom, Francine is on her way to a meeting in present day New York when she suddenly finds herself running through woods and into the path of a team of horses. She has been reading papers written by her father about a family chosen by the fates to travel back in time because they were born into the wrong time and missed meeting their mates. Her readings didn't prepare her for the possibility of time travel being a reality or that she would be one of those selected to be catapulted back in time to Victorian Great Britain.LeBlanc has done a good job of also transporting the reader back in time, the characters are well developed and the plot is engaging.  I recommend reading the complete set, however.  This one just sets the stage.