Review: Will have you hooked by the end of the first page.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 28, 2013
Shadows of the Past starts off in the 15th century with a nun named Genevieve. She is  running away from the abbey to meet her love Andrew.  The story jumps to 1990 in the first chapter to start the story of Anne and Neil.  Each woman has her own story to tell but their stories are eerily entwined.I love when I start reading a book and am immediately sucked in and can’t wait to know what happens next.  I immediately started forming imagery in my head of the Abbey and the way Genevieve dressed.  The creepy woods and what life must have been like for her.  When the author approached me to read her book I was immediately intrigued by the synopsis and it had me wanting to know more.The story is really well paced and thought out.  The writing style is right up my alley. It was smooth and I felt like the transitions from one century to another flowed really well.  Other books that I have read make a mistake in the transition and is hard to follow and thankfully this book was able to keep frustrations to a minimum.I like the plot and mixing old and new romances.  I like that the romance was clean and simple.  You can focus on the story and not be distracted by gratuitous sex.  I am a huge fan of classy rendezvous.So that is the good. Now for what I didn’t like.  The Cover.  Honestly if I saw this in a bookstore I probably wouldn’t even pick this  up to read the back cover.  The man and women on the front don’t seem to fit inside the story.  I like the top half of the cover but the couple on the bottom just seem out-of-place for the type of story.  I am very visual and if a cover captures my attention and we all know how long my attention span is. Yes, that of a goldfish.  So it really does have to have something to pull me in enough to want to read the synopsis.Final VerdictI really enjoyed this book. I like how author pulls you in right away and makes you want to keep reading.  If your a fan of historical fiction or paranormal romance or both than I think you will enjoy it.  Don’t the let paranormal part scare you away though. It is interwoven very well and doesn’t read like your typical paranormal book.