Review: Good storyline, but missing something.....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 14, 2012
This book had an overall good storyline, but the story was just lacking. The first half of the book was spent on Valerie's upcoming journey to Pompeii with her family and then the actual voyage itself, so while it held the reader captive somewhat, you were really waiting for her to hurry up get there so the story of her journey through the mists of time would happen.  With the first half focused on the journey to Pompeii, the second half of the book flies too fast. However, it was very interesting to read about the Pompeii culture and what life would've been like back then. The love story was somewhat lacking, in my opinion. It seemed that Valerie was always staying away from Christos and when they were together there were no deep meaningful conversations that helped you to understand what exactly they were feeling. It seemed one minute they were at each other's throats and then the next they were declaring their undying love and devotion for one another. It just went by too fast and the author should've taken more time to develop their characters more.