Review: Terrific Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2013
See full review at [...]*Copy of book provided by Author in return for an honest review*The Show follows Grace Vandenberg Smith's adventures back in 1918 after she travels expectantly back in time from 2002. This story follows on from The Mine and the life that Grace had expected to have with Joel after he left to return to 2000 from 1941.Once again this is a well written story and a brief history lesson also. It is full of emotional heartache and along with the characters you feel every piece of it. As a wife and mother I could completely understand the loss that Grace was feeling and that makes this character very relatable. Mr Heldt has managed to come up with a different method of time travel and mechanics needed for the portal to open this time around. The imagination shown in these books is fantastic.In The Show aside from continuing on with Grace and Joel's story, we meet characters from Grace's family. Her Parents, Great Aunt and Uncle and Aunt Edith - who was Grace's guardian in The Mine after her parents death. These are endearing characters and are described and behave how you would expect people from 1918 to be.This book has been well researched and a lot of care has been taken in presenting this era to the reader.The only criticism that I have is the multiple point of views that are presented in this book. I lost a little focus on Grace's story at times because of it. However, it is still a fantastic story.The Show is a very worthwhile read. I would suggest reading The Mine prior to this as well to gain more of an understanding of the back story to Joel and Grace. See my review of The Mine - [...]If you love stories about time travel then I cannot recommend this story any more. Enjoy!