Review: Hooked Me and Reeled Me In
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2011
It's been a long time since I've enjoyed a book as much as this one.  I am not a fan of time-travel books since there's usually things that don't make sense to me, and if I work too hard trying to make sense of them I get a headache.  So I make it a point to not try to think about the time-travel thing and just get swept along with the adventure and romance.  There were spots where things seemed to drag along just too long, but since I was so engrossed, I really didn't mind when things slowed down. I found it interesting that the previous incarnations of the protagonists had such different personalities and attitudes than their modern counterparts.  Although I couldn't care a fig for 18th century Elizabeth and Paul, they were drips, I found myself liking 20th century Ravenna and Paul very much.  They both seemed to be such hurt, lost, and confused people who seemed to deserve better than what life had thus far handed them, so I was left hoping their futures would be so much better than their pasts and presents.