Review: 5-stars for storyline & plot -- 3-stars for characters  -- 1-star for terrible dialog
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2014
Third in the series about time-travel to prehistoric times.  The first two books (Riley's Journey & Into The Savage Dawn) were fun, exciting -- a little hokey, but good reads.  Beyond Tomorrow had an exciting story with lots of twists and adventure and fun characters.  I almost gave up after around 20% because it was nothing but chick-lit.  But I remembered the first two books weren't like that, so I pushed on -- and it did get better.  Many parts throughout the book were so drawn out and slow, I had to skim them to get through.  Even with skimming parts, I got the full story.  The biggest negative for me was that the dialog of the group from the future was very immature and read like a book for elementary students (well, except for the continuous swearing).  I have no issue with swearing, and, in fact, I feel it adds realism to a story and to characters.  But, the "language" within this group is very "potty-mouth," which is what, for me, made it silly and "grade-school."  If the word, "frickin'" had been offered one more time, I think I might have exploded. It felt totally unnatural -- prefer using the real f-word, or some other choice expletive.  I'm sorely disappointed, for I love prehistoric fiction and time travel genres -- but Ms. Parker will have to RE-prove herself to me in her next book (if I even read it).  //  To recap:  5 stars for a great story, 3-stars for the characters -- 1-star for the really awful dialog!