Review: Null City is a fun story with original heroes and an imaginative plot, with some laugh out loud area's. Definitely worth reading
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2014
One Way Fare is the first book in a series by Barb Taub and Hannah Taub. It's a fast-paced fantasy involving several timelines and two heroines, Gaby and Leila, who come together to confront the war that is being waged between Heaven and Hell.Gaby is an accountant, who at first glance appears to Have OCD about everything! As it turns out Gaby is  harmonia, gifted with the ability to see patterns in just about anything.She lives in 1972 Seattle with her younger brother and sister after the death of their parents.Leia, on the other hand, is from 2012 and a typical teenager who  lives in France with adoptive parents and hating her birth mother and father, calling them the donors.she has just inherited a chateau in the French countryside from her biological parents, and soon the ride begins.They don't know each other at the beginning, yet the danger which comes rushing into their lives like a runaway train soon brings them together.Each has a special gift and a pivotal connection to the fate of the universe. they begin the hectic journeys which will take them back and forth through time,visit hell, battle angels and all in a desperate effort to save themselves, humanity and Null City.Null City is a sanctuary where any gifted can go to live a "normal" life, giving up their gifts to be there.Gaby and Leila are funny and tough and they fight with each other and everyone around them. They make pop- culture references to such things as the evil overlords list, Star trek, Star wars, Princess Bride and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer.Along the way they fall in love with two strong, good- looking men who also have gifts and also help in the fight.Null City is a fun story with original heroes and an imaginative plot, with some laugh out loud area's.  Definitely worth reading.