Review: it's a non-stop page-turning book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 1, 2014
Review posted on Books on Silver Wings blog.Reegan is a time traveling tour guide from 2145. He takes a group back in time to 2020 to watch a historical moment. Silvia from the group uses this chance to run away from her husband and escapes into 2020. She doesn't know that she's living on borrowed time and she will be killed by universal design if she doesn't return to her correct time, 2145. Reegan enlists Saul's help to find her. Unfortunately, by associating with a person in 2020, Reegan too is in danger of randomly dying and murder by Silvia's husband.I love the time travel and the paradox effects in the story. The science fiction elements are well explained but are not a forefront of the story. They don't compete with the romance between Reegan and Saul, the mystery chase to find Silvia, or the life threatening situations involving Silvia's possessive husband. The action scenes and sci-fi story line definitely keeps me reading the book. The romance between the MCs is acceptable for me.These two MCs both have their emotional scars and personal secrets. Reegan's heart is heavy with guilt over a tour trip gone wrong and someone in the trip got permanently injured. Saul is in the middle of an economic and alcoholism crisis. He lost his sister and convinced himself it was his fault. His PI business is in danger of folding and he can't escape the urge to drink. When Reegan enters his life, he's at the brink of collapsing and wasting away. Saul is wary of people, clients, and the lies Reegan tells him.But it's the need for these secrets to be revealed and how they are told that makes the story a big hit for me. Saul and Reegan both learn to trust each other and believe in each other's good intentions. The antics, drama, and verbal dodging-questions game played by the MCs are entertaining to read and show how well they "clicked" with each other and connected. The facts that Reegan is fated to die if he doesn't return to the future and Saul cannot cross the portal into the future makes these MCs star-crossed lovers and adds to the drama.The side characters in the story are likable too, even Silvia despite her faults with running away into the past and a bad choice in husband and Cammie whose unobtrusive and made the already happy ending even more amazing. Overall, this is an stunning sci-fi, romance, action story with star-crossed lovers and an amazing story line. The pacing is perfect for me and it's a non-stop page-turning book. I highly recommend this for fans of the star-crossed lovers trope and time traveling, science fiction novels.*review copy received in exchange for an honest review*