Review: Fun time travel series volume 2
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
While the first book in this series introduces us to the main characters, the reading of all the books is NOT necessary to understand this second volume of Simon and Elizabeth stories.  There are some overlapping characters between the books, but they are individually explained so while you might want to read them all, you will not be required to in order to understand the circumstances.  Having said that, I highly recommend them all.  I reviewed the first box set in this series with these words:Simon and Elizabeth are fun. They are daring and foolish, they are exciting and childlike. They are in love and they have to work out their issues with each other and the mantle of responsibility they decide they must take onto themselves with the unique gift of time travel. Although, I do not know for sure that they can NOT visit the future, so far they have only been able to return to the past. Each book in this series involves traveling to help someone they know needs intervention but very little information to guide them until they are immersed in the circumstances of the past to which they travel. Simon and Elizabeth are not taking on large historical figures with highly publicized problems so the history they encounter only helps them know of the period of time in question, not what pertains to the people they are trying to help. Usually, their work involves some type of supernatural occurrence that they must face and resolve while they are travelers, but what really makes these books worth reading is not the paranormal. It is the depth of the characters that are created for the reader. I enjoyed my emotional response to Simon, Elizabeth, and the people they encounter during their adventures. Your life will not change for having read these books, but you can be sure that you will enjoy spending time with these people in these places. If you are interested in love, adventure and can suspend your belief just a twinge to allow for something slightly unusual then I think you will feel the same way.