Brekke K. (sfvamp) -
Helpful Score: 2
I'm not liking the direction in which Susan Squires is taking her DaVinci Time Travel Series which seems to incorporate less time travel and utilize more bizarre, illogical magic. I know you can say that the very definition of magic is that it doesn't subscribe to known powers of science. But it has to follow some rules. And if feels more and more like Susan Squires is haphazardly throwing everything into her plots, including the kitchen sink, and calling it magic. I wonder if she's having problems with writer's block?
The heroine of this story is a romance writer who has never actually been romanced. Consequently her stories lack passion and her inexperience with men shows up in their cardboard characterization. She even talks about how often in the romance world the device used to get the main characters together is flimsy and the villains are one-dimensional. So how ironic that this novel fails in those categories too. I wanted to like this book and when I embarked on reading it I felt certain I was going to read a guaranteed good story. How wrong was I?
Like fellow reviewers, I too can't understand what was the point of the time travel but to convolute things. Having a hero and heroine from the past had no merit on this story. Nor did having a villain from the past make much sense either. Frankly this would have worked better as a straight historical or contemporary story. A better paced latter half of the story with hints of a greater purpose to come in later books still couldn't save this book for me.
This story failed for me on so many levels--logic, romance, plot, and history. I miss when her time travel stories involved actual time in the past and her characters were vampires. She should have stuck with the vampires.
Avoid this book.
The heroine of this story is a romance writer who has never actually been romanced. Consequently her stories lack passion and her inexperience with men shows up in their cardboard characterization. She even talks about how often in the romance world the device used to get the main characters together is flimsy and the villains are one-dimensional. So how ironic that this novel fails in those categories too. I wanted to like this book and when I embarked on reading it I felt certain I was going to read a guaranteed good story. How wrong was I?
Like fellow reviewers, I too can't understand what was the point of the time travel but to convolute things. Having a hero and heroine from the past had no merit on this story. Nor did having a villain from the past make much sense either. Frankly this would have worked better as a straight historical or contemporary story. A better paced latter half of the story with hints of a greater purpose to come in later books still couldn't save this book for me.
This story failed for me on so many levels--logic, romance, plot, and history. I miss when her time travel stories involved actual time in the past and her characters were vampires. She should have stuck with the vampires.
Avoid this book.
Irene L H. (NonExistence) -
Helpful Score: 1
A Davinci Time Travel novel. It has adventure, magic, Merlin, romance, intrigue, knights, mystery, time travel, secrets, betrayal, danger, a race to prevent an ancient evil force from wreaking havoc and mayham on the present, with the unexpected and passion.
This is a wonderful story of Camelot refreshed, betrayal, trust, magic, facing the past and the future with intriguing paradoxes. I would recommend this book if you enjoy time travel, Camelot, magic, Merlin, and knights of old.
A wonderful romantic adventure with strong hero and heroine whose happily-ever-after is well-deserved.
This is a wonderful story of Camelot refreshed, betrayal, trust, magic, facing the past and the future with intriguing paradoxes. I would recommend this book if you enjoy time travel, Camelot, magic, Merlin, and knights of old.
A wonderful romantic adventure with strong hero and heroine whose happily-ever-after is well-deserved.
Melody M. (melodym) reviewed The Mists of Time (Da Vinci Time Travel, Bk 3) on + 2 more book reviews
This was the first book by Susan Squires that I have read, and I really enjoyed it. The story was unique and kept me entertained.
I think it's a shame some of the reviewers didn't read the whole book... many of their questions about the story would have been answered.
I've already ordered another book by Susan Squires and am looking forward to reading it.
I think it's a shame some of the reviewers didn't read the whole book... many of their questions about the story would have been answered.
I've already ordered another book by Susan Squires and am looking forward to reading it.
Veronica D. (vdeere) -
I really enjoyed this, more than some of her recent novels.
Jessica D. (JessicaRabbit) reviewed The Mists of Time (Da Vinci Time Travel, Bk 3) on + 110 more book reviews
I think you have to be a fan of the Da Vinci Code theme to like this. From what I read this can't really be considered a time travel because the heroine is only back in Camelot for a minute or two before she returns to the present. The guy she returns with had a son with him when they met and when they arrive to the present the boy is no where to be found, so I'm trying to understand why the guy would leave his son to face what seemed like a certain death... the whole reason they returned to the present to begin with. There was nothing that promised this book would get better, or had me wondering why some guy was stalking her when she returned so I just quit reading.
