Kelley Armstrong is one of my favorites, she writes a bit of everything and in this sense, I actually admire her talent. She writes beautiful and imaginative stories that can easily draw you into this magical world you are reading about. I had loved her Darkest Powers series when I was much younger, and I love her Rockton Series too.
Therefore, I was really excited about her new Time Travel themed book. Unfortunately, though it soon proved to be a HUGE disappointment.
The plot sounded promising, a second chance romance where the characters are able to leap in time. It sounds great, doesn't it? Well, it wasn't as good I was expecting. The Plot starts with Bronwyn Dale, a university professor in her late 30s who returns to her childhood summer house in England, which she actually inherited, after the death of her aunt.
The mansion is supposedly haunted and Bronwyn knows all about it as she had met one of its particular inhabitants years ago when she was just a child. The mystery "ghost", who isn't in fact a ghost, he was a young man then and a grown man now, returns now that Bronwyn is back. What actually happens is that she can time travel in time, back to the Victorian era, where William, her "ghost", is pretty much alive.
So, basically, we have our heroine travel again back and forth, rekindling her relationship with William. He was supposed to be angry with her for abandoning him all those years before, well, based on the book's summary he was, because in reality, he was just pinning over her.
Literally, a grown Victorian Lord was waiting for her for like 23 years to come back. Ridiculous, isn't it? While our girl was living her life in the 21st century, she even got married. It gave me some Bitten vibes in response to the romance, the male character was waiting for the girl all along, while the girl was experiencing life.
Of course, there are tons of SEX and passion between the characters that actually felt quite flat to me as I was really indifferent towards them and their story. Amidst the whole romance, there was a crime mystery involving more ghosts, relatives, and friends of William that were murdered, but even the mystery felt quite dry and boring.
What this book lacked were spark and fire. I felt that the writer tried so hard to persuade us about the chemistry of the two characters that was actually quite the opposite. The mystery element was supposed to read as scary and eerie, and it was neither.
In short, I wouldn't recommend this book. There many more interesting options out there.
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