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3.0 out of 5 stars
Great for a light fun read, December 16, 1999
This review is from: Addie's Knight (Time Passages Romance) (Paperback)
Addie's Knight is not the typical romance book that I pick up and read. I was very pleasantly surprised at the writing style and plot, considering the length of the story. I have usually found that such short books (anything under 325 pages) lack the depth and attention grabbing power that longer books usually carry. Ms. Reyes invites the reader in to an interesting story and doesn't let them go until the tale is well told.
Taking the very popular theme of time travel and mixing it with two time periods other than today's, is a great literary device. It is hard to portray a time in which we do not currently live, finding their values, morals and general ways of life. Ms. Reyes tries very hard to do just that with Addie and Robert. Overall, I think she succeeds, though I would have liked to have seen some more depth. Addie's knowledge of medicine, cleanliness and food preparation are great (but obvious) differences. Ms. Reyes digs a little deeper in Addie's basic belief that war and fighting are no way to settle disputes (though the American Civil War should not be far off in her mind); and Robert's conviction that he must be strong to keep his holdings. But what about women's and men's position in society, noble and commoner, feudal vs. democratic beliefs, etc? These all govern how we behave and see each other, and I felt that they were either too briefly skimmed over or not touched at all. How does a lord, whose only touch with democracy or human rights, would have been knowledge of the Magna Charter, adapt to working for someone else and even seeing him or her as his equal? It would have been ingrained in his mind that they were not his equals.
If you are looking for a good read to pass the time and don't want to think about major philosophical differences, this is a great story to pick up.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
STARTED OUT GOOD- -DISAPPOINTED AT THE END, March 10, 2005
This review is from: Addie's Knight (Time Passages Romance) (Paperback)
I liked this book at the beginning, but I was very disappointed at the end.
I can understand her becoming adjusted to his time period since she was able to do the things that she loved eventhough she was thrust in another time. Nothing much really changed for her. I mean the year that she lived was just starting to have electricity. She would have been used to not having electricity and other comforts that we have in our time. Being thrust in 1485 was not that much difference, except for the turmoil of that era. As far as I can see, she did not have that much to loose if she decided to stay in his time. She had a man that loved her, people that learned to respect and love her and a sister whom she could have taken with her to his era. But for Sir Robert, he lost everything.
His part is the one that I am having difficulty in accepting. In order to save his life, she had to bring him back to her future. That part I can understand. But for them not to return to his time was the one thing I couldn't understand. How can a knight who is used to being lord of the manor suddenly accept being a stable master's helper? Or the fact that he loved his people and he protected them from invaders, just suddenly accept that he will never again see them or know what had truly become of them? He wouldn't! A man of honor would have gone back to make sure that his people were safe. A man who had been a knight and lord of his manor would never accept becoming a lowly stable hand.
That is my problem with this book. I thought for sure that they would all return to his time once her sister was found. I hate to give away the ending but this is the whole point of my review, they did not return. Even more disappointing, was the fact that I, as the reader, never found out what happened the the people that they left behind in the year 1485. VERY DISAPPOINTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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