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To the Lightning

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This is the story of two women who get transported in time via a lightning bolt. They end up in a place with no civilization, no people, no hospitals, no hope? All they have is a Volkswagon full of camping gear and each other.. Will it be enough? Fall in love with these brave women as they fall in love with each other, and together face the reality of survival in the wilderness. Excellent, well-crafted story

This is not the first Catherine Ennis book I've read, but it certainly qualifies as the goofiest. The writing is immature and the character development nonexistent. First you meet Chris, who is so shy and has been so busy running a business that she's never had any sexual experience. She finally falls in love only to lose her partner a few months later in an accident. Determined to try again, she meets Merry at a party and instantly falls in love with her. They become good friends, but Merry makes it clear that gay people disgust her. They decide to go camping one weekend, get caught in a lightning storm and somehow get transported to another time. If you've gotten that far, you've probably read the best part of the book. The rest is an unrealistic look at how they cope with their situation and "discover" each other at the same time. Talk about suspending reality! I don't know if this was Ennis' first book, last book or somewhere in between, but she definitely went off the rails with this. It's too bad because her other books aren't bad. In fact, compared to this one, they're great.