(I received a free copy of this book from Corinthians Publishing, through NetGalley, in return for a review).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I didn’t realise until I started reading this book, but I had read another book by this same author. I like to think that I go into reading books (and watching movies) with a fairly open mind – and that might be evidenced in the fact that I liked this book a whole lot more.
The blurb of this story was really interesting. Infertility isn’t something that’s really uncommon in fiction, but this book might be the first one I’ve read that also included time travel as part of the infertility thing.
Rachel was a character I found easy to relate to. She was likable, despite the fact that I thought she was a little too focused on guys. Still, I really admired the fact that she kept her main focus on the goal that had been established for her. She didn’t suddenly change partway through the book and that was something I liked about her.
Time travel is probably always something that’s going to be really difficult to work with. It can either be handled really cleverly… or really poorly. This book, I felt, was somewhere between the two extremes. I’m still not sure I totally understood everything that was going on. The ending made a bit more sense, but even though I was running through every potential twist in my mind, I actually didn’t guess at how the book was going to end.
One of the things I really liked about this book was the way Rachel immediately bonded with her new child. In real life, some people unfortunately do have a negative view about adoption, but a child is a child. Rachel’s feelings were understandable and easy to see.
I think the only real problem I had with this book was that Rachel’s time was only thirty years in the future. I actually can’t picture robots frequently used and flying cars in those recent times, even with the jumps in technology we’ve made now. (And why does everything set in the future have flying cars, anyway…?)
If there’s a sequel to this book, I would definitely read it. As for other books by this author? I’d have to judge based on a book-by-book basis.
Ink of Blood 