Genre:Romance, Fiction, Time Travel Time Was Main characters:Liberty “Libby” Stone, Caleb “Cal” Hornblower Summary:One day Cal fell out of the sky straight into Libby’s life. But, as she took him home and tended him, little did she know exactly how out of the ordinary was that. Because Cal did come from Philadelphia, as he claimed, only it was the Philadelphia of 300 years into the future. Predictably enough they both fall in love passionately, although they know their time together is limited, as Cal has to go back to the future where he belongs. Times Change Main characters:Sunbeam “Sunny” Stone, Jacob “J.T.” Hornblower Summary:History is a bit repeating here: we have Libby’s sister staying at the same cabin and Cal’s brother coming from the future. :) And of course they both fall in love (despite both being a bit temperamental) and they face the same problem as Libby and Cal did (although J.T. doesn’t have the courage to tell Sunny where and when he’s from).

My favorite couple was Sunny’s and J.T.’s, the temperamental ones, spending their time arguing or literally fighting. The other two were likable enough too (though what kind of name is Liberty Stone) but they were a bit too mellow for my taste. All day they did nothing but avoiding each other (until they got together of course), and it kinda got a bit boring after a while. I also liked the girls’ parents, who interestingly enough were going to be both household names into the future (she was a rug weaver whose work was going to get in museums and his herbal tea company was going to grow to be huge and famous even after three centuries).

When I was young I really liked Nora Roberts books, but it seems like my opinion is changing. Most of the time lately I find them almost too boring to go on. You usually get two characters in the beginning, and you know they are going to get together (sometimes they are the only two characters, what else could happen). Most times these characters, though they are madly attracted to each other and they have no actual reason why they shouldn’t be together, keep finding various reasons to postpone it *yawn*. Avoiding to touch each other, stuff like that. A bit boring when nothing else happens, to keep your mind occupied. And parts of this book are very much like that. Luckily there are a few interesting scenes too, when characters stop avoiding each other and stuff happens, but my general state was ‘unexcited’.

As a conclusion, it probably is an OK book if you want a simple, plain romance. Two (four) people madly loving each other and making passionate love to each other. If you want something more than that I wouldn’t quite recommend it.

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