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Destinys Child (2005)

by Barbara Bretton(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1587249871 (ISBN13: 9781587249877)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Wheeler Publishing

series

Balloon Time Travel Trilogy

review 1: Finally a solid 3 stars. This book had a much stronger story. I think partly because some of the other characters from the other 2 books continue here. I liked Dakota but Patrick wasn't likeable. He became tolerable when more of his life story was revealed. Abby was a joy and all the ESP stuff made things more fun. As far as a time travel book, it was pretty much predictable. The whole series lacks the that something that convinces me that it time travel is real. But who wants real anyway?
review 2: You may have wondered why I read Destiny's Child since I did not rate it's predecessor, Tomorrow and Always, very high. I have enjoyed previous books by Barbara Bretton and already had this title in my stash-to-read so I thought I would give it a go. I was hopin... moreg that Ms. Bretton was just having a run of bad luck when she wrote the other book. Unfortunately, that was not the case. The third title in a time travel romance trilogy, this was worse than the second.Dakota Wylie is transported to the late 1700's by a hot-air balloon along with the two lead characters from Tomorrow and Always. She’s Harvard educated and is a librarian so she has 'smarts' or so I thought. The author reminds us on numerous occasions that she is overweight but it has little bearing with the plot. Our hero from the past, Patrick Devane, is a single parent to young Abigail. He is handsome in looks but bitter in temperament because his wife left him for another man and then died shortly thereafter. He believes Abigail is not his daughter even though she looks like him. After our hero and heroine meet, they argue. At one point Patrick is squeezing her neck to get her to tell him why she is there. They argue some more. And again. Then we are to believe that Patrick finds her brash antics and feistiness admirable in Dakota. At the same time Dakota finds Patrick attractive; he can lift her up and throw her over his shoulder like she doesn't weigh anything! I am sorry, I expected a whole lot more from Ms. Bretton. If I didn't know that she has written better romances I would have never bought another book by her. less

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