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Shadow Of The Sun (2010)

by Laura Kreitzer(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1450211755 (ISBN13: 9781450211758)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Obsidian Mountain Publishing

series

Timeless

review 1: Enjoyed book one in the Timeless series but there were a few items that stopped it from being rated higher. I give it four stars but would have given it three and a half if I could. The story is good enough to be a five star but there were some obvious errors that made me think it wasn't professionally edited which dropped my rating. There was a little too much detail at times and too much of the thought process of Gabriella's as well. I don't always like book one of series when the story ends at a point where the story is far from being over as Laura Krietzer did with this one. It did however end at a reasonable point and now I will be looking for book 2.
review 2: The cover and premise for this book sounded enticing...and that's when it all became such a let ... moredown. Boring plot, poor pacing, extremely weak characters and very little in the way of originality meant I couldn't finish this book.STORY: We're supposed to be invested in Gabriella, a young brilliant scientist with an interest in the paranormal. One day something unexpected happens during her latest research and it all goes haywire from there. While this seems promising, the story soon dissolved into endless monologues of 'I can't believe it!' with random bits of exposition here and there, and some very jarring action scenes. I felt the story didn't know what it was trying to do and so ending up tripping over itself. The pacing also was so slow I became utterly bored and hence stopped reading.CHARACTERS: Gabriella is yet another Mary-Sue who needs saving from everything, particularly herself. She's supposed to be a brilliant, young genius- and yet every two sentences she's just complaining about how mediocre she is and how she 'CAN'T BELIEVE!!!!1!!1' in the paranormal things around her. Nevermind she's supposed to have been researching the paranormal for AGES and you'd think would have developed an open but sceptical mind. Instead it's more like a four-year old told Santa Claus is real.The side cast are equally as dull and uninteresting. There's nothing memorable about them. There could have been an interesting dynamic with Andrew getting used to modern times but this is thrown away as 'of course' he can super-read books. His Italian accent is only there when it's convenient, as is his fascination with modern technology, and he never says anything other than 'I need to protect you'.The motivations are weak, too. Absolutely nothing I cared about, another reason I couldn't read on.SETTING/ VOICE: This was actually written pretty solidly. Gabriella has a fluent voice, and the descriptions were easy to follow and allowed you to picture where you were. Alas this in itself isn't enough to carry the story's other weaknesses.PRESENTATION: The cover is magnificent, and the blurb generally tells you what to expect. The writing style also was clean and I didn't spot obvious typoes or formatting clashes, so at least it looks professional.OVERALL: What could have been an interesting premise and strong writing is destroyed by poor pacing, weak characters and dull, cliched plot. If you don't mind listening to a self-depreciating heroine who has absolutely no personality and a side cast just as pathetic, you might like it, but if you actually want a memorable story, give this one a miss. less

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