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Toby Streams The Universe (2011)

by Maya Lassiter(Favorite Author)

4.13 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Waking Dreams Press

review 1: The first thing that comes to mind about this book is the imagery. Along with being able to pick things out of people's minds Toby sees things, like the mermaid protectors swimming around his new neighbor with her own dark past. The way the author describes what's going on to Toby and the things Toby is seeing paints an extremely vivid picture. Not only do you get to see what Toby sees, but you get to live what he's living. I found myself fascinated with the author's way of describing it all. Besides Toby's journey we also see what the other generations of psychic Hays endured in the Family Histories, entries added to a journal chronicling each person's descent into madness. Through them Toby learns about the past generations as he's learning about himself. From sto... morenings to being hanged as witches to multiple suicides the reader also gets to see how the others handled what's happening to Toby and how they were treated by the people around them. And, for once, I didn't see the end coming so it came as a great surprise. At times the characters can be annoying - Lara's extremely hot and cold, and Maddie can come off as a petulant child - but it's what makes them interesting.
review 2: 4.75 stars. Don't let the title mislead you; this is not a lightweight magical romp or a science fiction thriller. The pace seemed slow at times; I almost put the book down more than once, but I'm glad I stuck with it. Maya Lassiter's descriptions of Toby's psychic zone-outs make you experience his disorientation as if it were your own. What really swayed me: the mermaids, a vivid, vibrant personification of one woman's inner strength. less

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