I confess that I have a love of books that explore past lives of the characters. I'm not sure I believe in reincarnation but I wouold like to. In the Lady of Hay, the possible past life/possible possesion of journalist Jo Clifford as the Lady of Hay is explored. Jo begins her exploration of past life regression as research for an article she plans on writing. Soon she is totally immersed in her past life: being drawn back to her past at inconvenient times, in inconvenient ways. A smattering of darkness, evil and insanity invades 'both'of her lives as she struggles to make sense of what is real and what isn't. I have to say that, while I loved the story and the author's style, I really did… Read more
This book started out with amazing promise. I loved the author's style and her characters were interesting and fun to get to know - even the ones I loved to hate. The story of a family torn apart and Cassandra's ability to see ghosts is compelling. I loved the culture that I was being introduced to and had great expectations of writing a positive review of a remarkable book. So what happened? For reasons I don't understand (and I'm willing to consider that I might have come to understand had I continued reading) the author took the main character twins to a place that would have been better never explored. SPOILER ALERT! I couldn't get my head around incest and rape between twins that… Read more
I have been looking for The Goddess Test for a while now, after reading varying reviews. Having finally found it I was excited to get started. Well I started and then I finished one sitting. The first chapter had me concerned I was reading a Twilight rewrite but my fears were soon put to rest. Despite some similarities, The Goddess Test stands on its own merits. If you know absolutely nothing about Greek mythology, you might want to acquaint yourself with the basics before starting this novel. If you know even just the basics, youll be OK. I love Kate. She is strong and sensible. This is no whimpering heroine. She can stand on her own. Life has dealt her some hard blows, but she… Read more
