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dtaylorbooks's review
5.0
Based on where the last book was trending I was worried that CREATURES OF FOREVER was really going to slide by the way of super cheese with aliens and whatnot but it really didn’t go there. Maybe a little bit but it all linked back to the image Paula had two books ago when she got pregnant and the running dream Alisa’s had about meeting Krishna at a spaceship under stars for six books running now. It served a specific purpose but then got out of its own way so the story could move forward.
Here Alisa goes back in time (at least her mind does) so she can attempt to fix a wrong that happened a thousand years prior. Except it was for an event that was so horrible for her she’d blocked it out and now she has to face it all again. Usually I have issues with time travel because there aren’t too many situations where, if you think about them for more than a second then they stop making sense. CREATURES OF FOREVER had a little bit of that and really, if I sit here and think about it the whole story starts to unwind, especially when the book’s ending comes into play but I liked what happened and I liked how it was handled. Alisa’s future person and past person blended and, for the most part, the past person was in control except for moments when present memories and future experiences came into play, which wasn’t often. In the context of the story it all worked out, I think.
The ending itself was a good one for the series and one that didn’t really surprise me. It brought everything right back around to the beginning and, like the original time-traveling mission, shows how altering little choices can have such an effect on the world. It worked and I was satisfied at the end.
At least I can re-read these books at my whim if I were so inclined just so I can keep getting this story. I mean really, it’s fantastic. It’s cheese but for the most part only by association. The writing itself speaks to a different market and a different time but I think the story itself transcends. It’s not goofy or campy but a deep-rooted story that’ll stick with you after you read it. I’m glad they re-released these books although I’m leery of how they were updated. One of the driving forces behind the books, for me at least, was how 90s they were. Cell phones would blow some of the plot lines, you know? So I’m hesitant to read those. But it makes my heart happy that they’re available again for a new generation.
4.5
Here Alisa goes back in time (at least her mind does) so she can attempt to fix a wrong that happened a thousand years prior. Except it was for an event that was so horrible for her she’d blocked it out and now she has to face it all again. Usually I have issues with time travel because there aren’t too many situations where, if you think about them for more than a second then they stop making sense. CREATURES OF FOREVER had a little bit of that and really, if I sit here and think about it the whole story starts to unwind, especially when the book’s ending comes into play but I liked what happened and I liked how it was handled. Alisa’s future person and past person blended and, for the most part, the past person was in control except for moments when present memories and future experiences came into play, which wasn’t often. In the context of the story it all worked out, I think.
The ending itself was a good one for the series and one that didn’t really surprise me. It brought everything right back around to the beginning and, like the original time-traveling mission, shows how altering little choices can have such an effect on the world. It worked and I was satisfied at the end.
At least I can re-read these books at my whim if I were so inclined just so I can keep getting this story. I mean really, it’s fantastic. It’s cheese but for the most part only by association. The writing itself speaks to a different market and a different time but I think the story itself transcends. It’s not goofy or campy but a deep-rooted story that’ll stick with you after you read it. I’m glad they re-released these books although I’m leery of how they were updated. One of the driving forces behind the books, for me at least, was how 90s they were. Cell phones would blow some of the plot lines, you know? So I’m hesitant to read those. But it makes my heart happy that they’re available again for a new generation.
4.5
bookswithneeks's review
4.0
I know this series ends up being weird and all kinds of fucked up, and I know that the ending of this book FEELS like a huge cop out (I seriously get it, I would be pissed off when I read these for the first time had I not known there were more books)
But I STILL HAVE SO MUCH FUN READING THESE
But I STILL HAVE SO MUCH FUN READING THESE
lucillemeeps's review
2.0
For me, this series went downhill from the first book. By the sixth book, the science fiction and religious elements started to get too much for me. I just wanted a nice vampire story; I didn't expect to end up bogged down with time travel and reincarnations of religious figures from various faiths. Also, it seemed a little to convienient that at almost every book, there is some new and interesting person from Alisa's past that comes back to mess with her. And also that she keeps insisting that she is the most powerful creature alive, only to be semi-proved wrong in every book. That being said, this book tied the series up nicely, but I felt bad for Seymour.
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