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A review by ponch22
Crossing In Time by D.L. Orton
5.0
Was sent a copy of the 2ne [sic?] edition because I proofread [a:D.L. Orton|13506103|D.L. Orton|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1427753745p2/13506103.jpg]'s previous novels (excited for book #3 to come out in several weeks!).
I wanted to re-read the whole book to see what changed, but I didn't end up having time, so I read the first few chapters (which all seemed to be the same, minus a slight change to the Prologue where a dog's live got saved) and then skipped to the final third, La Isla — Another Universe, because I think Orton said this was the section that had the most changes.
I first read this almost two years ago, but I remember being a little uncomfortable with all the sex that sort of came out of nowhere in this final third section and now there's barely anything that caught me off guard! There's still some talk that would be inappropriate for any age, but it definitely felt censored/cut back—but the love story was still sweet and fully there. I think she found a great balance of having adults flirt and love each other without flipping genres from action/time travel/science novel to adult pulp novel like it sort of felt originally...
Plus there were several chapters mixed in to this final section featuring Matt from the original universe which gave some answers about how everything was going down in the original world AND I think the final chapter had a slightly different ending (at least I don't remember).
I think the world Orton has created is great and the time travel aspect is great. The world is huge (instead of traveling back and forth within their own timelines, every time someone travels in time, they're going into a different universe) and I'm kind of disappointed that we're not getting any answers about how things are changing and if the world is being saved. But the story has me hooked and I'll keep proofreading her novels if only to get the story first so I can find out what else has gone wrong for our heroes! Can't wait to read more!
I wanted to re-read the whole book to see what changed, but I didn't end up having time, so I read the first few chapters (which all seemed to be the same, minus a slight change to the Prologue where a dog's live got saved) and then skipped to the final third, La Isla — Another Universe, because I think Orton said this was the section that had the most changes.
I first read this almost two years ago, but I remember being a little uncomfortable with all the sex that sort of came out of nowhere in this final third section and now there's barely anything that caught me off guard! There's still some talk that would be inappropriate for any age, but it definitely felt censored/cut back—but the love story was still sweet and fully there. I think she found a great balance of having adults flirt and love each other without flipping genres from action/time travel/science novel to adult pulp novel like it sort of felt originally...
Plus there were several chapters mixed in to this final section featuring Matt from the original universe which gave some answers about how everything was going down in the original world AND I think the final chapter had a slightly different ending (at least I don't remember
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it seeming like dying Iz was brought back to a different universe via words like "vaccine"I think the world Orton has created is great and the time travel aspect is great. The world is huge (instead of traveling back and forth within their own timelines, every time someone travels in time, they're going into a different universe) and I'm kind of disappointed that we're not getting any answers about how things are changing and if the world is being saved. But the story has me hooked and I'll keep proofreading her novels if only to get the story first so I can find out what else has gone wrong for our heroes! Can't wait to read more!