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Timeborne
by Sara Samuels
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Timeborn by Sara Samuels Revamped edition
Thank you to the author for this gifted ARC.
First, I have to say that I am a huge fan of fantasy romance, but I don't read a lot of time travel-related books, save for Outlander, of course. So, I wasn't expecting this book to be so unbelievably fantastic! Once I started it, I just couldn't put it down. I found Olivia to be so relatable, even when she was irritatingly stubborn.
It begins in Olivia's young years when she is about 10 years old and witnesses her mother's murder in front of her family's antique shop. A significant event that she never gets past. Then, fast forward 14 years, she has been training to fight and in self-defense. And one day, her father springs the info on her that she was born under a special event that allows her to time travel/she is a Timeborn. While she takes off to let this sink in, her five-year boyfriend shows up with a gun and holds Daddy hostage. When she comes back, she learns of the boyftiend’s betrayal and his request for the dagger that appeared at her birth. She ends up cut by the dagger, a scripture is stated, and off into the past she goes.
She wakes up in the year 207 AD, and what a shock it is! She is captured by some soldiers who are not familiar with women who fight, and they present her to the Emperor, who gives her to one of his guards. She has to navigate this new world and build new relationships with people who live very differently than she is accustomed to. And it is quite the adventure!
This book was well-written and so very hard to put down. I am so excited to start the next book in this promising series by this very talented author!
Thank you to the author for this gifted ARC.
First, I have to say that I am a huge fan of fantasy romance, but I don't read a lot of time travel-related books, save for Outlander, of course. So, I wasn't expecting this book to be so unbelievably fantastic! Once I started it, I just couldn't put it down. I found Olivia to be so relatable, even when she was irritatingly stubborn.
It begins in Olivia's young years when she is about 10 years old and witnesses her mother's murder in front of her family's antique shop. A significant event that she never gets past. Then, fast forward 14 years, she has been training to fight and in self-defense. And one day, her father springs the info on her that she was born under a special event that allows her to time travel/she is a Timeborn. While she takes off to let this sink in, her five-year boyfriend shows up with a gun and holds Daddy hostage. When she comes back, she learns of the boyftiend’s betrayal and his request for the dagger that appeared at her birth. She ends up cut by the dagger, a scripture is stated, and off into the past she goes.
She wakes up in the year 207 AD, and what a shock it is! She is captured by some soldiers who are not familiar with women who fight, and they present her to the Emperor, who gives her to one of his guards. She has to navigate this new world and build new relationships with people who live very differently than she is accustomed to. And it is quite the adventure!
This book was well-written and so very hard to put down. I am so excited to start the next book in this promising series by this very talented author!