Sorely Disappointing
1 Star
A time travel story that look promising in Chapter 1, “Return of the Rose” started going downhill and never recovered until the end. 🙁
This is the third book that I have read written by Theresa Ragan but I am sorely disappointed. The first book I read Having My Baby was very good and it prompted me to look for her work. The second one Taming Mad Max was okay. There were some things I did not like but I still found it enjoyable. Now, this one, the “Return of the Rose” was a true disappointment.
***POSSIBLE SPOILERS*** Here goes!!!
Morgan Hayes, the heroine is 24 years old and came to the modern world in 1986 as a day-old infant. So, she is a Millennial, which basically means she is part of the “connected” generation. From video games to computers, smart phones and movies, she was exposed to it. That said…how can she be dimwitted in 1444?
First rule of time travel – do not contaminate the timeline!!! So, first, she saves an infant by doing CPR. Goodness gracious, what was she thinking? And then she tries to teach Derek Vanguard, Lord of Braddock Hall CPR? Second, she brings the bikini to the 15th century… arghhhhh!!!
Morgan might not be a Star Trek fan or a sci-fi aficionado, but come on… living at the turn of the millennium, that is almost common knowledge because of the movies, TV, video games and the internet.
And how can not she have at least a basic understanding of life during the late Middle Ages/ Early Renaissance. Morgan and her adopted mother runs a store dedicated to antiquities. That’s why they have that armor. If she just used her common sense, then Morgan would have understood Derek better and adjusted to the place better.
I love time travel stories. I even like Theresa Ragan as a writer. But, I am so disappointed in this book, I almost did not finish it. But, I have this obsessive compulsion to finish reading whatever I started reading. So, though it took me one week to finish, I finally got to the ending.
