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Summary: Obsession at its best
Review: Almost done reading this book. THis book is definately not like her other ones. IT just drags on and on , back and forth and back and forth...dont waste your money on this one.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Another good book by Barbara Erskine. I found it quite different from her other books. Some pages of the book gave me goosebumps. Pepole will love, and then hate Brid. Some will actually feel sorry for her. I didn't.A must read for every Erskine fan! Can't wait for the next book.
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Summary: Frenetic Blend of Mystical Terror and Doomed Love
Review: As I read this book in the wake of rereading The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, I was thoroughly in the mood for more Celtic tales of Druids, rituals and magic. This story does not conjur up half the magic of Bradley's masterpiece, but it does satisfactorily probe some of that primordial mystery that shrouds the ancient world and its people. In this tale, unhappy adolescent Adam spends most of his time on the hillside where the Celtic stone from another century proudly stands. Little does he know, but the stone is a gateway to another time, a time where Druid Priestess-in-training, Brid, is able to pass from her time, the 6th century into the far future---Adam's time in the 20th century. At first he views the vivacious Brid as a marvelous playmate, but when she initiates him into the pleasures of sexual love, he is smitten--at least for while. As Adam matures, he leaves his home village and sad childhood to pursue his dream of becoming a doctor. His life moves onto other women, marriage and children of his own. However, Brid does not move on, she is still the young and beautiful Druidess who defies her family and her religious traditions to pursue Alan across the boundaries of time. Her obsession is all-encompassing; she lets nothing stop her from getting back into Alan's life and to control him in the only way she can--in his bed. Brid's melancholy and frustration is uniquely portrayed by Erskine--indeed it permeates the tone of the entire story.
Ms Erskine is surely the master of the obsessive tale; the reader while finding Brid somewhat annoying after plaguing Alain for over 50 years, can understand her bewilderment over aging Alan's puzzling behavior when defending his frazzled family from her, and commiserate with both their mutual attraction for one another and Alan's disgust with himself as he falls prey over and over again to Brid's charms. After three generarions of daunting pursuit and umpteen pages, it is to the reader's great relief that with the help of a powerful present day druid and Alan's grandchild, Brid's claim on Alan can finally be loosened and Brid's own immortal soul released from her uncle's grasp.
Although I enjoyed this book and found it hard to put down, I must say I enjoyed Erskine's earlier works much more. In particular, "House of Shadows" certainly pricked those tiny hairs off the back of my neck! Even so, "On the Edge of Darkness" succeeds in eliciting sometimes fright-fraught emotions for both protagonists---even if these emotions are a bit disturbing----which stay with the reader after the book has been closed and put down.
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Summary: Wow, a return to Classic Erskine
Review: Having found this book in Scotland last fall, I excitedly purchased it and set aside, only recently getting a chance to read it. This is classic Erskine and a welcome return after her last two books which seemed to be written for the American market rather than from the heart. All the classic Erskine elements are here: a Celtic theme, wonderful paranormal elements and a mystery to be solved. Ms Erskine will not disappoint with this latest offering. This one is sure to join the ranks of KINGDOM OF SHADOWS and LADY OF HAY in providing the reader with a full-bodied read of such depth and mystery that even the most cynical historical reader won't be able to put it down. Glad to see a return to what she does best; classic paranormal fiction
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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: I bought this book at the airport to take on holiday and found i could not put it down. It is passionate but yet really spooky in places. Highly reccomended and a whole lot better than House of Echoes, the ending holds up far more than House of Echoes.
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Summary: the best book ever!
Review: I'm actually 14 years old, but i just had 2 write a review 4 this book! When my mom got it, it kinda intrigued me because I'm into all the druid and wiccan stuff. Also, my family background is Scottish, so i decided the book would b kewl. I'd have 2 say the best character in the book is Brid. She reminds me a lot of myself. and i know how she feels 2 lose sum one she loves more than ne thing. This book is like seriously amazing! the way its written makes u wanna keep reading without stopping! i think reading 'On the Edge of Darkness' was all i did when i waz up at my cousins cottage. The book is excellent, the characters unforgettable and the storyline is bloody amazing! U all have 2 read this book! in my opinion, its the best book I've ever read in my life.
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Summary: Explore the dark side!
Review: In her list of books, Barbara Erskine has mastered the art of using an item, a place or a person as a catalyst for a journey between the present time and the past. In this title, a Celtic stone cross in the Scottish highlands is the portal through which fourteen year old Adam meets Brid, a girl from sixth century who is training as a Druid priestess. But just as Adam can enter the sixth century, Brid can enter the 20th, and there a 50 year nightmare begins for Adam and his loved ones. This is quite different from Barbara Erskine's other books, which basically follow the theme of a fairly normal modern day person finding themselves transported to another time. Here a dark entity comes into this time. 'On the Edge of Darkness' explores some rather disturbing emotional problems. Adam's father is such a complete religious fanatic he drives away his wife, and his son lives a sad, lonely and emotionally battered life. Brid forms such an obsessive attachment to Adam that her jealousy knows no bounds. The emotional void in which this leaves Adam's wife is dreadful. If you are a fan of stories of the past and present colliding, which I certainly am, you could do a lot worse than reading this book. On the way, you will get to explore some dark areas of the human pysche - areas I would rather read about than live through.
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Summary: Explore the dark side!
Review: In her list of books, Barbara Erskine has mastered the art of using an item, a place or a person as a catalyst for a journey between the present time and the past. In this title, a Celtic stone cross in the Scottish highlands is the portal through which fourteen year old Adam meets Brid, a girl from sixth century who is training as a Druid priestess. But just as Adam can enter the sixth century, Brid can enter the 20th, and there a 50 year nightmare begins for Adam and his loved ones. This is quite different from Barbara Erskine's other books, which basically follow the theme of a fairly normal modern day person finding themselves transported to another time. Here a dark entity comes into this time. 'On the Edge of Darkness' explores some rather disturbing emotional problems. Adam's father is such a complete religious fanatic he drives away his wife, and his son lives a sad, lonely and emotionally battered life. Brid forms such an obsessive attachment to Adam that her jealousy knows no bounds. The emotional void in which this leaves Adam's wife is dreadful. If you are a fan of stories of the past and present colliding, which I certainly am, you could do a lot worse than reading this book. On the way, you will get to explore some dark areas of the human pysche - areas I would rather read about than live through.
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Summary: I wish I had read the above review...
Review: It begins well and is intriguing, but then loses its depth. I did not care about any of the characters because there was no depth to them either. Adam is completely unlikeable and Erskine never really goes into detail the relationship of all the characters enough in order for me to care about them. The ending of this book was also lousy.
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Summary: not her best
Review: It begins well and is intriguing, but then loses its depth. I did not care about any of the characters because there was no depth to them either. Adam is completely unlikeable and Erskine never really goes into detail the relationship of all the characters enough in order for me to care about them. The ending of this book was also lousy.
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