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Summary: Loved this book, a great fantasy and an even greater escape!
Review: I was very hesitant to read a book on time travel and set in the present. I usually prefer historical romances, but this book did not disappoint me! Rosaleen is a very likable charachter and Thorn is just a totally masculine heart throb! I coudn't put it down and when I had to, I wanted my dinner company to leave early so I could read more. Johanna Lindsey has a way with making Viking men seem more desirable than vicious. That is the bliss of fantasy. This is a definate must read! :)
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Summary: Pass on this if you're looking for a good love story.
Review: Lindsay has a bad habit of giving way to much exposition in the first chapter. The book gets better when the hero makes his first few appearances, after all, he is a Viking hunk. However, the book soon becomes bogged down in plot and loses momentum. The love story, which is the main ingredient in every Romance Novel, never truly materializes, and we are thrown into a convoluted time-warp where the characters are obsessed with time-travel and we get a detailed history lesson. Ms. Lindsay should have spent less time researching and more time developing the love story. Disappointing
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Summary: The best
Review: If you are into time travel this is the book for you,I could not put it down, Rosaleen and Thorn are a match made in heaven,one studys history and the other one lives it. It is one book I will always treasure
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Summary: Fun time-traveling romance
Review: "Until Forever" isn't your typical Johanna Lindsey historical romance. Yes, it does have a medieval cast and crew, but only because the modern-day heroine, a history teacher named Roseleen, travels through time to the Norman Invasion with the help of a cursed Viking sword.That same sword also comes with a hunky Viking named Thorn, brother to the Norse God Thor, and cursed to serve the woman who possesses the sword. Of course, Roseleen and Thorn's visits to the past screw up history, with some very interesting results. It's definitely a new twist on the time-travel genre. This was a fun story. I rather enjoyed the details about the Norman Invasion. I also thought that Roseleen and Thorn had strong personalities and enjoyed their interactions - especially those times when Roseleen had to explain the modern world to Thorn. It was hysterical to see his fear over riding in the car and how fast he destroyed the (moving) kitchen appliances. The shower scene was pretty hot, too. I had a couple minor objections to the story, which is why is has a 4 rating rather than a 5. For whatever reason, Lindsey stops the story every so often to explain women's liberation or some other inane topic during, say, a love scene. It was so jarring! For another, Thorn has a mortal enemy who appears in the last few pages of the book, and his and Thorn's battle to the death comes across as fluff. Then Lindsey resorts to a silly tactic to make Roseleen appear unattractive, which is to give her glasses she doesn't need (she also does this to Marion in "A Man to Call My Own," which was published later). Either drop the glasses ploy completely or really make the heroine blind (which could be interesting); faking a need for glasses is simply insulting to those who actually have to wear them. Altogether, "Until Forever" is a charming read. If you like this story, you may also like the "Warrior's Woman" trilogy, also by Lindsey, which involves sci-fi interplanetary romances between modern-type heroines and barbarian-like warriors from a "primitive" planet.
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Summary: Different and cleverly written
Review: When prim and proper history professor Roseleen White acquires an ancient Viking sword known as "Blooddrinker's Curse", she has no idea the power that she now holds over a proud and mighty Viking warrior for unbeknownst to her, Thorn Blooddrinker, the sword's owner, is cursed to obey the command of any woman who holds the sword. Soon, she learns that by holding the sword, she can make the Viking appear.
Now Thorn is not too pleased with Roseleen's summoning, as it seems to occur each time he is occupied with other things, such as in the midst of fighting with his brother or partaking in Odin's banquet in Valhalla. Yet Roseleen perplexes him, as unlike the other women who have previously owned his sword, she isn't interested in using his power for any greedy purpose nor is she interested in being his lover. All she seems interested in is getting first hand information about the battle between the Normans and Saxons to assist with her research. So he agrees to travel back in time with her and soon find themselves falling passionately in love.
Until Forever is a cleverly written novel, combining a passionate love story with time travel. It is fun to read and sure to delight romance readers looking for something different. Thorn's fascination with all things modern is fun to read. His curiosity with modern plumbing, electricity and even a lipstick had me laughing. I also liked Roseleen's transformation from a seemingly mousy professor who has been burned in the only relationship she's ever had, to a passionate woman who has hopelessly fallen in love with Thorn. The adventures they share are well described that you get a vivid picture of the scenes and places they're supposed to be at.
Of course, as with all romance novels, they are faced with the ultimate challenge - Thorn needs to convince Roseleen that he is happy to remain with her, while she knows that the only way to release him from his curse is by giving him back his sword and letting him return to Valhalla for good, thus sacrificing her own happiness.
The ending is basically a draw-your-own-conclusion type of thing. Now don't get me wrong, there isn't anything wrong about it. It is actually quite clever and unexpected and had me grinning after I finished the book.
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Summary: Just ok
Review: I feel guilty for giving this book two stars because everyone seemed to have loved it. The problem I had with this book is that the romance is secondary to the story. Thorn had absolutely no personality, he reminded me of "me Thorn, you Roseleen". A barbarian who just wanted to f***. No romance whatsoever. Roseleen was an interesting character but she spent most of her time trying to right the wrongs of the time travel mistakes they encountered. I would to have like to have read more scenes of Thorn and Roseleen getting to know each other, spending time and discovering each other. Too much time spent on a history lesson. (William the Conqueror)
Now what I did love about this book was the ending which made the laborious read worthwhile. I did get goosebumps and was very satisfied. Closed the book with a smile on my face. I do love Johanna Lindsey's work so I always find something I like about it.
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Summary: OLD FASHION ROMACE WITH TIME TRAVEL TWIST
Review: If you missed it first time around, here's your chance to snatch up a copy of Lindsey's Until Forever-a story of history, romance, and time travel. Roseleen White is a professor of history who collects antique weapons. Her latest procurement, Blooddrinker's Curse, is an antique Viking sword. It came by way of a male relative because the owner refused to sell to a woman. Instantly, Roseleen feels an unnatural need to touch it, to hold it. Once she does, lightning flashes and a Warring Viking appears. Roseleen doesn't appreciate her ex fiancé's joke. But is it a joke? Thorn Blooddrinker resides in Valhalla, the Heaven of Gods, with his brother Thor. A curse keeps Thorn under the will of the sword's owner. This owner-Roseleen-wants to see history first hand. Thorn is just as fascinated with Roseleen's era and she accommodates. The two eventually learn the slightest change can throw a universe off. Engaging entertainment and hot romance are a lethal combination in Lindsey's novels. Roseleen seems a bit too pure for a professor of her age and a Warring Viking gives in to a woman too easily, but that's what makes it an old fashioned fairy tale. Curiosity about Thorn's curse and the suspense of putting history back on track will keep the pages turning.
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Summary: JRANDJFSMOM
Review: Professor Roseleen White loves her subject of medieval history. She buys an ancient cursed Scandinavian sword, and in doing so conjures it's owner, a magnificent Viking warrior, Thor's brother Thorn. Thorn is understandably somewhat bitter about the owners of the sword, when they are female he is forced to do their bidding. Roseleen is different, as Thorn quickly discovers, and the issue of personal power between them quickly becomes something of a more sensual nature. Roseleen shows great courage and trust by loaning the sword to Thorn, which enables him to take her back in time with him, to allow her to experience the time of William the Conqueror, and even meet the man himself. For a historian, it is a great temptation. Until, on returning to her own time, Roseleen discovers she has altered reality. The present she has returned to is not hers at all. Now they must go back, to fix what they have changed... Johanna Lindsey is an author not afraid to try something new, and I enjoy that each of her books can bring something fresh to a sometimes tired tale - after all, Vikings, time travel and medieval tales all abound, but few can successfully pull off a mixing of the three. Lindsey can and does. The book is very thoroughly researched, and brings out some interesting theories on changing the events of the past, and even gives thought to possible ways that Roseleen and Thor might be able to stay together, without one of them being under a curse! The culmination is an interesting choice to resolve the issue. Roseleen and Thor are the only characters with any depth to them, but they engage with each other well and I generally did not notice the lack of significant interaction with other characters, Roseleen's brother David and friend Gail being very much secondary characters. A well thought out, well planned and well researched read.
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Summary: a good try
Review: it is the first Johanna Lindsey book that i have read and i could not put it down. i am know an instant Johanna Lindsey Fan. if i ever have the chance to get her books i am. i loved everything aboout the book. i will tell everyone to pick it up and read it.
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