The Shadow of Time

Rating:
Summary: Reissue...not up to par
Review: Lisa Jackson is one of my favorite authors so I immediately picked up a copy of this book. If I had known it was a reissue, I would not have purchased it. It bothers me that publishers reissue books by popular authors without clearly noting this! "The Shadow Of Time" is a fairly common story about a lover thought to be dead who mysteriously returns several years later. Shane Kennedy is embittered by his near death experience in Ireland and by Mara's failure to wait for his return. Mara did not know that Shane had survived and had therefore married in order to provide a home for her child. Shane is cruel and Mara is far too unliberated for my taste. She may remember a time when Shane was worth loving but the reader never sees that side of him. There are far better books out there to read, many by this author, for anyone to want to read this outdated reissue.

Rating:
Summary: Reissue...not up to par
Review: Lisa Jackson is one of my favorite authors so I immediately picked up a copy of this book. If I had known it was a reissue, I would not have purchased it. It bothers me that publishers reissue books by popular authors without clearly noting this! "The Shadow Of Time" is a fairly common story about a lover thought to be dead who mysteriously returns several years later. Shane Kennedy is embittered by his near death experience in Ireland and by Mara's failure to wait for his return. Mara did not know that Shane had survived and had therefore married in order to provide a home for her child. Shane is cruel and Mara is far too unliberated for my taste. She may remember a time when Shane was worth loving but the reader never sees that side of him. There are far better books out there to read, many by this author, for anyone to want to read this outdated reissue.