Title: Waterfall
Author: Lisa T. Bergren
My Rating: 5 Stars
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Author: Lisa T. Bergren
My Rating: 5 Stars
Buy The Book:
-HERE-
Watch the book trailer
-HERE-.
"Most American teenagers want a vacation in Italy, but the Bentarrini sisters have spent every summer of their lives with their parents, famed Etruscan scholars, among the romantic hills. Stuck among the rubble of medieval castles in rural Tuscany on yet another hot, dusty archeological site, Gabi and Lia are bored out of their minds… until Gabi places her hand atop a handprint in an ancient tomb and finds herself in fourteenth-century Italy. And worse yet, in the middle of a fierce battle between knights of two opposing forces.
And thus does she come to be rescued by the knight-prince Marcello Forelli, who takes her back to his father’s castle—a castle Gabi has seen in ruins in another life. Suddenly Gabi’s summer in Italy is much, much more interesting. But what do you do when your knight in shining armor lives, literally, in a different world?"
To put my thoughts of this book in a short blog post is near impossible. All I can say is: WOW. What an incredible piece of fiction! Lisa T. Bergren has given teen and adult readers alike a great adventure to follow along to. With characters true to their individual times, it is hard to not fall in love with them all. Well, except for the bad guys.
For one, I thoroughly enjoyed the writing and tone of the book. Mrs. Bergren gave us a clear definition between the culture now in modern times versus the culture over six-hundred years ago. While the style has a bit of a different flavor, it is very refreshing and helps set the mood of the book.
A second thing I loved was the reality of the characters. As mentioned before, they are very believable to their times. It can be hard to delve fully into a book when the characters seem completely unrealistic to the period of history they are placed in. Mrs. Bergren has done a fantastic job in having them act out perfectly what one would act like in their time.
The journey was also incredible. There wasn't a time that I didn't want to read several chapters, if not the whole book, in one sitting. The flow of the action sequences and the sections of story where battles and adventures aren't happening are paced just right and keep you wanting to flip the pages even faster.
As a fun little side note -- Mrs. Bergren mentioned on her River of Time Series Facebook Page that she thought, if ever there would be one made (please, Lord, this would be the BEST movie ever), Ben Barnes might play a good Marcello. With that in mind, I imagined Marcello's character being played by Ben Barnes. Since the dude is so incredibly handsome, imo, it might of made the book 10 times better. Silly Tippie!
I highly, highly recommend this book for adventure/time traveling/romance fans ages 14 and up.
What's Coming Up Next?
The Horse and His Boy, by C.S. Lewis
Raising Dragons, by Bryan Davis
Skeleton Key, by Anthony Horowitz
The Inconvenient Marriage of Charlotte Beck, by Kathleen Y'Barro
Cascade, by Lis T. Bergren
Life Support, by Robert Whitlow
Precisely Terminated, by Amanda L. Davis
To put my thoughts of this book in a short blog post is near impossible. All I can say is: WOW. What an incredible piece of fiction! Lisa T. Bergren has given teen and adult readers alike a great adventure to follow along to. With characters true to their individual times, it is hard to not fall in love with them all. Well, except for the bad guys.
For one, I thoroughly enjoyed the writing and tone of the book. Mrs. Bergren gave us a clear definition between the culture now in modern times versus the culture over six-hundred years ago. While the style has a bit of a different flavor, it is very refreshing and helps set the mood of the book.
A second thing I loved was the reality of the characters. As mentioned before, they are very believable to their times. It can be hard to delve fully into a book when the characters seem completely unrealistic to the period of history they are placed in. Mrs. Bergren has done a fantastic job in having them act out perfectly what one would act like in their time.
The journey was also incredible. There wasn't a time that I didn't want to read several chapters, if not the whole book, in one sitting. The flow of the action sequences and the sections of story where battles and adventures aren't happening are paced just right and keep you wanting to flip the pages even faster.
As a fun little side note -- Mrs. Bergren mentioned on her River of Time Series Facebook Page that she thought, if ever there would be one made (please, Lord, this would be the BEST movie ever), Ben Barnes might play a good Marcello. With that in mind, I imagined Marcello's character being played by Ben Barnes. Since the dude is so incredibly handsome, imo, it might of made the book 10 times better. Silly Tippie!
I highly, highly recommend this book for adventure/time traveling/romance fans ages 14 and up.
What's Coming Up Next?
The Horse and His Boy, by C.S. Lewis
Raising Dragons, by Bryan Davis
Skeleton Key, by Anthony Horowitz
The Inconvenient Marriage of Charlotte Beck, by Kathleen Y'Barro
Cascade, by Lis T. Bergren
Life Support, by Robert Whitlow
Precisely Terminated, by Amanda L. Davis
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