Until Forever Book

2.5/5 stars


This was my first Johanna Lindsey read and I found the writing to be easy to follow, a bit flowery but not overly so. The storyline was unique to me, and I thought it was imaginative. I wish there had been more actual Viking lifestyle, as opposed to the gods storyline, but I guess in time travel, it is what it is - you're not spending long periods of time in one era, you're… well… traveling through time. There were moments when I felt like the story was dragging, then other times when it moved at an exciting, fast pace. The characters were fun; Roseleen is a professor of medieval history and collector of medieval weapons. As a heroine she was ok. I didn't love her, but I did like her. On the other hand, Thorn Blooddrinker'ancient Viking warrior cursed to forever be at the beck and call of any woman, at any time in history, who possessed his sword was awesome. He was pushy, domineering, sexy, funny, and bloodthirsty. In other words, he was all the things you want in a hero - I LOVED him!

This was also my first full length novel in the "time travel" genre. I did enjoy the small bits of history we were given glimpses of, and the different scenarios of how history might have changed based on how much just the presence of a person from the future visiting the past could drastically alter events, even if that person had no direct contact with anyone else. I was particularly interesting in "Duke William," as he was known before he became William the Conqueror. I now want to go to the history books and read more about the battles mentioned in this book and find out if they actually did take place and how accurate they were.

Over all, I thought this story was pretty okay, and I'm looking forward to reading more by Johanna Lindsey. As always, if you have any suggestions for what I might read next, please feel free to share them.