Waterfall
Lisa T. Bergren
River of Time Book One
Paperback: 384 pages
Young Adult,
Historical Fiction
Publisher: David C. Cook
ISBN: 978-1-43476-433-1
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Overall Rating: 5/5
Gabi is an American girl who spends
her summers in Italy with her family and she’s always bored out of her mind.
Instead of seeing the sites or meeting cute Italian boys the Betarrini sister
spend their time on the site of archaeological digs, with their parents. That
is until while exploring an ancient tomb the sisters place their hands in a set
of handprints they find in the tombs and that’s when things get crazy. They
find themselves in the Fourteenth Century, separated, confused, lost, in the
middle of a war and no idea how to get home.
Usually I tend to stay away from
books about time-travel but I received this book for review, so I told myself I
would read the whole thing through. I was hooked from chapter one, and I
couldn’t put it down. I read fast I can finish a book in a few hours if I
really like it and this was one of those books. I loved everything about it.
Gabi was a fun and awesome character to read about, she was smart, strong,
fearless, gentle, sweet, brave, and not without weakness. Even when she was
scared and had no idea what to do she still pushed on and faced those fears
head-on.
This book was great, it had a
strong female lead, handsome men, swords fights, a love triangle (though
sometimes I hate those), mystery, and bit of unexplained magic. The guys in
this book were awesome Prince Marcello, his cousin, sir Luca (a knight), and
even Marcello’s sick older brother Prince Fortino. What I loved most about
Waterfall was the fact that I believed what I was reading. The words made you
believe what you were reading was real. I loved that the character were
believable, they felt happiness, felt sadness, felt pain, they were scared and
unsure, at times they were hurt, and they didn’t always win the fight. The
character were really human and I believe that’s something really important in
a story. The adventure in this book was amazing and had me holding my breath
the whole time, waiting to see how Gabi and Lia were ever going to get home.
One thing I absolutely hated about
this book was the fact that it ended. When I turned the page and realized it
was over I sat there and looked at the book for a moment. Thinking maybe if I
stared at it long enough more pages would appear but as you can guess that
didn’t happen. The only thing that made up for the fact that book was over so
was that I know there will be a second book. I can’t wait to get my hands on
the next book, I NEED
to know what happens next.
I recommend this book to anyone no
matter what kind of books they read. This is one you don’t want to miss.
{Disclaimer: I
received a free copy of this book enable my review. All opinions presented here
are my own.}
To learn more about
Lisa T. Bergren and her books please visit her website.
