Shannon fights to stay alive inside a rogue biodome and discovers something totally unexpected... Peter. Lani is forced into the role of the reluctant heroine but rediscovers her street-kid mojo and sets out to find everything she's lost. Diego receives another dirty sock (and a note) from the poorly aimed fireball express: "The window between universes is closing." If Diego has any hope of getting back to Iz, he must get to the Magic Kingdom and power up the time machine before it's too late.

 

What could possibly go wrong?

 

Review 4*

 

This is the third book in the Between Two Evils series. I think this is the best story so far. I loved it!

 

Diego is a fantastic character. I really liked him. He is kind and loving. In this book his cheesy/pun-y speech is not as prevalent. However, this is due to the more serious subject matter, as well as him not being the central focus as a main character so much.

 

This story continues on from the end of book two and the reader is taken on an emotional roller coaster ride from beginning to end. This book focuses on three of the characters: Diego, Lani and Shannon, who each have their own chapters, though Shannon seems to be the main character focused on in this tale. There are also several new characters introduced and I must say that I felt sorry for Peter and the others living under the thumb of a meglomaniac (even though he was Peter's father). I really enjoyed watching Peter and Shannon's relationship grow. They make a really lovely couple and I wish them all the best. Meanwhile, Lani finds herself facing a life changing experience and locating a man long thought dead, and Diego is still determined to return to his Isabel in his universe.

 

Again, I found some of the story a little repetitive plot-wise, but there are a few twists that made up for it. There are also a few surprises thrown in for good measure, which kept things interesting. There is also an abundance of action, romance and danger that had me sitting on the edge of my seat more than once. This story doesn't end in a cliffhanger as such. There is an epilogue at the end that sets up the next book in the series and introduces a new character. Now I'm wondering what's going to happen next and I can't wait to find out.

 

DL Orton has written an intriguing time travel romance. I enjoyed her writing style, which is not as fast paced as some other authors I've read but it still had me turning the pages. The flow of the story is a lot smoother than the first book in the series and this made it a more pleasurable read. I would definitely read more of her books in the future.

 

There are no scenes of an explicit nature, and there is no mention of sexual activity (apart for some kissing) in this story. Having said that, I do not recommend this book to younger readers (under 16) due to the nature of the story, as well as some violence which could lead to a triggering event for some readers. However, I do recommend this book if you love dystopian or time travel romances. - Lynn Worton

If someone took everything you live for, how far would you go to get it back?

When a faulty time machine deposits Diego in a towering evergreen, he knows he's in the wrong place—but has no idea he's in the wrong time. Naked and shivering in the chilly mountain air, he attempts to climb down, but slips, whacks his head on a branch, and falls into oblivion.

 

He wakes up inside a darkened room, crippled and disheartened, and must come to grips with the realization that he is marooned in a bleak alternate future. In this universe, what remains of the human race is trapped inside a handful of aging biodomes. With his mission failed, his world destroyed, and the one woman he loves, dead, he can find no reason to go on living.

 

But Lani, the emotionally scarred doctor who finds him, refuses to let him die, and as Diego heals, their relationship becomes... complicated. He struggles to let go of the past but is unable to get Isabel out of his head—or his heart. Just when it seems he may be able to find some measure of happiness in a world teetering on the edge of extinction...

 

Another note arrives from the future: Isabel is alive—but not for long…

 

Review 4*

 

This is the second book in the Between Two Evils series. I enjoyed this book more than the first one.

 

Diego is a fantastic character. I really liked him. He is kind and loving. There is a lot of cheesy/pun-y dialogue by him that had me rolling my eyes at times, but its all part of his charm. When the time machine (from book 1) malfunctions, he finds himself trapped eighteen years in the future. This future/parallel world has been devastated by a terrible event and the survivors are living in biodomes created by David Kirk (who is known as Dave Kirkland where Diego originally comes from). Will Diego find a way to get home to Isabel, or will he be trapped in this alternate universe forever?

 

This story is a lot less complicated than the first book and is based purely in the alternate world where Diego finds himself. The story is told mostly through the eyes of Diego, though other characters have their say too, mostly Lani, the unofficial doctor in the biodome (called affectionately the Bub by its inhabitants) and her seventeen year old daughter Shannon. These two characters play a major role in this story and I liked them both. A lot. They have a warmth about them that made them come alive, not to mention they are both stubborn and opinionated. There are also other characters that are introduced and give the story an interesting twist. One of them is Madders, a pilot who is a father figure to Shannon and encourages her to follow her dream of being an engineer. He doesn't actually make an appearance until late into the story but he too has a major role in this tale.

 

This book is action packed and took me on a wild roller coaster ride of emotion. There is even a hint of romance, and I found myself hoping that Diego and Lani would get together. However, his heart still belongs to Isabel. Diego struggles with his new reality and is determined to find a way to get home to her. I did find some of the story repetitive plot-wise to book one, which annoyed me, even though the scenes were completely different. I suppose this is the problem with time travel type stories, where the plot follows the same line even if events happen in a different way. The story does end on an exciting if somewhat heartbreaking climax and it left me in tears. Although not exactly a cliffhanger, it definitely made me eager to find out what happens next. I am now looking forward to reading the third book, Dead Time, as soon as possible.

 

DL Orton has written an intriguing time travel romance. I enjoyed her writing style, which is not as fast paced as some other authors I've read but it still had me turning the pages. The flow of the story is a lot smoother than the first book and this made it a more pleasurable read. I would definitely read more of her books in the future.

 

There are no scenes of an explicit nature, although there is mention of sexual activity. Having said that, I do not recommend this book to younger readers (under 16) due to the nature of the story. However, I do recommend this book if you love dystopian or time travel romances. - Lynn Worton

"Being human was overrated; humans were selfish, venal, and generally horrible to one another."



"So you're not perfectly human - so fucking what? Humans are hardly a gift, are they? People suck and you know it. You're better than them. Start acting like it."

I think this one has been the hardest in this series to read and I'm not altogether sure why. It had a runaway train feel to it I guess, that feeling that something terrible was happening and there was nothing that could be done to stop it. A shroud of despair hanging over everything as Roan thinks he is losing his 'humanity' in a world where to be honest, being human doesn't seem to be all that wonderful.



This series kills me, I find myself totally bummed out thinking about it but somehow in a book that is basically urban fantasy, Andrea Speed has managed to build something that is probably the most realistic portrayal of how utterly awful we all, as a species, truly are. There is hope, lots of hope and there is humor but there is also no doubt that it is the humans, the ones with capacity to understand the destruction they can inflict on the world as a whole, that are the true monsters.

"Holden was a predator who disguised himself as prey, acting like a victim until it suited him not to be. He wasn't a psychopath, but he was two steps and one mental shift away from it."

Holden is probably the most dangerous out of anyone in this series but he is also my favourite, well after Roan obviously, he lacks empathy and he has all the makings for a serial killer but if anyone is like Batman in this I think it's Holden. He is a vigilante whose main pull seems to be people who are too weak to defend themselves. People who are invisible and people who become lost because society does not deem them important enough to save or to find.

Great finish to the End Of State trilogy. It was by far the best of the three and this series is miles ahead of the Apocalypse series, also based on the Left Behind series. I was really struck by how moving and inspirational the last 100 pages or so were. Brad, Marcus, Mariette, and Randal are basically racing against the Antichrist to expose a plot in the Fitzhugh administration to buy uranium stocks from a Russian stronghold to keep it out of radical Muslim hands. They also are faced with getting the message of Christ to the world before the reign of the Antichrist begins, and their faith and their lives are put to extreme risk in the process. Well worth reading this trilogy...

good instalment

Good instalment, though not my favourite. Maybe it was the cases worked and the fact that the case was basically dropped. What about Burn is it still a threat, what is being done about it?
Love love love the hockey guys, they are hilarious and any scene with them in ends with me in giggles.
I would like to see Dylan accepted by Roans lion. Paris was in one of the first books, with the lion responding to him, and I think that is key to their relationship, both sides of Roan accepting and loving the partner. But while Roan is keeping that part separate from Dylan I can't see that happening.