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Guardians of Time: Kids in America
Mary Lyon has spent her life building a picture of her mother, after Sara's untimely death when Mary was eight. However, now that Mary's approaching her eighteenth birthday, she comes to realise that her mother kept a lot of secrets.
110 pages, Paperback
Published March 22, 2016
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May 29, 2019
Clandestine
The Guardians of Time: Kids in America starts on the 10th anniversary of Sara’s death. Sara is Mary Norton’s mother and Mary is writing a foreword about her for a newspaper at their request. The story unfolds along 3 strands each told in the first person by Mary, Sara and Jared. Mary’s account stays in the present time but Sara and Jared’s story starts back when they were both at high-school in 1988 and progresses to the present.
Through very endearing dialogue we watch the relationship develop between Sara and Jared, as close friends, but will they become childhood sweethearts? There is something very different about Sara, and Mary recollects that she had
The cast of characters at the beginning of the book gives the plot away but I found it necessary to keep referring back to that list to make sense of who was talking and the context they provided. The restrained love story developing between Sara and Jared always provides a ‘will they won’t they’ tussle in the novel and the other big question of course is, is she or isn’t she a Greek God. And if she is, why is she on Earth and why has she remained here through multiple generations in various human forms. This makes for an interesting plot but the story didn’t really match it with other excitement and pace.
I liked the way the writing subtly revealed the storyline as it moved from different perspectives. There are always those little moments that keep the attention and anticipation for the next development. I imagine the author’s intent is to develop a series and this does feel very much like a series opener.
I would like to thank the author, Emily Morris, for providing me with an advanced copy in return for an honest review.
The Guardians of Time: Kids in America starts on the 10th anniversary of Sara’s death. Sara is Mary Norton’s mother and Mary is writing a foreword about her for a newspaper at their request. The story unfolds along 3 strands each told in the first person by Mary, Sara and Jared. Mary’s account stays in the present time but Sara and Jared’s story starts back when they were both at high-school in 1988 and progresses to the present.
Through very endearing dialogue we watch the relationship develop between Sara and Jared, as close friends, but will they become childhood sweethearts? There is something very different about Sara, and Mary recollects that she had
“… no idea that mother was so deluded as a teenager to believe that she was the daughter of a Greek God.”In fact, it’s the dialogue that dominates this story and is one of its finer points.
The cast of characters at the beginning of the book gives the plot away but I found it necessary to keep referring back to that list to make sense of who was talking and the context they provided. The restrained love story developing between Sara and Jared always provides a ‘will they won’t they’ tussle in the novel and the other big question of course is, is she or isn’t she a Greek God. And if she is, why is she on Earth and why has she remained here through multiple generations in various human forms. This makes for an interesting plot but the story didn’t really match it with other excitement and pace.
I liked the way the writing subtly revealed the storyline as it moved from different perspectives. There are always those little moments that keep the attention and anticipation for the next development. I imagine the author’s intent is to develop a series and this does feel very much like a series opener.
I would like to thank the author, Emily Morris, for providing me with an advanced copy in return for an honest review.
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