What if the survival of the post-apocalyptic world depended on memories you no longer had?While on a routine vacation with her brother, Maggie is practically bored. Until a disturbing time loss leaves her feeling violated. And inexplicably empty.When a creepy thug breaks into her house and nearly kills her, she’s saved by a man with strange eyes. One who knows more about her than she’s ever told … than she’s ever told anyone. Marcus’s explanation is ludicrous. The time loss incident and the thug can’t possibly be related. Can they?
What follows is time travel, a post-apocalyptic world in which the human race is enslaved, and those who remain free have been hunted to the verge of extinction. Only Maggie holds the key to freeing the world, but it’s lost somewhere in those missing memories. If she wants to solve the mystery of those unaccounted for hours, and save humanity in the process, she’s in for the fight of her life.
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This is my first read from Liesel Hill. I liked the blurb, so thought I would give it a try. The book started “weird” because we are actually in the middle of the story. We find the heroine, Maggie, is meeting her brother in a Vegas bar, but while on the way, she has a strange “vision”. She dismisses the experience and continues on to her brother. She blacks out and awakens with her brother in a strange hotel room. As the story continues we find that Maggie is in a fight with people from the future waging war against the collective. There is quite a bit of info that is given to catch the reader, and Maggie, up to speed, since she’s lost her memories of working with these people over the past year.
Overall, I enjoyed the story and the alternate world that Hill created. I will say that this is not necessarily an easy read, but I enjoyed it. I liked the twists (some I saw coming and others were surprises). There were parts of the story that felt like I’d gone back to science class. Some of it I had to ponder over because of the depth of the idea. I am never a fan of time travel due to my belief that any change to the past will greatly alter the future. So, I had to set aside my belief for those pieces of the story. This book had my heart pounding during several parts and I even found myself holding my breath at times. It would have been nice to have the characters speak with different accents or dialects to give them more character.
While the series has just begun, I did not feel jipped by the way the first book ended. It lets you know that there are some loose ends. But the story was compelling enough that I would read the next book in this series. I recommend this for readers who are fans of dystopians, sci-fi and futuristic type novels.
I received a free copy of this book from BookSprout in exchange for an honest review.
This was the first book I’ve read by Liesel K Hill and I am happy I choose it. The story is about Maggie. One second she is in LV with her brother and having odd ‘dreams’, the next she’s surround by people who all remember her, but she has no idea who they are. She comes to learn she’s very important in this timeline and begins assisting her team.
Maggie seemed a little naïve at times but she’s still trying to put it all together and remember things. She’s doing a good job because she sure asks a lot of questions.
Look forward to listening to the rest of the series.
Robin Wasser did a great job in portraying the emotion and state of mind of the characters.
I received this audiobook for free from Story Origin for an honest review.
Persistence of Vision by Liesel K. Hill is a wonderful story that I have read. This is book number in this wonderful start to a brand new series that I have loved reading and I can not wait for book number two. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about fantasy, Sci-Fi and paranormal romances.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This story just wow’ed me from the beginning. I love this story and cannot wait to read the next in the series. I love the characters and the story/plot. This story is absolutely captivating. I am holding my breath until I get the next in the series.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I loved this book. The characters were very interesting, and the narrator was absolutely amazing.
Was a good story with good characters. It was not what i was expecting, but still good. It is book one if three.
This story really captured my attention. I don’t want to spoil anything… but I was really enjoyed finding out all about Maggie’s situation. I can’t wait for the next book!
Liesel K. Hill did a fantastic job with keeping the story original and tying all the characters together. The twists really kept me on my toes.
Robin Wasser delivered a great performance. I really enjoyed listening.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.
This review is for the audiobook series. I really love the series and the characters which are fully developed and have their own voices. The author really makes you care about them and their plight. It’s full of action which kept me listening long after bedtime. I highly recommend the books. While the narrator did a good job of making the voices clearly recognizable, I was often put off by the over-the-top performance. There were places this could have been taken down a notch or five. Would I still recommend it? Absolutely. 4.5 stars.
A rather strange dystopian amnesia story. The plot starts in the middle of the story and then jumps you around in time to figure out what has happened to that point. I wish the audio had different narrators or at least accents or something to distinguish characters better. Overall a good book that would be worth reading.
Title: Persistence of Vision
Author: Liesel K. Hill
Format: Audio
Narrator: Robin Wasser
Genre: Sci-Fi, Dystopian with a hint of romance
Standalone: No
Part of a Series: Book 1 of the Interchron trilogy
POV: Mostly Maggie
Steam Level: Clean, some kissing
4/5
Persistence of Vision is the first book in the Intercron trilogy. Set (mostly) sometime in the future a war is raging between individualism and collectivism. Persistence of Vision gives you a lot to think about, if you want to delve deeper than the action and intrigue presented. I look forward to seeing what will happen in the other two books in this trilogy.
I received this audiobook for free from StoryOrgin. This is my honest and voluntary review.
Maggie sees a man on the LosVegas strip and her whole world turns sideways. Strange men try to kill her, weird visions flash through her mind, and she discovers things about herself she never thought possible before. This book is a twisting, turning Sci-fi adventure filled with time travel, mystery, and mental powers beyond belief. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventures with a sci-fi element. However, I would highly encourage anyone who reads this book to make sure they have access to the next books in the series because the ending leaves you hanging with many unanswered questions.
This novel was way more intense than I thought it would be. The beginning started off being intriguing and by the time the first few chapters were done, I was completely sucked in. The twists and turns of the story keep you guessing and makes you really think. The future in this book is bleak, but it sure addresses a great deal of modern societal issues. I think that the characters were each written well and placed into this futuristic puzzle just right. I can’t wait to read the next one!
Awesome story! Wonderfully developed and creative characters. The narrator did a great job of keeping my interest. This was a wonderful book and I can not wait to get to the next one!
Very good listen, I listened to the second book first, going back to this one just puts everything into perspective. The story kept my interest because of the good writing and the narrator did a good job with the emotion but again it could have been better. There was not much change of tone between characters, so sometimes I had to piece together who was thinking what at times. I haven’t checked yet but if there is a third book, I will be looking into that. I really enjoyed this and would recommend it to others.
I received this audiobook for free from Story Origin for an honest review.
I received this book free and I am voluntarily doing a review. Wow this dystopian romance is amazing. The author has a great imagination. I loved it the narrator has a voice that just brought the authors story alive.
I listened to the audio book edition. I enjoyed the scientific parts of Persistence of Vision. The narrator just didn’t seem to fit the story and the dialogue was stilted and not we’ll written. I think the story itself could have been very good if it was written better. I don’t know if this was one of Liesel K. Hill’s earliest novels. But, some of her other novels are exceptional and well written.
I really enjoyed Persistence of Vision. I was given a free copy of this audiobook at my request in exchange for an honest review. The MC Maggie experiences a time loss flashes of someone. Then she gets taken into the future where people have neural abilities. She finds she was here before and she was part of a team and that she also has special talents. This team in the future is relying on her to fulfil a foretold prophecy. Any more is spoilers. You will have to give it a listen. I recommend this book.
Interesting story. This story started off very slow in the beginning—there was too much world building for my taste. Narration is “okay”. Thank goodness there was a bit of different voice inflections to help differentiate some of the characters. Not a big fan of Maggie so far—she’s quite immature for someone her age and seemed way too wishy-washy in her interactions with the person she was repeatedly told was the love of her life. The story definitely picks up towards the end—there’s lots of mystery as to what’s happening and why–and you’ll find yourself finally caught up in this tale—wanting to know what will happen next. The brother, while helpful I suppose, is still a major creep—I hope he redeems himself in the next book (he really pissed me off where Maggie is concerned). I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
The MC is a very interesting person and the other characters she interacts with are just as important. The story centers around 1 woman who is taken into our future to be one of the people to protect other people from a possible bad further future. The other MC are the group of people she is to work with. This sort of ends with a not cliffhanger but Many things not resolved and you just want to get to the next book to see how things turn out.
Narrator did a nice job on the various voices in this Audible book.
An incredibly intricate and hypnotizing world that pulled me in. Action and adventure and mystery. Fantasy mingles with reality and takes your mind on the adventure of a lifetime. The language was detailed- not too much that it bogged down and pulled me out of the story, but a perfect amount: I was with the characters on their adventures, seeing everything they saw as if a movie script was playing in my mind. The characters and storyline were simply wonderful. I cannot wait to read the rest of the series.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.