Sometimes the only way forward is to reach back through time.Of one thing Erin is certain: the troubles her family are facing are about to get a whole lot worse. Between her little brother being sick with a mysterious illness no one can cure and her parents growing more distant by the day, Erin’s only sanctuary is the powerful older boy she likes, Kieran. But the bubble of attraction he keeps her … he keeps her under hides a dark secret.
Then one big mistake throws Erin’s already precarious situation completely upside-down and threatens to destroy everything she holds dear. Her only options to save herself and her family both seem impossible: reach out to a girl locked in another time or a girl from another world who possesses remarkable powers.
But reaching out to the impossible may be the only thing that could save everything she values from breaking apart.
Reach is a paranormal time travel novella – the starter story in the irresistibly compelling Tandro Series – coming soon.
It is perfect for anyone who loves YA, Science Fiction, time travel and thrilling twists. And in Naomi E Lloyd’s unique style, there’s a dash of romance and magic in this fast-paced imaginative series.
It packs a lot in but you won’t want to put it down!
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Loved it. A real pace change from book one, Release, set in 1860’s South Africa. Here we are transported to modern London and see how the Tandroans yet again manipulate the life of Tiegal’s descendants. Lloyd has written one of those characters we all love to hate – the ultimate antagonist.
I loved this book. The struggles Erin goes through in her normal teenage life really tugs at your heart strings. That, coupled with a meddling paranormal entity who may be there to help or hinder…really has the reader on the edge of their seat. Looking forward to the next one 🙂
Remember who you are, where you come from and what you can do.
I liked this book a lot more than the first one. Even thought its clear you need to read that one to understand the links in the story.
This time we follow Erin’s story, a 15-year-old girl in the year 2015. She and her family moved to London from the US a year ago. With a father in a high politic charge and a wonderful mother, together with a little brother with 13 years, they were the perfect family. Or at least they were until her brother got sick and all the attention from the family was turned to him.
“Erin, honey, as you’ve just heard, the word ‘diamond’ originates from the Greek :Adamas’, meaning ‘indestructible’. And that’s what we are. We are a diamond family, tightly bonded together like the atoms of carbon inside a diamond. Nothing can break us!”
Erin never complained about this because she thought it was the right decision. However, she inevitably began to feel alone. Especially when the dreams came back. Erin, and apparently her mother before her, had strange predictive dreams, showing her both past and future. However, lately dreams had turned into nightmares and always included a woman in them: Parador, Tiegal’s “sister”.
Erin’s escape was her boyfriend, who she kept hidden from her family for being older than she. (He was 28 years old. Disgusting pedophile!)
Everything collapses when Erin overhears her parents having a conversation with a strange man with a purple haze around him, who proposes them to save their son in exchange for Erin’s mother doing an “exchange” with him. Her parents accept, prompting Erin to make a very serious mistake. Unable to seek help from her very busy and now not-so-trustworthy parents, she accepts the help of Parador, who has now appeared in real life. But does she really plan to help her?
It is not such a fantastic book within everything. In the sense that Erin’s problems could happen in any family.
It’s really easy to empathize with Erin as she watches her family fall apart. She feels lonely and in her desperation for protection she ends up in the clutches of a man that she herself knows does not love her. Also, she must watch as her perfect parents start to show flaws, while dealing with the fact that her brother, her life partner, is fighting for his life.
The relationship between Erin and her mother is very moving. Even when Erin fails to communicate directly with her, they find a very nice way to communicate.
Although Erin’s problems make it a somewhat dense book, full of betrayals. It has a rather pleasant outcome. However, it seems important to me to mention that it includes many allusions to sex and adultery, in addition to Kieran’s psychological abuse of Erin. It does not have explicit content.
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