TIMELESS MOON

Author: C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp ISBN: 0765356651 3/2008 PARANORMAL Publisher: NAL/SIGNET ECLIPSE

Josette Monier is a legend among the Sazi. One of the most powerful, beautiful, and oldest Sazi in existence, she lives in self imposed exile. Her gift of sight is so strong that to be around other living creatures is to be in pain. What Josette has experienced lies beyond the scope of the Sazi, for her mate is in love with someone else. But when her gift of sight reveals trouble for her community, she knows that she has no choice. She must set aside her personal pain and save her people. And perhaps save herself and find love again.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

As much as I enjoy the Sazi novels, TIMELESS MOON is a disappointment. It is so off the mark from its predecessors that aside from the shapeshifting aspect, and the snakes again trying to rule the world, it just doesn't fit. It is repetitive and unimaginative, but mostly it is a case of too much.

There is too much effort put into making the heroine a savior so special, that she is more annoying than anything else. There are too many scenes where she passes out from her psychic visions and her hero has to save her. There are too many times where she narrowly escapes from her snake pursuers. I believe she escapes by planes, trains, and automobiles. Anyway, these things happen again and again until the end, where I was left with the unsatisfactory feeling of not knowing the why of what happened. And before anyone emails me about this, yes, I realize the heroine is on the run in order to save the day, but her running is boring because the same thing happens to her time and time again.

Well, since nothing can keep me from loving this series as a whole, I will just say I know there must be a purpose for this filler of a story, and hope that the next one will make me forget about it.

Shannon Johnson