Monday, April 25, 2011

Review: Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren


Gabi and Lia Betarrini have not had the typical childhood.  Summers have been spent at archaeological sites while their parents dig and discover.  This summer is no different, except their father isn’t there anymore.  The Betarrini sisters join their mother, obsessed with her latest discovery, in rural Tuscany.  Gabi is tired of dusty dig sites and being ignored by her mother who lives in a different world.  Looking for a bit of adventure, Gabi convinces her sister to join her in one of the recently discovered ancient burial tombs to explore.  When Gabi finds handprints in the wall that fit her and her sister’s hand perfectly, the world shifts, spins and they find themselves in the fourteenth century.  But Lia and Gabi are separated.  Gabi  is set in the middle of battles, castles and of course, knights in shining armor.  This wasn’t exactly the usual summer in Italy she had planned.  Who knew her very own knight in shining armor would be found hundreds of years before her time in the midst of so much turmoil?  But, Gabi must find her sister and get home.  No matter what.

I'm seriously so happy I read this book.  It was so much fun.  And, I freely admit I'm a sucker for a good, fast paced adventure/romance with a hunk of a medieval knight leading the way.  Yup, it was a great read.  I polished it off in one day and I'm now handing it off to my 13 year old daughter who is going to eat this book up.  Guaranteed.  I sure don't like endings that leave me hanging though and this one sure did!  I'm wishing it were June 1st so I could snatch up the next book and read it too!  Aagh!

There was no offensive language or sexual content in this book.  (Yipee!)


16 comments:

  1. This sounds like a really fun read!

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  2. I recently won a copy of this one, but I haven't picked it up yet. Glad you liked it so much! I'll definitely make sure to read it soon. Great review!

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  3. I adore that you think your 13-year-old will love it as much as you...I've hoped, for a while, that this would be a "Mom and Me" read! Thanks for giving it a chance, Aimee!

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  4. I'm glad you enjoy this novel. It has appealled to me from the beginning. The reviews I've seen lately have all ranked it as exceptional. I've not read one bad review yet. Like you, I enjoy stories of time travel, romance, and medieval times. With all those elements included, how can it be not worthy of reading.

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  5. I'm very glad you enjoyed it. I've been seeing this one around, and the reviews have been great. I love a good historical.

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  6. "adventure/romance with a hunk of a medieval knight leading the way"...?! um, yes please! I'm SOLD! so glad to see you've enjoyed WATERFALL, I'll let you know how it treats me once I get my hands on book one :) thanks for sharing your thoughts!

    Diana

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  7. Wow! I've never heard of this book before, if I didn't read ur post! It sounds great! Even I am start to love it only from ur review. Can't wait to have a chance to read this book. Thank you :)

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  8. Great review! Waterfall sounds like a really good book~ it's now on my TBR list!

    Sophia L.

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  9. Time travel, romance, medieval, hunk of a knight...I have to read this book. Plus, it is in Italy. I am such an Italy geek it is not even funny. :)

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  10. This sounds like a really good series! I'm adding them to my wishlist.

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  11. I am dying to read this book, it looks so cool! I already know I love the author

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  12. I have never read this series and just saw the trailer for Cascade - NOW I really want to read this series. Thank you so much for sharing.

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  13. Like the cover,

    and it's clean too !

    =]

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  14. I am so excited to read this book. I can't wait to get my hands on it, its so pretty and it sounds so interesting!

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  16. Sounds good! And I love the cover, I've been seeing this all over the blogging community and wondering what it was about, sounds really good!

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