#BookReview: Enlightened by @A_L

I'm happy to share with you the review of this book here today. Only two days for the end of 2014 what better to bring a book to finish the year with good mood! Keep reading below and find the exclusive excerpt.

Enlightened by A. L. Weddintong

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Blurb:

Continuing where Essence, Book 1, EVE series ended, the barrier between Jocelyn Timmons consciousness continues to dissolve as she better understands the two lives she lives and enormity of her newly discovered inherited gift of EVE (Essence Voyager Era) which allows her to fall asleep on one plane of existence and awaken on another as her soul travels nightly.

In Enlightened, Book 2, present-day Jocelyn uncovers the vast wonderment of the Victorian era but soon learns that life then was not as grand for women as she has read in the classics. Still, she finds comfort in the support of family and friends; a bolstering contrast to her overly hectic, career-oriented family in the twenty-first century. Her love for Jackson Chandler strengthens across time and becomes the light she so desperately needs as the world she has always known no longer makes sense. Yet, the closer she is drawn to Jackson by their mutual ability, the more strain develops amongst those she loves in 2009.

On the other side of Jocelyn’s consciousness in 1878, she remains ignorant of EVE. Her life is crumbling around her, yet she finds herself anxiously awaiting the images that invade her dreams. Jocelyn longs to be the woman she portrays in that world yet her jealousy is unbearable. Miscommunication, betrayal and hidden agendas make trust near impossible. The clearer the visions become the more she questions motives of her closest confidants and foregoes revealing the images that plague her perception. As her life seems to unravel, Jocelyn’s two worlds collide, and she is enlightened as the pieces start to fall into place. But is she strong enough to survive the truth? Is Jackson really her destiny? And can their love transcend time?

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Excerpt

“Is life really easier there?” That world fascinated me so much and I wanted to learn everything about it.

“It is in some ways, yet in other…not at all. It’s almost sad in some of the ways the world has changed. Yes, we have washing machines and clothes dryers and our laundry is done now with the push of a button. We have the ability to get to any destination either across the country or around the world by driving a car or flying in an airplane. We have microwaves that can cook an entire dinner in five minutes, cell phones that fit in our pockets that give us the ability to talk to anyone in the world at the push of a button, but none of that seems to replace all that was lost. Things like family values, spending time with your family on Sundays after church, living close to them and being involved in their lives. Working out marital problems rather than just giving up and filing for a divorce. Morals and values seem not to exist nearly as much there. People have sexual relationships with individuals they have only known for a few hours and never see again. Kids bring guns to school and shoot their peers. Most mothers work outside the home and have flourishing careers of their own because things are so expensive that it takes two incomes to survive. Therefore, children grow up in daycare centers and only see their parents in the evenings for a few hours and weekends. And typically during that time, the children are involved in some sort of extracurricular activity so the family grabs dinner from a fast food restaurant and hardly ever eat a mean at the table with one another. There simply are not enough hours in the day to allow for it. People are rushed, tired, irritable, and never happy with what they have.”

“That sounds horrific!” My mid could not fathom living such a life.

“Of course, there are always exceptions. Not every family is like that.”

My Thouhts

There are so many things to write in this world that I’m amaze of the new things that fall into my hands everytime. Just like this book. I never would have thought of a book like this. A Girl, who lives both in 1878 and 2009 at the same time, is just crazy. I like this book. I think is very entertaining and highly original. It’s catching since the beginning. You always over the each to know more about what’s going on.

I cry and laugh with it and enjoy every part with the characters. What I liked the most is the developing of Jocelyn and Jackson relationships. It is full of Ups and Downs which make you wonder back and forward (in a good way) how everything going to end. Though, I haven’t read the previous book (which I should have done) the turns of this book build your imagination to a new whole level. As I said you’re always over the edge.

I liked Jocelyn. Though, I get frustrated with the whole time she spared here and there. I would become crazy of that happened to me. How could she live like that? But I’m happy she counts with other people that support her and courage to get through it and embrace it the best she can. But at the end, her lack of principle cost me grandly, since almost all the story centers in her inner fight between here and there.

Overall, I like the original of this story and the way the author catch us into the ride. I recommend it, because it would make you think hard about the way you’re living and the family you have.

About the Author

A. L. Waddington grew up in a small town in Indiana and always had a vivid and overactive imagination. She loves music, playing sports, and can be quite mischievous at times. She has been known to play practical jokes on occasion and is a firm believer in the theory of organized chaos. She has a slight addiction to coffee and gummy bears. When she’s not hidden behind her laptop or buried in a book, she can be found working in her gardens, cheering on her favorite team, the Indianapolis Colts, or trying to lose that last stubborn ten pounds. She graduated with her BS in psychology from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. A. L. and her family reside in Indiana.

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