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Marking Time
by April White
๐๐๐๐ยท5 Re-Read but still loved it Stars
Phew! This was a relief, i read this book a few years ago and was worried about revisiting it, but Huzzah! I still loved this book.
This little cracker of a book can be found free on Kindle, and thats exactly how i found it last time, this time i listened to it.
Saira is a young girl that hasn't really had the best upbringing, moved around from pillar to post her mother disappears, nothing new, she does that for days or even weeks at a time, and Saira can look after herself.
As a freerunner Saira loves the freedom of the city, and often leaves her "tag" in places she has stopped at, unfortunately this time she gets caught by the cops, and with her mother not there, she gets shipped off to stay with her Grandmother in London, who isn't best pleased to see her, considering she threw Saira's mother out.
Meeting new people and travelling around London is a new experience for Saira, and being chased by a strange man calling her "Clocker" has her hiding in a tube station.
She notices an old "tag" there and puts her fingers on it to trace and admire it.......big mistake!
Turns out that Saira is a Clocker, someone who can travel through time, and she finds herself in 1888 and being chased by no other than Jack the Ripper, and she's sure she also spotted her mother at some point!
Finding her way back to present day she learns the family history, and also that things like Werewolves, Shifters and Seers exist!
Oh and she also meets Archer, who is a vampire!
For someone who is not a Paranormal fan i was truly engaged in this story, even though it had vampires and wolves in it, it didn't focus on the "magicky" part of it, if that makes sense.
It's like a Harry Potter meets Oliver Twist meets the White Chapel murders!
๐ง๐ง Narrated by Gemma Barrett who is a new to me narrator.
Fantastic narration and such a good story, give it a try, it's free on Kindle, what have you got to lose?
Happy reading
Vicci
OLD REVIEW FORM 2014
4โข5โ
So before I read this book if I had known it contained vampires and shape shifters I would have put it back on the shelf, tapped it in a cute puppy kind of way and said "no thanks"
Thank goodness I didn't as I loved it!!
Vamps, shape shifters, time travel .......and let's throw in a little Jack the Ripper just to mix things up a bit !!! What more could you ask for ??
Phew! This was a relief, i read this book a few years ago and was worried about revisiting it, but Huzzah! I still loved this book.
This little cracker of a book can be found free on Kindle, and thats exactly how i found it last time, this time i listened to it.
Saira is a young girl that hasn't really had the best upbringing, moved around from pillar to post her mother disappears, nothing new, she does that for days or even weeks at a time, and Saira can look after herself.
As a freerunner Saira loves the freedom of the city, and often leaves her "tag" in places she has stopped at, unfortunately this time she gets caught by the cops, and with her mother not there, she gets shipped off to stay with her Grandmother in London, who isn't best pleased to see her, considering she threw Saira's mother out.
Meeting new people and travelling around London is a new experience for Saira, and being chased by a strange man calling her "Clocker" has her hiding in a tube station.
She notices an old "tag" there and puts her fingers on it to trace and admire it.......big mistake!
Turns out that Saira is a Clocker, someone who can travel through time, and she finds herself in 1888 and being chased by no other than Jack the Ripper, and she's sure she also spotted her mother at some point!
Finding her way back to present day she learns the family history, and also that things like Werewolves, Shifters and Seers exist!
Oh and she also meets Archer, who is a vampire!
For someone who is not a Paranormal fan i was truly engaged in this story, even though it had vampires and wolves in it, it didn't focus on the "magicky" part of it, if that makes sense.
It's like a Harry Potter meets Oliver Twist meets the White Chapel murders!
๐ง๐ง Narrated by Gemma Barrett who is a new to me narrator.
Fantastic narration and such a good story, give it a try, it's free on Kindle, what have you got to lose?
Happy reading
Vicci
OLD REVIEW FORM 2014
4โข5โ
So before I read this book if I had known it contained vampires and shape shifters I would have put it back on the shelf, tapped it in a cute puppy kind of way and said "no thanks"
Thank goodness I didn't as I loved it!!
Vamps, shape shifters, time travel .......and let's throw in a little Jack the Ripper just to mix things up a bit !!! What more could you ask for ??