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Book Reviews of A Wish In Time
Book Review: A Real Winner--A Must Read for Time Travel Fans!
Summary: 5 Stars
Kirkinwall, Scotland, 1718. Magda McClellan is eight months pregnant with her and Davy's first child and she couldn't be happier with her life. When Auld Annie, an obscure and wise woman, is accused of witchcraft, Maggie cannot turn away and helps her. Impressed with the young woman's generous heart, Annie offers to grant a wish in return. Being that she is happy, Maggie refuses. But when strange dreams haunt her, she cannot help but worry that Annie may indeed have some power over her.
New York, New York, 2002. Maggie McDonald and her husband, David, are in desperate want of a child. When Maggie goes in for a procedure, they meet a strange nurse that promises them a baby, if it is there wish. Maggie finds herself quite out of element when she awakens to find herself pregnant...and not in New York anymore. Who is the large man that calls her Magda, and more importantly, where is Magda? Trapped in eighteenth century Scotland, she will have to figure out how to switch her and Magda back before it's too late. Meanwhile, Magda must learn to deal with the hustle and bustle of the twenty-first century and the heavy heart that comes along with her. Both desperately search for answers, to their dilemma and their confused hearts.
A Wish in Time takes one of the most entertaining genres of romance, the time travel, and combines it with a unique plot to produce a truly moving and thought provoking story. It's the typical "we're not in Kansas" feel for both women, but how they handle their individual dilemmas is what's interesting. Maggie takes on the then primitive livelihood of Scotland with spirit and determination as she puzzles out the mystery of how she came to be there. Magda, in many ways, has much more to overcome, being brought up with an entirely different set of ideals when it comes to hearth and home. Both women will discover new sides to themselves that they never knew and learn again what is most important in their lives. I sniffled many a time over this one and loved the movement between the two time periods. The author's style changes subtly for each woman's circumstances, stark and clean for the poor Magda, then bold and fiery for Maggie, caught as she is in that tempestuous time period. It brought to mind one of my favorite authors and I dare say other fans of Barbara Delinsky will love this wonderful tale of love that spans centuries.
Book Review: A Wonderful, complex book
Summary: 5 Stars
Two women, two men, two periods in history--A Wish in Time by Laurel Bradley brings two couples together in the quest for a child. Maggie wants a child, Magda's birthing time is almost near. Auld Annie, 18th Century witch, offers a wish to reward Magda's kindness. Magda has no need of a wish. She's happy with her life and with her loving husband, Davy.
Maggie and David, 21st Century lovers, want a baby and are willing to endure a medical procedure to accomplish it. Inexplicably, Magda and Maggie are switched, thrust into each other's lives and times.
Each woman struggles to adapt to the century she finds herself in and struggles to keep her own identity. Complicating matters are Davy and David, the husbands, and their growing attraction to the women in their lives. After all, the physical appearance is the familiar one that they've loved for years.
Double complicating the plot, each woman falls in love with the man she's living with. Why were Maggie and Magda switched? To what end? One is still ripe with unborn child, and one is still barren. Finally, Auld Annie makes an appearance in both centuries and the mysteries start to unravel to lead the way for each woman to go home.
A Wish in Time is a love story spanning centuries--love for husband, love for child, love of music and family and home. It asks a host of questions: Do you believe in reincarnation? Does the soul live on over and over in different lives? What sacrifice will you make to have your own child?
The story is simple and complex at the same time. I can't even begin to totally explain the plot or even understand all its nuances. It was fascinating, beautifully written, and suspenseful. Frankly, I had to take a peek at the end to assure myself that what I, as a writer and a reader, need to find in a book was there. I won't tell you what that is, but even knowing the ending, I couldn't put the book down. I'll invite you to read this masterful work and enjoy its journey for yourself. You won't be disappointed.
This is Laurel Bradley's debut novel, and she and iUniverse are to be applauded for giving us this book. Laurel, may you create many more worlds like this one--A Wish in Time.
Book Review: Captivating Debut Novel
Summary: 5 Stars
Readers who enjoy romance novels, whether they are modern day or historical, will truly relish the debut novel of Laurel Bradley. A Wish in Time, the story of two women whose lives have been transposed through time, will keep you captivated from beginning to end. Bradley's sense of humor, attention to detail and charismatic writing style bring this fascinating story to life. This wonderfully-transcribed tale has the perfect blend of wit, history, intrigue and romance and is one that won't soon be forgotten.
Book Review: Disappointing
Summary: 1 Stars
All I can say is that this should have been a short story, instead of horribly stretched into a novel. I bought this book based on reviews and my love of time travel stories. I found it hard to even finish the book, it was so boring. If you're looking for a good time travel book, keep looking!Book Review: Fabulous Time Travel - ORIGINAL
Summary: 5 Stars
In Kirkinwall, Scotland, 1718, kindly Magda McClellan, is blessedly content. Eight months pregnant with her first child, she is married to Davy the man who holds her heart. Magda gives comfort and food to Auld Annie, a woman accused of witchcraft. In gratitude, Annie offers Magda one wish, only Magda is perfectly happy with her life and declines. Days later, Magda awakens from a dream where Annie tells her she knows what wish she really wants and how to grant it.
In New York City, 2002, Maggie McDonald and her husband David are waiting in a fertility clinic about to have a procedure enabling them to have the child they both desperately wanted. While waiting, a rather odd nurse named Annie came to them and promised that if they `really wished' for a baby she would make sure it happened. When Maggie awakens from the procedure, she is shocked to find herself in eighteenth century Scotland, naked in bed, very pregnant, and lying next to a very big (and naked) handsome hunk who is not her husband.
At the same time Magda is also awakening, only she is in twentieth century America in a hospital bed, and in a different body - Maggie's body - a body that is no longer pregnant and who has a husband David. Both women would have much to adjust to in their new environments and emotional crisis' to overcome before they might find their way back home.
*** Time travel stories are among my favorite stories and author Laurel Bradley has churned out an absolutely original and splendid tale with A WISH IN TIME! Culture shocks for both ladies are the least of the problems that Magda and Maggie had to learn to deal with in their new bodies when trying to figure out why this had happened and how they could go back to reclaim lives and the husbands they were both dearly in love with. For Maggie, the shock is great but in some ways easier to adapt to having an education and knowledge of how life was lived long ago. On the other hand, Magda a simple uneducated maid who was so satisfied with her simple life, was thrust into a modern age that had to terrify her. What was truly interesting here was the authors interpretation of a soul living on in different times (reincarnated and able to find their original soul mates). This worked so that Auld Annie in her zeal to grant Magda her wish, searched to find her in a different lifetime (and body) before being able to grant her wish. What Annie didn't count on was that some peoples heart's would take a bit longer to adjust to than just physical attraction. With a perfectly lovely style of writing, the author demonstrated a rare gift of keeping the focus on the characters emotions as each woman dealt with the concept of souls being switched. Not only were Maggie and Magda fashioned well as they dealt with being switched but both David and Davy were amazing in their ability to deal with losing, yet not losing the women they were in love with. This was a brilliant piece of work, being an original creative effort that had me glued to the pages from beginning to end. Bradley simply took my breath away with this captivating gem of a story of love eternal.
Marilyn Rondeau, RIO - Reviewers International Organization