Archive for 'reincarnation'



REVIEW: Egyptian Nights and Egyptian Days by Jennifer Mueller

Dear Ms Mueller,

One thing I know is that I’ll always get something new and different when I begin one of your stories. I realize I mention the unusual settings you utilize in almost every review but I appreciate it so darn much that it just has to be said. And this is one of the most interesting ways of doing TT though one that’s hard to read at times. But thanks for not pulling any punches here. Sorry, no joke intended as spousal abuse is no laughing matter.

Time travel novels can irk me. Will the time traveler wander about babbling “this just can’t be happening?” or will he/she act too modern? Will the person in the correct time freak out or accept things too easily? TT novels have ‘issues’ but you’ve dealt with them in ways that worked for me.

Victoria is puzzled at first when she wakes in the body of Mayati and still thinks she’s in modern times. The two weeks of dreams / images / thoughts she gets after collapsing in fear that her husband will find her are enough to convince her …

REVIEW: Enduring Promise by Tempest Knight

Dear Ms. Knight:

Enduring PromiseThis novella is about the size of an anthology story and gives you an opportunity to have a full fledged story. Armand is the human servant and lover of vampire Giselle Dubois. A mob comes to kill her and Armand insist’s the Giselle save herself and promises that he will reincarnate and rejoin her on All Hallow’s Eve. For some reason not explained, Giselle believes this and she, the predator and hunter, leaves her mortal human servant and love to die at the hands of the vampire mob. HUH?

Evan Harris is a thirty five year old photographer whose car breaks down. He finds an abandoned home and is compelled inside. Of course, Evan is the reincarnated Armand and Giselle recognizes this immediately. Sexual hijinks occur. I would say that the sex to story ratio is about 60:40. The real problem and downfall of this story is that you introduce two conflicts. First, Armand has changed and Giselle must deal with the change and second, Armand must make an important decision regarding his future. The problem is that neither conflict …