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The Ruby Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan
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Weak and silly... *minor spoilers*

If I I make it to the 65% mark in a book I usually finish it. The Ruby Brooch will be the exception.

My very first time travel romance was Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. I won't say that ruined me for all others but it did set a bit of a standard for setting up the time travel premise and having the time traveler cope with and adapt to the time to which he or she has traveled. DG does it quite well by having her heroine Claire Randall flung backward to the mid-18th century and having to rely on her wits and common sense to navigate and make a life in the alien and often hostile environment of the Scottish Highlands at a time of great upheaval. DG does a creditable job of taking a fantastic premise and making it believable and absorbing.

Unfortunately, Ms. Logan and the Ruby Brooch cannot claim the same. Instead of her wits, our heroine relies on the trappings of the 21st century: flashlights, multi clip repeating rifles and handguns, modern medicines including IVs and Tylenol, her iPhone, iPod and the straw that broke this readers back: a modern pregnancy test. Her efforts to hide her "other worldliness" was perfunctory at best.

As far a characterization is concerned, I found it to be uneven and often contradictory. Both Kitherina and Cullen, our main protagonists cycle through emotions with alarming unpredictability and often without real explanation or provocation. Some of the secondary characterizations are quite good especially that of Sarah Barrett. I really like her more than Kitherina. As far as Cullen is concerned, he is supposed to be a Highlander (seems to be requisite in time travel novels), but speaks English with very little Scottish influence showing in his speech except when he is engaged sexually with Kitherina. It was infrequent enough to feel affected rather than illustrative of his character.

The great western migration was a fascinating period in American history but very little of the history of that time is incorporated into the story. While DG may occasionally be criticized for her massive research and how it shows up in her book as very detailed description, Ms. Logan might be criticized for not enough. This reader got only the barest sense of what life on the trail was like. My knowledge of U.S. History reminds me that it was a grueling, monotonous, dangerous journey and not enough of that figures into the story.

Bottom line: Given the setting this could have been a terrifically engaging read but is instead, shallow and silly. Give this one a pass.

Description
The Ruby Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan
PDF mediaartfix.blogspot.se/?ODU4O…

Weak and silly... *minor spoilers*

If I I make it to the 65% mark in a book I usually finish it. The Ruby Brooch will be the exception.

My very first time travel romance was Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. I won't say that ruined me for all others but it did set a bit of a standard for setting up the time travel premise and having the time traveler cope with and adapt to the time to which he or she has traveled. DG does it quite well by having her heroine Claire Randall flung backward to the mid-18th century and having to rely on her wits and common sense to navigate and make a life in the alien and often hostile environment of the Scottish Highlands at a time of great upheaval. DG does a creditable job of taking a fantastic premise and making it believable and absorbing.

Unfortunately, Ms. Logan and the Ruby Brooch cannot claim the same. Instead of her wits, our heroine relies on the trappings of the 21st century: flashlights, multi clip repeating rifles and handguns, modern medicines including IVs and Tylenol, her iPhone, iPod and the straw that broke this readers back: a modern pregnancy test. Her efforts to hide her "other worldliness" was perfunctory at best.

As far a characterization is concerned, I found it to be uneven and often contradictory. Both Kitherina and Cullen, our main protagonists cycle through emotions with alarming unpredictability and often without real explanation or provocation. Some of the secondary characterizations are quite good especially that of Sarah Barrett. I really like her more than Kitherina. As far as Cullen is concerned, he is supposed to be a Highlander (seems to be requisite in time travel novels), but speaks English with very little Scottish influence showing in his speech except when he is engaged sexually with Kitherina. It was infrequent enough to feel affected rather than illustrative of his character.

The great western migration was a fascinating period in American history but very little of the history of that time is incorporated into the story. While DG may occasionally be criticized for her massive research and how it shows up in her book as very detailed description, Ms. Logan might be criticized for not enough. This reader got only the barest sense of what life on the trail was like. My knowledge of U.S. History reminds me that it was a grueling, monotonous, dangerous journey and not enough of that figures into the story.

Bottom line: Given the setting this could have been a terrifically engaging read but is instead, shallow and silly. Give this one a pass.