*[Blog Tour Review] Tomorrow (Yesterday #2) by C.K. Kelly Martin

 

Summary:

 

The sci-fi adventure that began with Yesterday continues with a thriller that can also be read as a standalone.

2063, United North America: climate change has rendered great swathes of the country uninhabitable, the rise of robot workers has created mass unemployment, eco-terrorism is a constant threat and a 2059 nuclear exchange between Pakistan and India has torn large holes in the world's ozone layer and pushed humanity's existence towards a cliff.

Garren and Freya have managed to escape that nightmare world and lose themselves in 1986 Vancouver. But the future's reach is long, and they're no longer safe there. No one is. Shadowy forces are intent on influencing the past's path. And when Freya is taken, it's up to Garren to save both her, and the future.

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Length: 242 pages (Paperback)

Source: Review Copy

Available Formats: Print/E-book

Publication Date: October 10th 2013 by Createspace

 

Once again Martin shows that Canadian authors can and do write impressive YA fiction with an interesting twist. Last year I read Yesterday by Martin and really enjoyed the fact that this Canadian author wrote a novel set in Canada which is something I, as a Canadian myself don't see much of in YA fiction.

 

While Yesterday was set where I live in Toronto in the 80's. Tomorrow takes place in Vancouver, yet another place I don't see too many novels set in. Once again, I was impressed by the details that Martin gave when it came to describing places in Vancouver which was something I was really happy to see carried over from the first book.

 

It's been quite some time since I read the book but it was still nice to catch up with Freya and her love interest Garren. I felt that the characters were more genuine and better developed in this installment than they were in the first book. I liked seeing them mature and really come into there own in this one and how things between them were going.

 

The plot, was more intricate than the first book as well. While Yesterday may have been intricate enough for a first book in a series I found that this one was put together a little better, things were right with Tomorrow.

 

I liked how there was a bit of a PSA that was in this book. Our future is fragile, and that it's futile to think that we can keep doing things at the rate were going we don't have that much of a bright future. I was born in 1990 and I can see drastic environmental changes that have happened in my lifetime already that were probably thought impossible decades ago.

 

With a strong and intriguing plot with drama, action and romance mixed in I really enjoyed C.K. Kelly Martin's sequel. I could tell that the author really hit her stride when it came to the characters in this one as well as the plot being very strong, fast paced and well written.

 

I would recommend this book to anyone who has read and enjoyed the first book in this series and if you haven't read it yet I highly recommend giving it a try especially if you love YA dystopian/sci-fi/time travel books because even though this is a second book it can be read as a standalone novel.

 

*I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my free and honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed herein are 100% my own.

 

I read this book for the following reading challenges:

 

2013 150+ Reading Challenge

 

Really Liked it!
★ ★ ★ ★ 

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*[Blog Tour Review] Walking With Elephants by Karen S. Bell

Summary:

Bridget Jones meets Erma Bombeck

Suze Hall is at a crossroads. Her nemesis at work, Wanda, has been promoted and now will be her boss. Her husband, Bob, is leaving her and the three kids for a six-month sabbatical down under. To top it off, her best friend, Marcia, is missing in action--playing footsie with some new boyfriend! Adding to this disaster stew, David, the gorgeous hunk who broke her young-girl's heart has coincidentally popped back into her life and has something she desperately needs to keep her job. Walking with Elephants, a lighthearted slice-of-life story, brings to the table the serious work/family issues facing women today. It explores the modern dichotomy of a workplace that is filled with homemakers who still must cook, clean, carpool on nights and weekends, shop for prom dresses, and "create" the holidays-such as Suze. But it also is filled with women who have the same drive as men, have no family responsibilities, and will do what ever it takes to get ahead.

So step into the shoes of Suze Hall and commiserate over workplace politics, titillate your sexual fantasies, ride the wave of a working mother, and fall-down laughing.

Summary & Photo Provided by Goddess Fish Promotions

Length: 210 pages

Source: ARC

Publication Date: December 1st 2011 by KSB Press

This book was a wonderful read, and I really connected with Suze the main character which I wasn't expecting. Since I'm only 22 I didn't think that I would get so attached to Suze since she's a middle aged woman and I'm the age of her children but she was such an awesome, likable character that I read this book in one sitting.

Just like the summary promises this is a light, easy going novel. I loved the plot of the novel because even though it could be a little fantastical sometimes I think the situations that Karen S. Bell wrote about in the book could easily be happening to a real woman. I actually think that that is what I enjoyed the most about the novel. It was so approachable and it was pretty much a "what you see is what you get" type of novel.

Walking With Elephant was a great bedtime read for me and it was one that I couldn't put down. I found myself laughing out loud so often while I was reading I'm surprised my neighbours didn't complain for all the cackling I did when I read it. I especially enjoyed the situations in which Suze's kids were in certain scenes because the conversations remind me of how my mother talks to me.

Overall this was an immensley enjoyable read and one that helped get me out of my mini reading funk. The realistic portrayal of a middle aged woman's life was written wonderfully done. I would recommend this book to everyone who loves chick lit. This is a quick read that it would work well as a weekend read up at the cottage or one that you could read in the backyard.

Author Bio

Walking with Elephants is my first novel, although I am not new to writing. I was a theater critic and celebrity interviewer for a weekly tabloid in Jacksonville, Fl and I earned a Master’s in Mass Communication from Oklahoma State University. For 15 years I worked in Corporate America as a technical editor/editor/writer. I experienced first hand the politics and intrigue that goes with that territory and the balancing act that comes with being a working mother. I salute all those mothers who are the glue that holds their families together while pursuing the nine to five brass ring.

*I recieved a free copy of this book in exchange for my free and honest review. I was not compensated in any way for my review and all thoughts and opinions are mine.

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Really Liked it!
★ ★ ★ ★