N R. (Moonpie) reviewed on 2/9/2022 + 1170 more book reviews

I was very excited to read this second book of the âWater of Timeâ series. I enjoyed the first one very much! You can read it as a standalone, but I believe you would be missing a lot.
Ellen is young, beautiful and dying of the same rare fatal disease that took her mother's life. As she grows weaker, she is resigned to her death and tries to enjoy life as much as possible. She knows her time is short. She is staying with Harrison, a wealthy, longtime family friend. He had worked with her father on a cure for Ellen's disease. Her father did find a cure in the discovery of an ancient holy water. The problem it is extremely rare and almost nonexistent in this day and time. Ellen refuses to take one of the 2 flasks that Harrison has acquired through great effort and expense. She believes it killed her father and her sister. To convince her, Harrison, a paraplegic, drinks one of the bottles. There is no denying its power. Seeking more water, she drinks the vial and transports back into England during the late 1300's, where her sister had been living for a year. There is so much unknown about the time travel and things do not go as planned. In fact they go horribly wrong.
This book was even more suspenseful and exciting than the last one! Ellen's perception of the era was very different than her sister's had been. She was naïve about the complications that were created by bringing her 21st century point of view and mannerisms into the past.
Once again Ms. Hedlund descriptiveness of the era was rich and detailed. I loved that she was able to see what Harrison's mansion and estate was like over 600 years ago! Sort of a like a medieval version of âif walls could talkâ. She also captured the thinking, reasoning and understanding of those living then. That was an eye opener! I loved peeping back in time with my 21st century lifestyle and knowledge while experiencing 14th century thinking. The plot is a gripping, on the edge of your seat race against time in a world they knew little about! It is one thing to read history, totally another to live it! Through the characters in the book was fulfilled two situations we can only dream about: being healed of an incurable disease and meeting with those that we have lost. I found this very satisfying and comforting. Once again Ms. Hedlund kept God as a focus of strength and trust for the characters to overcome the obstacles they faced.
I read the book quickly as I could not put it down. This amounted to some nights of very little sleep as I am a bedtime reader! It was worth it!
I received this book from Revell Publishing in exchange for an honest review. The opinions stated are my own.

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