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Review by:
Kenneth Wayne
on Aug. 17, 2011 :
This one is very hard to categorize. It’s a thrilling, sci-fi, young adult romance verging on the erotic that carries the reader along a roller-coaster of twists and turns. If I weren’t so busy, I wouldn’t have put it down until I was through. Unfortunately, I had to pick it up in fits and starts. That, however, turned out to be a good way to read this intriguing novel since there were about as many twists and changes in the plot as there were the numbers of times I had stop reading and do something else. By the time I got back to reading, the plot would transform again.
Without giving too much away about the story, there are elements of a conspiracy concerning the propagation of special beings, important elements about traveling through different dimensions and parallel universes (from which the novel gets its name), a subplot or two about living in rural communities in modern-day southwestern Washington, the coming to terms with what it means if you have special abilities, a love triangle or two, and lots of action that appears to be a wild hybrid, parallel mix reminiscent of a Japanese animation like Dragon Ball and an American comic like the Fantastic Four, Superman, or other classic super hero stories.
To be blunt, Parallels is loaded. Buy it today, you won’t be disappointed.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Griff McAvey
on May 05, 2010 :
Now that this book has been expanded in so many ways I have to give it five stars. This revision was the way to go. I enjoyed the change in the beginning and how the concept of who The Solarian is and where he really came from and the fact that the questions aren't all answered just yet. Makes me want to come back and read the next book and the one after that until all the questions have been answered.
Great job of rewriting Mr. Drake.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Holly Liteman
on April 19, 2010 :
It's been a few days since I read this book and I had to come back to say how much I enjoyed it. Great characterization and the over all tone of dialogue between each one was excellent. It made it so much easier to picture each person with how easily they interacted with one another. Loved the more romantic parts, even though there weren't that many. This author must have a great love life in order to write these types of scenes so realistically. More romance next time, but that's just me.
(reviewed the day of purchase)
Review by:
Seamus O'Shay
on April 19, 2010 :
Interesting concept. Good way of telling a story. I felt like I was right there most of the time. It seemed a little familiar at times, like I was watching Smallville made into a movie, only a hell of a lot better. If that was your intent, you made it real for the first time ever. Smallville is just too flat. I liked the storytelling when Victoria was possessed by the Dark thing. Good progression and handling of the occult. Since this is a series I hope there will be a lot more of these books.
(reviewed the day of purchase)
Review by:
Nicholas Christian
on April 18, 2010 :
Excellent twist of familiar material while adding plenty of new material and even more twists to keep me reading and wondering how this will all end. I will certainly buy each and every succeeding book in this series if they are all this good. The moving from one scene to the next was so fluid I felt like I was watching a movie and wished it had already been made into one so I could watch it. Keep it up.
(reviewed the day of purchase)
Review by:
Griff McAvey
on March 22, 2010 :
Hmmm...I see a lot of Smallville (the TV series) as well as the standard Superman mythos in this book. However, I really think the author managed to pull off the retelling of an old tale in a new fashion beautifully. If someone came along who knew nothing of Superman and Smallville that person would enjoy the hell out of this book, as I did as well, even with my wealth of comic book knowledge.
I have to give this four stars just because I don't like to give anyone five too quickly. The Many Worlds of the Solarian is an easy book to read and moves the reader along with his (or her) imagination intact and running on full throttle.
Great book. I'll have to read all the others by this author.
(reviewed the day of purchase)
Review by:
Elaine Morgan
on March 21, 2010 :
I love your romance scenes. You should write romance novels. This is a fine piece of sci-fi, fantasy, super-power type fiction. The interaction between all the characters is so real it's like actually being there and watching these people go through their dialogue. That's your best selling point I think. Very chilling the way Tori entered that house and all that happened when her friends came to rescue her. Excellent scene at the end.
(review of free book)