When Lightning Strikes [Mass Market Paperback]

Friday, March 23, 2012

When Lightning Strikes [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Details

Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books; First Edition edition (October 1, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0449149080
ISBN-13: 978-0449149089
Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

By : Kristin Hannah
Price : $7.99

Customer Reviews

Very few romance authors are willing to venture this far into the territory of psychological darkness. Even fewer competently navigate all the way to a believable ending. Kristin Hannah gets five stars from me for coming through on both counts. Both her hero and heroine are in a world of pain from their pasts. They are relationship cripples. The story revolves around their halting steps toward wholeness and each other. Their process is psychologically complex and believable. Add to that a nifty time travel element and a little magic - and you have a compelling story. As an author, I was especially fascinated by the book's theory on writing and reincarnation. It gave me goose bumps! A word of warning: this book is dark. If you're looking for a light, bubbly read - forget it. Rape and abuse are not subjects for the squeamish. But for those readers looking for depth and compassion in a storyline, this book is worth it!

When Lightening Strikes, is a great time travel/fantasy romance story by Kristin Hannah. Alaina Costanza is thrown back into time, captured into the latest romance story she is writing. Unbeknownst to Alaina, her villain character, Killian, is actually her soul mate, reaching across time and space to Alaina to rectify the loss and love in both of their lives in the late 1870's.
I thought the concept was ingenious and really enjoyed this book of time-travel! I also found it interesting that Hannah picked out several elements from her book, The Enchantment, and used those elements in this book! I thought it very clever!
Hannah once again paints a heroine who is strong and determined, with supporting characters that are as equally believable. The reader is immediately drawn into the story, and I thought that the story line moved great! This is the last book of Hannah's that I had left to read, and it, too, did not disappoint me.
Kristin Hannah has quickly become one of my favorite authors due to her ability to draw the reader intensely into the heart and plot of the story, with believable and true to life characters. Her love stories are warm and sensitive, with the heroine able to overcome obstacles in her life, and embrace love once again. I have found that all of Hannah's books contain messages of struggle, hope and love. And as always, once you fall in love with the characters in her books, you are dying for a sequel!