Jody Hedlund is the author of over thirty historicals for both adults and teens and is the winner of numerous awards including the Christy, Carol, and Christian Book Award. I can see a diehard fan of her work and that of similar Christian fiction authors liking it, but it’s not one I’d recommend enthusiastically.

This book really fell flat, lacking a lot of the immersiveness and charm of Jody Hedlund’s other work that I’ve read.

And with so much of the story exploring Marian’s life, I feel like he wasn’t given much page time to grow. I didn’t get him at all, he was just the typical medieval Knight without a lot of nuance. I’d have liked more of how her knowledge impacted her interactions with others in the past, but otherwise there are good stakes, with her having to choose between helping her sick dad in the present and love in the past, even if the story didn’t fully resonate.īut Will was not written in a compelling enough way to make the “stay in the past” choice viable.

I did like that this book decided to change up the traditional time travel formula of having a lead with a useless profession to their predicament, with Marian being a scientist. Yet, I read this book with more apathy than engagement, the second in a row that I’ve felt that way about, so it could easily be another case of my mood. It’s well-written and has a decent premise. All opinions are my own.Ĭome Back to Me is a perfectly fine book. I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley and am voluntarily posting a review. Can she ever find her father and make it back to the present to heal her sister? And when the time comes to leave, will she want to?īestselling author Jody Hedlund is your guide down the twisting waters of time to a volatile era of superstition, revolts, and chivalry in this suspenseful story. The longer Marian stays in the past, the more she cares about William. William Durham, a valiant knight comes to Marian’s rescue and offers her protection. Until Marian tests his theories and finds herself in the Middle Ages during a dangerous peasant uprising. He’s left behind tantalizing clues that suggest he’s crossed back in time. But when her father falls into a coma after drinking a vial of holy water believed to contain traces of residue from the Tree of Life, Marian must question all of her assumptions. That’s exactly what research scientist Marian Creighton has always believed about her father’s quest, even if it does stem from a desire to save her sister Ellen from the genetic disease that stole their mother from them. The ultimate cure that could heal any disease? Crazy.

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