RELEASE REVIEW: Echoes of Time by Calia Read

Blurb

For Etienne and me, our love has always left a trace. 

It reigns over kingdoms, and rules over time. 

With Etienne now in the present day, the echoes of time grow louder. 

We must face the answers we seek to set things right.

However, we must be incredibly careful. One false move and everything we love will be destroyed.

And this time, could be the end of our surviving trace.

Echoes of Time is the epic finale in The Surviving Time Series!

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My Review

How can a couple combat against time and its fleeting presence?

How can a timeless love transcend years and decades, leaving the slightest of traces even when the lovers are apart?

How do soulmates from different eras, living much different lives, remain together when it’s clear that time isn’t and has never been on their side?

Throughout Calia Read’s Surviving Time series, readers have traveled back in time with Serene witnessing her attempts to acclimate to her ‘new’ existence, to learn the culture, the language, and the dynamics that she had been thrust into, and we’ve also journeyed forward to present day and the deep sense of loss Serene felt at returning home and leaving Étienne, the other half of her heart, behind, desperately doing all she can to get back to him by any means necessary. And, as in most time travel story lines, Read has expertly shown that actions have consequences and the ones made in desperation can cause a ripple effect that redefines the parameters of the lives of so many people.

With all of the twists and turns that occurred in The Reigning and the Rule, I truly didn’t know what to anticipate in Echoes of Time, but the title alone indicated that

Serene and Étienne’s biggest adversary, Time, would make things even more difficult for the couple who refuses to lose each other and who would willingly sacrifice everything for love.

Serene and Étienne’s past, present, and future are so tightly intertwined that there’s no doubt that Fate wants them to be together, but fate is fickle, at times, and time has its own agenda, making it impossible for these two to combat everything they need to without altering things in the process.

With Étienne now in the present with Serene, a new set of complications and troubles arise, and it remains unclear exactly what they’ll have to fight through in order to remain together. It’s interesting to see the modern world through Étienne’s eyes and his struggles to grasp the new technology as well as present day amenities that he has not clue how to use. Ultimately, though, their biggest concern is not Étienne fitting into contemporary society, but what will be altered due to their need to be together at all costs.

Because Echoes of Time is the conclusion of Serene and Étienne’s timeless love story, I knew that my reading journey would be filled with a multitude of complications and conflicts, but, in the end, I trusted that Calia Read would bring everything full circle for her characters and her readers, and I can wholeheartedly say that she did justice to a love that survives time and distance.

4.5 Poison Apples