Flashback (The Saskia Brandt Series #2) by Ian Hocking

Links for Book Descriptions: Goodreads & Library Things

 

I won an ebook of this book from a giveaway on Library Things.

 

I delved into this book without reading Déjà Vu, though my friend let me read the summary from the third book in the series that she won.

 

It was a quick read, seeing that I managed to finish it within one day. I enjoyed the characters, particularly Saskia and Jem, immensely. Each one was carefully crafted and full of dimension. The relationship between Saskia and Jem tugged at my heart a bit and kinda wish to see more of their interactions. The mystery within the plot was interesting as well.

 

The only two drawbacks for me were its non-linearity and lack of translations for phrases spoken in other languages. Now, I don't mind non-linear stories but with the way the book started off like this, it was quite easy for me to get confused and lost, causing me to look back a couple of times. Conversations in German and Spanish were thrown about and I was completely lost as to their meanings as there are neither a translation provided right after or even context clues to allow the reader to figure them out.

 

However, in spite of this, I would be interested in going back to read Déjà Vu just to read more about Saskia and then continue with The Amber Rooms.

I noticed that Ian Hocking has listed Déjà Vu on Library Things for a giveaway so I hopefully will win it and provide a review on that (and perhaps a new look into Flashback).

 

My Verdict: Three and a half stars out of Five