Riven (Lost Imperials, #3)

by Sherry D. Ficklin and Tyler H Jolley

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While Riven follows the beginning time line of Prodigal, it splits and tells us what happen to Ethan, and the others while Ember and Stein where off visiting Tesla. This writing duo had me holding my breath as we faced danger and traveled the time-stream.

The tale focuses on Ethan. He and Lex are on a mission rifting and collecting items when something goes terribly wrong. This causes Ethan to fracture, and the tale that follows was intense and geek-tastic. He gets help controlling things from Stewart Stills. Stills is fascinating and has been somewhat mysterious throughout the series. What he reveals to Ethan will alter his history. Ethan is struggling with remembering his past, and coming to terms with the burden Stills is about to trust upon him. Should he accept it would mean leaving all that he holds dear.

Time streams, rifting, danger, revelations and some serious danger had me flipping the pages and forgetting to come up for air. I love the direction the Lost Imperial series is taking and closed this book eager for the next episode. The whole idea of the time-stream itself was bloody brilliant. Time is more than a wibbly-wobbly timey-whimey ball of stuff.

Once again, I cannot recommend this series enough for fans of time travel, steampunk and Dr. Who. Vivid descriptions, fascinating, unpredictable world building and characters I have come to love Riven was another winner.

Copy provided by publisher. This review was originally posted at Caffeinated Book Reviewer