Review: Between Dreams - Cynthia Austin

 

  

Review: Between Dreams - Book #1 The Pendant Series - Cynthia Austin - April 2015

When Sidney was a baby , her mother killed herself and her Dad couldn't cope - so he up and left her with her grandmother.  During Sidney's final years at high school, she met Ray and they fell head over heels with each other. Now Ray and his band have hit the bigtime and Ray wants Sidney to join him in LA. Sidney arrives in LA with Ray and things are going great until her Grandmother Emmy gets sick and Sidney must choose between being with her Grandmother or Ray. She chooses her grandmother and so begins the rocky relationship between her and Ray - which I have to say he comes across as quite a selfish character. As Emmy gets worse, Sidney and her friend are out clearing and cleaning out Emmy's stuff when they come across a box marked "Isabella" - now this was Sidney's mother's name . Inside the box are a couple of photos and a pendant . A green emerald that looks like a family heirloom. As Sidney wears it though, strange things start happening and she begins to dream of ancient times and a sort-of Adam and Eve Creation story , though in this story - there is an extra person called Samuael who is in love with Eve , but Eve has to marry Adam. What will happen though when Adrian McAllister rocks up to town and he matches the description down to the voice pattern of Sidney's dream guy ? Who will she choose and what powers has she unleashed since finding the pendant ?Has this pendant got something to do with her mother's untimely death and will Sidney succumb to the same fate ?

A word of warning to the reader , this book does end in a major cliffhanger. So if you aren't one for cliffies, then beware.