Never Leave Me by Jody Hedlund // Revell Reads Review

In the last stages of a genetic disease, Ellen Creighton has decided to live out her remaining days at the estate of her longtime friend Harrison Burlington. Harrison cares deeply for Ellen, but as a wheelchair-bound paraplegic, he's never allowed himself to get serious in a relationship. However, he's desperately trying to save her by finding the holy water that is believed to heal any disease.

When he locates two flasks, Ellen refuses to drink one of them because she believes the holy water killed her sister and father. In an effort to convince her to take it, Harrison ingests the contents first, and when Ellen witnesses the effects, she can no longer deny the power of the substance in the bottles. Dangerous criminals are also seeking the holy water, and Ellen soon learns they will go to any lengths to get the powerful drug--including sending her back into the past to find it for them.

Bestselling and award-winning author Jody Hedlund plunges you into the swiftly flowing river of history in a race against the clock in this breathtaking, emotional second Waters of Time story.

 

My Review

I have all the same opinions of this book that I did of the first one. To start with, it's a thrilling adventure that keeps me turning the pages wanting to know what happens. This story got a bit more academic with the science but I just moved past those parts (since I don't understand them anyway).

The conclusions that Ellen and Harrison come to about the water is exactly right. Humanity will turn all good gifts into a problem. We do it time and again.

Without spoiling things, there are some great events that happen back in time that made me quite happy. Because of those events, I want another book, but I'm not sure what Jody would do in a third book or how that would even be feasible, due to other things that happen. I have to say, I had an idea of how things would go in the story and was quite surprised that they didn't end up that way! Here's to the plot twist! If this is the end, it was very satisfactory and if there is another one, I will be excited to read it.

Just like in book one, there is some graphic and more mature content, primarily related to the Middle Ages aspect. Because of that, I would recommend it to adults only.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Revell for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own and a favorable review was not required.