Most Helpful Customer Reviews
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Great idea falls short, 2 Sep 1999
By A Customer
Finding the lost civilization of Atlantis and actually becoming a part of its community should make for tantalizing reading, but somehow this is not the case for this book. Cheftu and Chloe are intersting characters, but you would have thought that after their adventure in the first book of this series that they had learned to trust one another. Not so--through a series of misunderstandings, the two characters continue to make faulty, illogical moves that, I suppose, enable the author to write extra steamy love scenes that detract rather than add to the plot. Otherwise, the ideas of connecting Atlantis with the Aztecs and Stoker's obscure Scholomance reference in Dracula, while having the pantheon of Greek gods and goddesses rely on an immortality elixir invoked by the Mormon Urim and Thummim are intriguing ones, but they are presented as almost asides, not the mind-boggling conundrums they should represent. The author does not flesh them out enough, but instead concentrates on exemplifying Chloe's running and emergency skills and Cheftu's prowess in bed. For me, the last straw was expecting me to think it was cute that Chloe, great artist that she is, was responsible for the famous boxer boy painting found by Marinatos in the tepha covered ruins of Akrotiri on Santorini. Come on, give me a break!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible journey!, 29 Aug 1998
By A Customer
This is the kind of book that takes you completely to another world! Through the characters Chloe and Cheftu, you live exciting adventures. It has a well thought plot, I can't wait for the next one. By the way... beautiful ending!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A 6! This book is pure magic, 21 Jun 1998
By A Customer
After reflecting on the Nile during the Exodus, time traveler Chloe Kingsley is elated to be going back to the future accompanied by her Egyptian lover Cheftu. However, she quickly realizes that this is not Kansas, let alone Dallas, as she finds herself occupying the body of an Atlantis priestess at the Cybele Oracle in Crete with Cheftu nowhere in sight. Though she is not sure why she is here, Chloe knows that a catastrophe is soon going to destroy the most advanced civilization of the ancients. Cheftu arrives as an Egyptian emissary in what is either a cosmic joke or a great coincidence. However, unbeknownst to the chronological-crossed lovers, they are intimate players in what will ultimately become the world'd mythos. The second novel, SHADOWS ON THE AEGEAN, in J. Suzanne Franks' time travel trilogy is a great novel that brings to life the legend of Atlantis in a creditable and most logical manner. Like its predecessor, REFLECTIONS ON THE NILE, the story line is fast-paced, action-packed, and loaded with legendary prose that turns the book into a sure classic. Throw in two fabulous protagonists and a wealth of wonderful support players and readers of historical romance will frankly demand the final book in the trilogy see the sunrise in 1998 rather than wait another year. Harriet Klausner
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