Myra McEntire

Prelim Review: Realistically speaking this is more like a 4.5 for me. Even though I stayed up all night reading it, and skipped out on doing something else.

The concept behind Hourglass had me hooked. Its a blend of paranormal and scifi--time travel tempered with scientific reasoning and explanations, none of which I understand (they said Doctor Who! I understood that)--that works well. There's insta-love involved, kind of and I can't really explain more than that without spoilers, but thank you McEntire for not making the romance sappy and overly dramatic.

Full review to be posted at Poisoned Rationality… (more)

Emerson Cole sempre achou que algo estava errado com ela. Quando passou a ver pessoas deslocadas da realidade – que eram, na verdade, projeções do passado – e que, ao tentar tocá-las, elas desapareciam como fumaça, Em teve certeza. E então vieram os remédios, a depressão, o colégio interno. Agora que seu período no internato chegou ao fim e ela está de volta ao lar, Emerson vê sua sensação de paz prestes a desmoronar. Alguns fantasmas não estão mais desaparecendo com um simples toque. E com a chegada de Michael Weaver, o consultor de uma misteriosa organização que promete ajudá-la a se libertar dessa condição, um simples toque poderá condicioná-la a algo ainda mais perigoso: a paixão.… (more)

Hourglass is a paranormal thriller by Myra McEntire. Emerson has seen "time rips" in the form of people from the past for the last four years. It started just prior to the death of her parents. Her visions in combination with her deep depression led her brother, Thomas, to have her committed to a mental institution. When Emerson leaves the institution, she tries to establish a somewhat normal life, but her brother continues to try to find people to help with her problem. Most are frauds, but the most recent seems legitimate. Michael Weaver is a consultant with Hourglass, a place for people with the "time gene." Michael tells Emerson that all of the people at Hourglass have that same gene, just as she does. When he tells her that she is capable of traveling through time, she begins to doubt his sanity. There are problems, however, at Hourglass. Its founder has been killed and the man running it now seems to be using the time gene for his own purposes. Michael has a plan to stop him that involves Emerson, who starts to wonder if she is being used.
I really like the premise of this book. My only complaint is that it takes a frustratingly long amount of time for Michael and Emerson to realize that they had to be together even though that realization comes to the reader fairly early in the book. Some of the obstacles put in their way seem artificial. Overall, this is a very interesting book with enough twists, turns, and emotional bombshells that make it very much worth reading.… (more)