The Transcend Time Saga: The Complete Series

By: Michelle Madow

Narrated by: Andrea Emmes

Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

This box set includes all three parts of The Transcend Time Saga.

They're reincarnated soulmates. So why is he pushing her away?

Lizzie Davenport has been reincarnated from 1815, England...but she doesn't know it until she meets her soulmate from the past and he triggers her memories to gradually return.

When Drew Carmichael moves to Lizzie's town, she feels a connection to him, like she knows him. But he wants nothing to do with her. She knows she should let go of her fascination with Drew, but that gets harder and harder as memories of her past life return. And the more Lizzie remembers, the more she's determined to unravel the mysteries of the past...no matter how deadly those secrets might be.

©2013 Michelle Madow (P)2017 Michelle Madow

Michelle madow

I have not read or heard anything she has wrote bad I think she will surprise any that read her books the stories are all great 👍

Interesting story

I enjoyed the story. There is no course language in it. No sexual scenes. Suitable for teenagers.

A Wonderful Series

Great writing combined with a great narrator make for a wonderful series. The idea for this book was so intriguing, but the characters, plot and unraveling of a mystery made it even better. Very engaging. The level of tension and dilemma was juicy. Narrator Andrea Emmes is a pro. I picked this series largely because of her. if there were an all star team for Narrators she'd be on it.

Fun Magical Time Travel Reincarnation Love Story

Note: I received a comlimentary copy of this audiobook for review as part of the tour.

Remembrance:

I have had this series on my TBR for quite some time so am excited to be part of the audiobook tour. One thing I find interesting in the way the audiobook is set up, is it is basically all 3 books in one. But, that makes it hard to tell where one book will end and the next will begin until you get to that point as the Audible file doesn’t break it into separate books in the visual chapter menu.

I enjoyed the narrator’s voice and really liked the different accents and voices she gave to each character. I am definitely a fan of this type of narration, as it helps get into each character separately. The pacing and tone was enjoyable and this was definitely a good commute to work listen.

The story unfolds as our main character Lizzie meets Drew and begins to get flashes of their past life together. Piece by piece she gets the information she needs to believe what is happening and begin to understand her situation. I liked the way the story unfolded, and how she didn’t remember it all right away but only got the glimpses as they mirrored the actions of present day.

What got a bit less enjoyable was the high school double love triangle drama. Lizzie already has a long-time boyfriend. Then she meets Drew, who starts dating her best friend. I’m so not into double love triangle drama so that kind of got a few eye rolls from me as it unfolded.

Now, I would love to see some illustrations of the drawings Lizzie made. I want to see the dress she wore to the Halloween dance, and the dress she remembers at the ball. I’m glad the book covers show the masks because I was so curious to see those as intricately and beautifully they were described.

This book ends well, but you know something bad must be lurking, so I’m curious to finish the rest. A good, overall enjoyable listen. And finally gets me some books on my #shelflove challenge.


Vengeance:

I liked how we got to see a bit of point of view from the best friend Chelsea. She definitely got the raw deal in book 1, and I was curious if she was part of the whole past life situation too or was just caught up in the web by accident.

I liked getting to learn about her past and was interested to see how connected everything is and the whole mystic shop and possible witchcraft elements of the story that are introduced.

I did have to keep reminding myself who the narrator was in this story, since "I" is now Chelsea and not Lizzie, but following directly behind book 1 and being the same narrator voice threw me off a bit.

Short, but set up the final story quite well.


Timeless:

The story starts off with a very Final Destination feel as Lizzie's watch stops, then crows start following her. Creepy and awesome to the max! We know what happened since we read Vengeance, but we follow Lizzie and Drew as they figure it out, and see that they were not the only people from the past who have been reincarnated into the present day. I got a kick out of how Lizzie was snooping to find out if her (former) BFF was the one who cast the spell, and the way Chelsea realized what awful chain of events she put into motion.

I really enjoyed their trip to England and all the fun accents and descriptions of the way of life back in the Regency days, though I would have wanted more descriptions of the ball, people's clothing, etc. It would be beautiful to watch so I wanted it described more. But most of all, I enjoyed the unveiling of the sinister plan to off Lizzie's former life by none other than (I'm not going to tell you!) and the only way to stop the echo of the past in the present day was to get to the bottom of what happened back then. I enjoyed that plot line, certainly a fun murder mystery through time!

A great conclusion to the two (and a half) book series and definitely could make a fun TV mini-series. I'd love to see all the costumes in play.

I don't have anything new to say about the narration as this is a continuation of the full book tour, but I will reiterate that I enjoyed her voice and all the accents she did for each character.

Where do the books start and end

I feel like I missed something. Or was it one long story? It was a good listen. At first I had to used to the voice but I didn’t worry about that. And I feel like the listener got short changed on Jeremy, he seemed very important in the beginning and through out but he just disappeared. Otherwise the character arc was well and kept me coming back to finish the book.

Series

I loved this series so much. I wish there was more in this fantastic series.

Enjoyable!

I would definitely recommend this to anyone who likes fantasy and young adult! It has your classic tropes: the love triangle, the dark and handsome love interest, the conflicted girl, etc. It is a feel-good, kind of book that I'm sure many people would enjoy. 

I liked listening to this book rather than reading it ( and not just because the narrator, Andrea Emmes, did a terrific job) because it was a lot easier to imagine the details of setting while listening to the book. 

The book did a great job in sticking to the historical accuracies of the other time era it was describing other than present day, though I was left wishing that more of the book was spent in the "past" because that era is truly one of my favorites to study and know more about.

Lizzie, the protagonist, navigates through the classic high school issues: whether she really likes her current boyfriend (he's a class-A jerk, which was nicely done), whether she should be taking AP classes when she is struggling in the subject, and whether she should be loyal to her best friend or loyal to her love interest. These struggles took up most of the book and that is why I would recommend this book to readers who like young adult. Many of Lizzie's issues are valid ones that many a teenager deals with, and her immaturity in dealing with some of these issues only goes to show that she is the age she is supposed to be in this book. I believe anyone who remembers being a confused teenager will have no issue in relating to the protagonist.

There are also many, many references to Pride and Prejudice, which I enjoyed because it is truly one of my favorite books. If these elements sound appealing to you, then I would definitely recommend this series to you!

Captivating and Entertaining!

I received this audiobook from The AudioBookWorm for the purpose of this review. All comments and opinions are entirely my own.

This fantasy romance was such fun to listen to! Beautifully written, and excellently narrated, the listener is sure to be entertained by Remembrance.

I was surprised at how clean this book is. No cursing and the romance is mild, though the high school students like to hint in their conversations about their night life. The characters are all well developed, relatable in their actions, and their feelings are portrayed very well back to the listener.

The story is quite fascinating and there are just enough surprises and unexpected scenes to keep the listener interested and engaged with Lizzie and Drew’s story.

I thought the narrator did a good job in her readings, though I did notice several glitches in the recordings of a few sentences, where I assume the recording was either paused or cut. Though, other than being slightly annoyed at these glitches, I didn’t feel as if I had missed any of the story, so I was pleased with the overall audiobook experience.

I give Remembrance 4 out of 5 stars and can’t wait to finish the rest of the Transcended Time Saga!

Good story with twists, but narration was lacking.

I struggled with the narration, as it sounded like the book was being read by a "Cone-head" who lacked knowledge of proper voice inflection. As an attempt to get through the book faster, I sped up the pace to 1.25x and it made the narration much easier to endure. The narrator from "Vampire Wish" would have been a much better choice.

absolutely loved it

I first read this series on Amazon and then now I got to listen to it on audio bowl I love the series fantastic. I love how you go through life with Liz Drew and Chelsea and how you go through up and downs with them back in time back to the present amazing I love it