Guest Post: Why Time Travel by Lesley Livingston

 

Why Time Travel?

Why the heck not?

Although I fully admit that the process of writing a time travel story has had the cumulative effect of tying my brain into unwieldy temporal knots, I also fully admit that I had a super-fun time doing it! I’ve always been fascinated with the concept of travelling into the past—probably ever since I saw the Star Trek episode “City on the Edge of Forever”—and what the potential consequences would be; all of the awe-inspiring places and things I could experience were such a thing possible; and how such a thing could be accomplished without really messing up the universe as we know it!

With ONCE EVERY NEVER, I got to take a crack at writing that kind of story.
The period of time to which I gleefully jettison my poor heroine, Clare, was a volatile and blood-soaked one and absolutely fascinating: Ancient Britain, right around the time that the Roman Empire was invading, a fiery warrior Queen named Boudicca rebelled and, for a brief, blazing moment, looked like she just might turn the tide of the invasion.


I’ve always been drawn to the culture of the Celtic tribes, to their fierceness and vibrancy, the rich artistry of their metal-work and their independent spirit, and I though it would be great fun to throw a modern character who has no such affinity whatsoever into that world and watch her slowly find herself won over by this wild and wonderful society. Clare ultimately winds up very curious and caring toward these people—maybe she winds up caring a little too much in some ways!—and I had a great deal of fun writing about that in the context of her zinging back and forth through time, all while desperately trying not to detrimentally alter the space time continuum!

*On Wednesday, June 22, Lesley announced on her blog that there will be two more books in the series along with Once Every Never. They're tentatively titled Every Never After and Now and For Never. If you want to read Lesley's blog post on it you can find it HERE.



Once Every Never Links:
-Goodreads
-Amazon.ca
-Chapters/Indigo

You can find Lesley at:

- Her Blog - In Other Words

- Twitter

- Her Website

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And don't forget the Blog Tour for Once Every Never is still going on. You can find all of the Blog Stops in this Schedule:

Burning Impossibly Bright - June 20 (You are here.)

Not Your Faerytale - June 21

Let's Book It - June 22

He Followed Me Home - June 23

In the Next Room - June 24

Mocha Latte Reads - June 27

Wicked Lil' Pixie - June 28

Evie Bookish - June 29

Escape Through the Pages - June 30

YA Bookie Monster - July 1

Snowdrop Dreams of Books - July 4

Tynga's Reviews - July 5

The Queen of All Wild Things - July 6

Lost for Words - July 7

Lavender Lines - July 8

Well, what did you all think of Lesley's post? 

Did you love it? Did it make you want to read Once Every Never even more?
If you answered "yes" to at least one of the above questions then you deserve a virtual high five, and also, just know...you are not alone! haha

Why not make Lesley feel welcome and leave her some comments, I'm sure she'd love to have some. :)

Happy Reading!!!

♪♫ Ambur

Once Every Never Blog Tour: Review - Once Every Never by Lesley Livingston

Source: Received ARC Copy for Blog Tour from Publisher.

Publisher: Penguin Canada
Number of Pages: 336

Release Date: Already Released.

(Goodreads Link.)

Blurb from Goodreads:

Clarinet Reid is a pretty typical teenager. On the surface. She’s smart, but a bit of slacker; outgoing, but just a little insecure; not exactly a mischief-maker… but trouble tends to find her wherever she goes. Also? She unwittingly carries a centuries-old Druid Blood Curse running through her veins.

Now, with a single thoughtless act, what started off as the Summer Vacation in Dullsville suddenly spirals into a deadly race to find a stolen artifact, avert an explosive catastrophe, save a Celtic warrior princess, right a dreadful wrong that happened centuries before Clare was even born, and if there’s still time—literally—maybe even get a date.

This is the kind of adventure that happens to a girl once every… never.

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My Review:

Before reading Once Every Never, I'd heard fantastic things about Lesley Livingston's writing, and her Wondrous Strange series has been on my to-read list for quite some time now, so when I was asked to participate in the blog tour for Once Every Never, I jumped at the chance!

I was expecting to like Once Every Never, as it sounded fantastic, but I liked it even more than I thought I would, in fact, it blew me away! I absolutely loved it! The characters were fantastic, and the folklore with the Druids was so fascinating! After reading Once Every Never I had an intense urge to research the Druids because Lesley made them sound so awesome, plus I'm a pretty big sucker for any kind of mythology. ;)

The characters just blew me away in Once Every Never. Clare was witty and self-deprecating, but I loved going along the journey of this book with her. She slowly grew into herself and realized just how awesome she was, and her friends most definitely helped her along the way. Her best friend, Allie, was so quirky and smart, and I thought she was amazing. Her intensity and desire to learn had me smiling whenever she was in the story....and Al's cousin Milo...va-va-va-voom, the nerd turned into an Adonis type character, Milo was just amazing. He was smart, funny, and he was so adorable with Clare. I loved how awkward Clare and Milo made each other, and how oblivious they were to each other's feelings. I can't forget about Comorra and Connal either, they were freaking amazing, so fierce, and once again oblivious. Comorra was amazing and so tough, and Connal...well he makes you think that Druids just had to be completely sexy. ;P I think that the cast of characters that Lesley has created in Once Every Never are the kind that every reader will have an amazing time reading about and getting to know...and if you can't tell, I had an awesome time getting to know these characters...just don't make me pick a favourite. :P

Along with the amazing characters and the fantastic history woven into the story, the tiniest of details just totally drew me into this story. For example, the main character Clare's full name is Clarinet Reid and her parents are classical musicians. I just got a massive kick out of that, so hilarious! :D

I would recommend Once Every Never to practically everyone, it has humour, it has action, it has amazing characters, it has some romance, and above all else, it is an amazing story. It draws you in and won't let you go. It's the type of story that will stick with you, and after you read it, you won't forget about it any time soon. ;)

Lesley Livingston

Other Links:

Lesley’s blog In Other Words

Lesley on Twitter

Lesley's Website

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Links for the Blog Tour:

 Burning Impossibly Bright: http://burningximpossiblyxbright.blogspot.com/ - June 20 (You are here.)

 Not Your Faerytale: http://notyourfaerytale.blogspot.com/ - June 21

 Let's Book It: http://letsbookit.blogspot.com/ - June 22

 He Followed Me Home: http://hefollowedmehome.blogspot.com/ - June 23

 In the Next Room: http://inthenextroom.blogspot.com/ - June 24

 Mocha Latte Reads: http://www.mochalattereads.blogspot.com/ - June 27

 Wicked Lil' Pixie: http://wickedlilpixie.com/ - June 28

 Evie Bookish: http://www.evie-bookish.blogspot.com/ - June 29

 Escape Through the Pages: http://thekams.wordpress.com/ - June 30

 YA Bookie Monster: http://yabookiemonster.blogspot.com/ - July 1

 Snowdrop Dreams of Books: http://snowdropdreams.blogspot.com/ - July 4

 Tynga's Reviews: http://www.tyngasreviews.com - July 5

The Queen of All Wild Things: http://www.queenwild.ca/books/ - July 6

 Lost for Words: http://lostforwords-corrine.blogspot.com/ - July 7

 Lavender Lines: http://lavenderlines.wordpress.com/ - July 8

I hope that if you pick up Once Every Never, you enjoy it at least half as much as I did...trust me that's still a lot! :P

Happy Reading!!!

♪♫ Ambur