
The Flowers of Time
Lost in Time, Book 3
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Zoe Brookes
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A. L. Lester
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Jones is determined to find out what caused the unexpected death of her father while they were exploring ancient ruins in the Himalayas. Along with a stack of books and coded journals, he's left her with the promise she'll travel back to England for the first time since childhood to try being the lady she's never been.
Edie and her brother are leaving soon on a journey to the Himalayas to document and collect plants for the new Kew Gardens when she befriends Miss Jones in London. She's never left England before and is delighted to learn the lady will be returning to the mountains she calls home at the same time they are planning their travels. When they meet again in Srinagar, Edie is surprised to find that, out here, the Miss Jones of the London salons is "just Jones" the explorer, clad in breeches and boots and unconcerned with the proprieties Edie has been brought up to respect.
The nonbinary explorer and the determined botanist make the long journey over the high mountain passes to Little Tibet, collecting flowers and exploring ruins on the way. Will Jones discover the root of the mysterious deaths of her parents? Will she confide in Edie and allow her to help in the quest? The trip is fraught with perils for both of them, not least those of the heart.
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The Flowers of Time
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The author makes a good case for Jones being not just “a woman struggling against the confines society placed on women (especially in the 1700s)”, but actually non-binary long before anybody coined the term.
The narration was great - I wish I had the written word in front of me, because I find it hard to remember a word if I just hear it and cannot spell it.
This is kind of a crap review, but really, it’s a great book. I love how all the characters in the book get along.
Enjoyable story, wonderful narration
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I felt completely immersed throughout this book and deeply invested in the characters' lives. It made me laugh from time to time - Edie's inner monologue is particularly funny - and I was definitely held in suspense. I think Jones, who is generally a well balanced and intelligent person, makes some pretty bad decisions with regard to magic. But so does nearly everyone in this series. "DON'T DO THE THING!," they're all told - and then they go and do The Thing. Ah, adventure & curiosity seekers, what would writers do without them?
This book is listed as book 3 on Goodreads & Amazon currently. The author lists it as a standalone set in the same world. I believe it would be fun to read first, as it happens chronologically first, being centuries before the others. The further I got along in the story, the more I wanted to re-listen to/re-read the other books again, to see if there were any dots I hadn't connected. This is further evidence of how much I enjoyed this book and the others - that I immediately wanted to restart.
As for the audio narration by Zoe Brookes, the emotion came through well - she did the dry wit of some of the characters very well, along with the more serious parts. And she does differentiate the voices to an extent too, Jones & Edie are quite differently voiced. But she does the reading very close to the mic, so you can hear the movements of her mouth here and there - I dislike the sound of chewing & such, BUT I did not find her narration discomfiting despite the closeness, so there's that. There are some tech issues, with the filtering seeming to come and go on a few occasions, making for a slight staticky sound. But I've heard worse tech issues than that and, other than those brief moments, I remained fully immersed in the story. I would not shy away from listening to a book with Brookes narrating.
An immersive story
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Enjoyed this story
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Delightful Story
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The story is somewhat short but so densely packed with facts that managed to cover years of Jones' life without leaving me with a feeling of shallowness. The magic/paranormal aspects of the story appear late in the book, but they are expected, as there were events from the beginning hinting that something was quite not right.
And the romance... aw, slow burn, how much I love you! I love how slow and tentative is the transition between friendship and something different between Jones and Edie. Their feelings are deep, their intimacy comes from knowing each other, and from trusting each other. And this is all new for them, they both are in uncharted territory and the journey that brought them to this point is beautiful. I really hope we'll be seeing more of them soon :D
Zoe Brookes does an excellent job with the narration :D
Beautiful story!
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