CHASING STARS

By Helen Douglas

The sequel to “After Eden,” “Chasing Stars” is a book about love, separation, rivalry, and fighting a very powerful enemy. Main characters, Eden and Ryan, have to find out if their love for each other will continue to exist against the odds that have been handed to them. As per usual, the cards are stacked against the duo and readers will be drawn in by the challenges they have to face.

When Eden fell for Ryan she didn’t know that he was a time traveler from the future. In the future, a subject called a ‘cleaner’ has come back to hunt these two down, and now they have to travel a hundred years forward to the year 2123 so Ryan can stand trial for his crimes. Eden knows that if she can’t free him, she’ll be stuck in the future for the rest of her life; all alone. So Eden must make what some would call a simple choice; if you were in love, that is. She must travel to the future with Ryan if she truly wants to stay with him. Not only that, however, but if she refuses, because of the power at work, everyone she cares about in the present day will be killed.

Almost as if the Terminator met up with the couple from Twilight, this enjoyable sci-fi/fantasy series has thus far been extremely cool. The characters are interesting, and the descriptions of the future and some of the space flight scenes really make the visuals come alive. Reading the first book would certainly help you in understanding the second, but it was still very easy to get into this tale and never look back. Either way, readers will find that the adventure of Ryan and Eden is a whole lot of fun.