![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Four sisters and their mother make their way from a spiritualist town in. Science, spiritualism, history, and romance intertwine in Suzanne Weyn's newest novel. Readers who persevere will find the ending somewhat rushed and tainted by deus ex machina. From the author of REINCARNATION, another historical, supernatural romance, this time focusing on five sisters whose lives are intertwined with the sinking of the Titanic. Weyn (Distant Waves) nicely handles the teen romance and the attempts to deal with the crisis, but clumsy exposition and infodumps often drag down the first half of the book. As the situation escalates, the lack of oil leads to food and power shortages, creating a snowballing series of crises. They all find their traditional teenage concerns overshadowed (if not obviated) by the growing oil crisis, which has led to insanely high gas prices, shortages of everyday products such as ballpoint pens, and a looming war with Venezuela. Tom, in turn, wants to date vain cheerleader Niki. Weyn's near-future novel avoids many of the traditional dystopian trappings in favor of looking at a handful of teens just as the world runs out of usable oil-"It was right in front of everybody's faces, but they pretended it wasn't happening." Goth outcast Gwen, living with her petty criminal brother after being abandoned by their parents, has a crush on her neighbor, Tom. ![]()
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