Official Review: Vigilatus by Brenda Heller and Jimmy Adams

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Kajori50 wrote: 21 Apr 2019, 14:13
I highly recommend it to anyone that enjoys an action-packed historical fiction with elements of time travel and technology. It would be especially interesting to those that enjoy reading about Nazi Germany.
This is me. I would love to read this book and the other books in this series.

Thank you for the lovely review.
I highly recommend this series to you then. The first one is a bit slower to get started; it is more of an introduction. It's worth it, though. This one was spectacular. Thanks for commenting.
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Wow! Time travel and World War II together! This really seems like my cup of tea. I love the idea of including real events, people, and places from the time period in the plot. You sure make the book sound like a great read. Thank you for the wonderful review.
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mmm17 wrote: 21 Apr 2019, 17:09 Wow! Time travel and World War II together! This really seems like my cup of tea. I love the idea of including real events, people, and places from the time period in the plot. You sure make the book sound like a great read. Thank you for the wonderful review.
The event included in the ending was especially realistic and fun to read. I don't want to spoil it, but it's worth reading.
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What a tribute to this series that you have read two so far and are eager for the next installment. Glad the author does such a good job of catching up readers that may have missed the first book. Great review! :)
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Bluebird03 wrote: 22 Apr 2019, 08:59 What a tribute to this series that you have read two so far and are eager for the next installment. Glad the author does such a good job of catching up readers that may have missed the first book. Great review! :)
Absolutely! There are many books where I'm eager to read the second installment. However, by the time it comes out, I've forgotten what the first one was about. With this book, you don't have to go back and re-read the first one - they sum it up for you. Absolutely brilliant in my opinion!
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This sounds like a very exciting way to learn about Nazi Germany. I'm glad you don't have to read the first book in order to understand what's going on. Thanks for a great review!
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Prisallen wrote: 22 Apr 2019, 12:00 This sounds like a very exciting way to learn about Nazi Germany. I'm glad you don't have to read the first book in order to understand what's going on. Thanks for a great review!
It was fabulously well done. I especially enjoyed the events included in the last few chapters. I don't want to tell you what it was, though, or I'd risk spoiling it for you. Thanks for your comment.
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Time travel books, sign me up! I love this genre, and I read everything I can get my hands on. Your review makes it really enticing. Great job, as usual.
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kislany wrote: 22 Apr 2019, 14:06 Time travel books, sign me up! I love this genre, and I read everything I can get my hands on. Your review makes it really enticing. Great job, as usual.
If you like this genre, this is definitely a series you NEED to read. There is no doubt in my mind. It was fascinating and informative and well-written. Thanks for your comment.
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With the high praise you give the story line and the character development, this seems like a fascinating series to read. Thanks for the recommendation!
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kdstrack wrote: 22 Apr 2019, 19:24 With the high praise you give the story line and the character development, this seems like a fascinating series to read. Thanks for the recommendation!
It really is a great series; I highly recommend it. Thanks for your comment.
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I found this pretty interesting that you gave the book 4 out of 4 stars because you could find nothing to complain about! It's like you said, "oh well. I guess I just have to give this book 4 stars!" and were kind of disappointed it didn't have anything bad, haha! :D

Thanks for your review, kandscreeley. You're extremely good at getting to the core of what a book is about and structuring your review so that the reader can get a good idea of what it is about!
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nooregano wrote: 23 Apr 2019, 14:30 I found this pretty interesting that you gave the book 4 out of 4 stars because you could find nothing to complain about! It's like you said, "oh well. I guess I just have to give this book 4 stars!" and were kind of disappointed it didn't have anything bad, haha! :D

Thanks for your review, kandscreeley. You're extremely good at getting to the core of what a book is about and structuring your review so that the reader can get a good idea of what it is about!
In this case, I was glad to give the book 4 stars. It was fabulous and very well-written. In fact, I can't wait to read the next one. Thanks so much for your kind words.
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To travel back in time is frightening, what more if you are in the Nazi, now that is horrifying! You did a neat review of the book which makes me very curious about the story.
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This sounds like a great read! It was curious to me that this second book in the series was actually better than the first. It's quite often the other way around. That makes the idea of the next book promising. Thanks for the thorough review!
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