Time well spent!

Wow! Ask yourself would you want to be immortal? This book covers so many situations. Time travel, true love, redemption and family ties. Melissa writes in a fashion that sweeps a person away. If you don’t become entranced by the story then you should re-listen because there is so much to this book!

Narrator was just okay. I’m a fan of dual or better yet duet narration. But it’s expensive. Vivian becomes better the more into the book you go. Compelling story about time, it’s thought provoking and interesting!

I was given this audiobook at my request and this is my opinion only.

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Brilliant timey wimey adventure

I am a big fan of time travel adventures, through literature classic and modern, to the movies, so was more than happy to read this, and I was not disappointed.
A very clever story, with great pace, lovely, relevant romance, and well-rounded characters, there was some disconnect at the end as lessons did not seem learnt, but I quite liked this as an original ending, to most blockbuster novels.
Clarke was a protagonist to root and care for, The villain wasn't a cardboard cutout, and the various relationships handled very well.

The narration was top notch, her pacing great and kept me wanting to listen.

Definitely would recommend this to existing time travel fans and new to the genre.

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Original and highly enjoyable!

A highly entertaining story about time with a great female lead, interesting locations and some fabulous world-building. The plot is original and clever, the writing is great, the historical back flashes are atmospheric and the characters are well drawn - the whole thing is spot on. The narration was good as well.
Can’t wait to read more from this author!

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An excellent read

An intricate story of love and betrayal cleverly woven through time. Not my usual Genre so it took me a little while to get into the flow of things but once I did I was hooked! An excellent read.

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You Shouldn't Mess With Time

This book is by an author who is totally new to me and it's always a gamble isn't it when you start a book by someone new? This story is like no other I have read or listened to so it definitely gets marks for its originality. The story centers around Clarke Kennedy who is a member of one of the seven powerful families charged with safeguarding time. As I said the premise for this book is definitely original.

The Tempus Guild appointed Anna, Clarke's sister, as a Clock Keeper but during one of the shortest stints in this crucial role by anyone, she committed an atrocity which has really serious consequences for Clarke and their mutual friend, Fletcher. The story is told from Clarke's point of view and jumps from the present to the past and back again with the story taking place between the late 19th and the 20th century.

Clarke's story is told quite cleverly in either a flashback as she remembers something or when she is speaking to someone, telling them what happened which works well as we the listener also know what and why things are happening.

Clarke's quest is to set right the events set into motion by Anna, to do that it has been necessary for her to do some unexpected and questionable things but she's not the only one doing questionable things whilst she tries to right these wrongs she has to deal with Fletcher, her once friend but now immortal enemy.

The plot is written in such a way that the key elements are revealed to us at various times giving us just the right amount of information to keep us intrigued and satisfied.

The story is really well written and the narration worked perfectly. I enjoyed the way the story flowed and the world building. The moral of the story is you shouldn't mess with time!

I was given this audiobook as a gift and am voluntarily writing my review.

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SOO GOOD

I absolutely loved this so much, when it finished I was devestated lol I loved everything about this the story the characters the performance. I need a sequel! I need to know more about Clarke/Claira I need more stories lol. I can't recommend this enough :)

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Don't mess with time.

This was an entertaining time travel novel; not something I would normally read, but definitely an interesting diversion. I loved A Life made of Lava by Melissa Delport, under her alias, Lissa Del and you have to agree, The Clock Keeper has an appealing cover!

A huge, cavernous hall of clocks, each one representing a living person and presided over by The Clock Keeper for a period of ten years. During this time he/she lives alone in total darkness. Each of the seven most powerful families in the US takes turns in sending a keeper for the clocks - although the thought of the Kennedys, Lincolns etc being responsible for my clock sends shivers up my spine.

What happens when the unspeakable happens and someone messes with the clocks? How does this affect time and how can it be corrected?

I enjoyed how the author introduced Clarke Kennedy to us, we thought she was good, then bad, then good again, clever. But I did feel in places that the back-story was a bit slow in unraveling and I thought I must have missed something, wracking my brain to fill gaps that had yet to be filled. This was only a small gripe earlier on, as I got more involved the story paced well and I was rooting for Clarke and Fletcher in their race against time.

The audio version was narrated by Vivien Swain, who spoke clearly but made too many mistakes. I thought it was just a pronunciation thing at first but she reads the word dinghy in one place correctly and in another as dingie. These errors really irritated me.

All in all a good read/listen, from an author who I will look out for in the future.

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Great book

I enjoyed this book.
Kept me interrested from start to end.
Narrator was great and easy to listen too.

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Fantastic mix of different genres

I was immediately intrigued when I read the synopsis and the story certainly didn't disappoint. I've always been fascinated by stories that featured time in some way and that was influential in my choice of this book. I found it to be fun and creative and entertaining and loved the characters. Clarke, in particular is a great character who seemed completely real to me. She isn't perfect but that is part of her charm.

The story is well-paced and keeps you guessing and the narrator does a good job. It isn't quite a 5 star for me - more of a 4.5 but as that isn't an option I've given it a 4 but it is definitely a solid 4!

I look forward to reading more of Melissa Delport's work.

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Interesting time related fantasy story

An enjoyable fantasy story where the great families of America are the guardians of time and everyone alive is controlled by a clock counting down their time on earth.
This is primarily a romance with fantasy elements. The story is enjoyable with well drawn characters.

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