Dymmoch, Michael Allen – THE CYMRY RING

[LJ Roberts]

THE CYMRY RING (TimeTravel-England-Cont/Iron Age) – Okay
Dymmoch, Michael Allen – Standalone
Five Star, 2006- Hardcover

CID detective Ian Carreg is a widower with grown children and a grandchild on the way. Dr. Jemma Henderson is a physician and daughter of a physicist; she is also wanted for murder in America. When Carreg follows Jemma into a shed on Cyrmy Henge, he is knocked unconscious. He wakes up, with Jemma in Roman Britten during the Iron Age.

I have always been a fan of Dymmoch’s writing. I am also a fan of time travel. Unfortunately, neither work very well in this book. Not only was there no logical explanation for how the time travel happened, there really wasn’t any explanation at all. There was also no logical loop connecting a talisman from the present to the past and back to the present, which could have been resolved with just a bit more thinking. The history was fascinating and I learned quite a bit about the period, but the characters were flat, as was the story. I kept expecting to feel more involved and just never did. So why did I rate it “Okay” rather than “Poor.” Because I did finish the book, fairly easily, shall definitely keep reading other books by Ms. Dymmoch and, overall, recommend her as an author. Just don’t judge the author by this particular novel.