Strange Place In Time Review
by Moth2fic

This review was written by Moth2Fic for the online Live Journal group 'WomenInPrint'. Although the writer says she purchased Book One, it seems she read all three, and wrote a fantastic review of them.
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A Strange Place in Time by Alyx Shaw

Excuse me while I rave!!!

Alyx Shaw’s trilogy is available online via her website. I ‘invested’ in the exquisitely printed and bound collector’s edition of Book 1 (congratulations to Laura Thomson of Doppelganger Press) and am glad I did.

The story deals with a biker, a Hell’s Angels figure, who falls or is pushed into an alternative world, and then realises he has been there before. His adventures are bound up in those of a group which includes friends and lovers, and on whose successes and failures the lives of thousands depend. It is a rich high fantasy tale, interspersed with sex and humour, and the small details of everyday lives that give a reality and humanity to strange alien beings. As a result it shows how people have the same emotions and aspirations, whatever their physical configuration or cultural background.

The adventures are exciting in themselves, and there is enough romance to satisfy anyone. There are m/m and m/f pairings, and at least one cross-species couple, both, of course, sentient and intelligent. The ‘baddies’ are suitably evil and the world in which it all takes place is lovingly described.

A lovely, lovely book. I started reading slower and slower because I didn’t want it to end ...But then I realised Alyx was going to give us further glimpses of her world in her LJ - they are worth waiting for. Go and friend delaese and go to her website and READ!!

Disclaimer:

All original fiction and the characters, places and situations with them are copyright Alyx Shaw, and may not be published, copied, distributed or archived without the author's prior written consent.

The characters, places and situations described in these stories are fictional unless otherwise stated in the story headings.

(C) 2008 Alyx Shaw