Kwoomac

This book just didn't work for me. There were two main characters who meet up when some sort of portal opens up in a corn field. The woman Verity Montague is from Salem MA living in the 1600's at the height of the witch trials. Truman Johnstone lives in current times. Both have synesthesia which manifests itself in different ways. Of course, Verity is accused of being a witch because of this, combined with her red hair and two different colored eyes. Truman grew up in foster care, bouncing from home to home, due to his "difference". So of course they fall into insta-love.

The book really frustrated me. What the heck was the portal all about? Is it always there in the cornfield or do Verity and Truman have some special power? The whys of the phenomenon are never explored. Also both Verity and Truman's point of view are told in the first person. I often didn't know which person was thinking what.

Truman also worked at an orphanage (which no longer exist in this country but whatever) helping kids with sensory disorders. This part could have been really interesting but it was skimmed over. It was never clear exactly what he did with them. Rubbed some lotion on some kids' hands.

The story gets two stars rather than one because it felt like the author really did her research. The Salem witch trials were the clearest and most interesting part of the book.

The title of the kindle version I read calls this the synesthesia-shift series so I assume there are more to come. Not for me.