"Very rarely does a book
come along that touches the reader on a deep emotional level.
A book that leaves you thinking about it for days on end, that
leaves you in awe at the authors writing abilities because you
just can't get those characters out of your mind. This is one of
those books.
I have to give credit to Mark
Wildes' ability to weave words. His descriptions are amazing and
his writing very philosophical. He takes situations that we all
experience in life and puts it in perspective with feeling.
This is one book you’re just going to have to read to get the
full impact. And don’t you dare flip to the end "just to
see" – you need to experience this book from page one to
the end – and believe me it will be an experience you will not
soon forget.
This is a story of how living in
the past can affect the future, how love is the essence of life
and how letting go can allow you to begin anew. This is definitely
a book with a well written plot and unique twists and turns, a bit
of the paranormal, and an in depth look into love and life. I
highly recommend this book. It's a keeper that I know I will read
again. But grab a box of tissues near the end – if you have a
heart - you’re gonna' need them."
- Melissa Alverez, Fiction Guide
Reviews
"Life is layered with meaning we're often too blind to see.
How much control do we really have over our lives, why is happiness so fleeting and our thirst for love and understanding so eternally unquenchable? Pondering the imponderable can open the door to fear and doubt, and usher through the ghosts of yesterday, it's true. Mark Wildes' attempts to open our hearts and minds to the quiet splendor of life in To Yesterday, however, a profoundly introspective novel about love, loss and the choices we're destined to make. With its philosophical and preternatural focus, To Yesterday is a combination of mainstream fiction and artful fantasy, of dreamy imagery and realistic emotion.
Mark Wildes' debut novel is both a sentimental tear jerker and a multi-dimensional work of fiction...
"
- C.L. Jeffries, Heartstrings
Reviews
"In his
debut publication, TO YESTERDAY, Mark Wildes relates the
story of Janice Gaither -- a middle-aged woman, realizing
that her life is not what she wants it to be, and who is
haunted by ghosts of her past . . .
I very much
enjoyed the characters, the mysteries of the lake and the
abstract connections that can lead an eclectic group of near
complete strangers down the path to becoming a
family."
- Contemporary
Romance Writers Reviews
“For me, one
test of a good plot is how early the reader can guess the
ending, and in this case we are definitely kept guessing. The
three-way meeting at which Janice's destiny reveals itself came
as a total surprise to me; and the surprises don't end there. In
the end, despite its eerie moments, this is a feel-good story, a
story of renewal and repair.”
- A Book Reviewer/Critic from
the United Kingdom
Coinneach would like to sum up this book in one
word—WOW—but that would be too short for a review.
"I was expecting a short novella about 100 pages long, so when I opened the package and saw it was a 390 page novel I was actually shocked, but pleased. I was a child in a sweet shop all over again when I opened the book and
realized Mark had personally signed it for me.
I’ve never had to urge to sit down straightaway to write a review on a book. However, the excitement is running out of me quicker than I can type it.
...I’m not one for romance novels, to be honest with you. I normally opt for reading a Star Wars or Magic Myth story. But I’m glad I read it now. The last book that affected me emotionally was Terry Goodkind’s Faith Of The Fallen—and while it took Terry five books in a row to get the emotions from me, Mark did it right away. From page two, I hated Richard with a passion. In chapter two, I was warming to Travis, who was fast reminding me of myself when I first really fell in love with a woman. I consider myself a pretty tough young man and it takes quite a bit to have me sitting on the edge of my bed biting back tears, but I was there at one point in this book.
Not only is To Yesterday a romantic and serious novel, it’s also hilariously funny. You can’t help but go into stitches of laughter at Mark’s description of a pregnant character’s trip to the hospital and at Janice, whose
humor is absolutely out of this world.
To Yesterday has reminded me what love is. No matter who you are, if you have ever believed in love, you should read this book. If I’ve learnt one thing from Mark, it’s “Be
the who that you are, just don’t get caught doing it.” When Mark signed this book for me he signed it: “To Ken, Hope you find the meaning."
Thanks Mark, I found the meaning.
It’s the only book I have ever wanted to read again—I think I will be reading it again before the next week is out.
- Kenneth MacFarlane, Nights and
Weekends Reviews
“And for the record, let me say never has there been a story so well told, who's characters come to Life, and leave you with the feeling that the time spent with them and their lives are so real and so much like our own in many ways.
And for the record, let me say I didn't want “To Yesterday” To End! Mark Wildes not only wrote a page turner (love those short chapters!) but a love story that will touch your heart with characters who become your friends - characters whom you will care deeply for, characters whom you will identify with in this Journey we all are on called LIFE! You will rejoice with them, cry with them, and even get angry with them as they reveal themselves and the challenges each of them must face. Life is made up of making decisions. And the decisions that everyone makes will always affect someone besides the decision maker. Everyone's lives in “To Yesterday” are intertwined in a miraculous and mysterious way - Just like our very own!
Enjoy “To Yesterday” . . . Today! Buy this book, get lost in it, then pass this marvelous story on and on and on. Never has there been a story written like this, and that, dear reader, is the highest compliment that can be paid to a writer like Mark
Wildes... Thank you Mark Wildes for touching my life and the lives of many with a beautiful story - a great read that I didn't want To End! Cheers to “To Yesterday” . . . Cheers To Tomorrow and Cheers to Life!”
- DAnn from Florida
"Couldn't put it down!
What a great book. It seemed so real. I felt like I truly knew the
characters, what they were going through, what they believed in. I
recommend this book to everyone. It was a great change from the
norm and so much more than a love story. It makes you think and
believe. And has so many hidden meanings. YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!
Can't wait to read more!!"
Gracie
