Books like The Time Collector

Something I really, really hate is reading a book which everyone is five starring and wondering what they see in it that I do not. The Time Collector is one of those books. Not that there was anything wrong with it and I quite enjoyed the read, but definitely not five stars worth or even four. I really liked the basic premise - people who could know the history of an item just by touching it. There was so much scope for a brilliant story there and the main character, Roan, had huge potential. I enjoyed the romance angle too and the way it contributed to the exciting scene at the end.Somehow though I had picked up the idea that there would be time travel in the book. There was not which disappointed me. I also frequently felt besieged by the amount of knowledge the author kept throwing at me and I had to skim a lot of it. My overall impression was that I had just enjoyed a perfectly nice, pleasant but not outstanding read. Entertaining but not memorable.