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whatallisonwrote's review
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
readfineprint's review
4.0
This is a very sweet romance.
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Bree is a desperate graduate student looking for a thesis subject when she happens upon Charles Dickens’ involvement in a Ghost Club. An old book whisks her away to an actual meeting of the club in 1870! Theodore Keyes is also stuck in the same dilemma except he’s from the fifties... and of course they CAN’T fall in love! They would cause way too many problems!
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Bree is a desperate graduate student looking for a thesis subject when she happens upon Charles Dickens’ involvement in a Ghost Club. An old book whisks her away to an actual meeting of the club in 1870! Theodore Keyes is also stuck in the same dilemma except he’s from the fifties... and of course they CAN’T fall in love! They would cause way too many problems!
annestefia's review
2.0
Just another time travel romance where the heroine is historically inclined but somehow gets shocked and questions everything different in the 19th century.
koops333's review
3.0
2.75
So I know you have to suspend your disbelief for time travel novels- but honestly the time travel aspect didn't faze me as much as some of the plot choices. Sorry guys, I know this book was meant to be a light cute romance, and I should just enjoy it for what it is....but I couldn't.
I mean we have our h, Bree, who is a 21st century woman attending Princeton and writing her final thesis for her literary major...so we all assume she's smart enough to get into that prestigious school right? Well for the majority of the novel she's kind of a flighty idiot.
I mean she doesn't know what the butterfly effect is, or is shocked that poor kids in the 1800s didn’t get opportunities to go to school, or is somewhat surprised by all the restrictions on women in that era, or thinks that at the same time the justice system is going to be all ~oh *gasp* a woman breaking and entering? Oh of course your gender excludes you from repercussion! Be on your way then! She actually says that wearing all black and masks to rob a house in daylight is a good idea....
And she waxes all poetical about how men are so much better in this time era compared to men in the 21st- like she wasn't called a harlot, yelled at them for being sexist, and forced to dress up as a man because women aren't allowed most places. Oh yeah real winners.
She also wants to stay in this time period without Theo for some reason- like she, sadly, would have had any safe harbor without him there? I mean how would she get money or support herself without any skills to survive on in that time period? Instead she just complains about everything.
Anyhoo I'm also not going to let that ending slide- like I willfully had to just tell myself to stop thinking logically about that last part. Like how is Theo going to become a doctor in the 21st with no prior schooling records or basic id- family history- medical records...?
And how long has he been there? If so why didn't he try to find Bree sooner? He just waited to find her on the night of her Ghost Book Club? Did he just get the job to wait around for a year hoping she would show up even if the timeline changed? How long did it take to get a medical degree? If so did he age?
I just...I just. My brain cannot just gloss over these questions for a cutsie ending. Sorry.
So I know you have to suspend your disbelief for time travel novels- but honestly the time travel aspect didn't faze me as much as some of the plot choices. Sorry guys, I know this book was meant to be a light cute romance, and I should just enjoy it for what it is....but I couldn't.
I mean we have our h, Bree, who is a 21st century woman attending Princeton and writing her final thesis for her literary major...so we all assume she's smart enough to get into that prestigious school right? Well for the majority of the novel she's kind of a flighty idiot.
I mean she doesn't know what the butterfly effect is, or is shocked that poor kids in the 1800s didn’t get opportunities to go to school, or is somewhat surprised by all the restrictions on women in that era, or thinks that at the same time the justice system is going to be all ~oh *gasp* a woman breaking and entering? Oh of course your gender excludes you from repercussion! Be on your way then! She actually says that wearing all black and masks to rob a house in daylight is a good idea....
"Anyway, I’ve watched enough Tom Cruise movies to know that black gloves and masks are a fool-proof way to not get caught."
And she waxes all poetical about how men are so much better in this time era compared to men in the 21st- like she wasn't called a harlot, yelled at them for being sexist, and forced to dress up as a man because women aren't allowed most places. Oh yeah real winners.
She also wants to stay in this time period without Theo for some reason- like she, sadly, would have had any safe harbor without him there? I mean how would she get money or support herself without any skills to survive on in that time period? Instead she just complains about everything.
Anyhoo I'm also not going to let that ending slide- like I willfully had to just tell myself to stop thinking logically about that last part. Like how is Theo going to become a doctor in the 21st with no prior schooling records or basic id- family history- medical records...?
And how long has he been there? If so why didn't he try to find Bree sooner? He just waited to find her on the night of her Ghost Book Club? Did he just get the job to wait around for a year hoping she would show up even if the timeline changed? How long did it take to get a medical degree? If so did he age?
I just...I just. My brain cannot just gloss over these questions for a cutsie ending. Sorry.
always_reading_a_novel's review
5.0
Loved it!
This book was awesome! I loved every bit of it and I cannot wait for the next book in the series to be published!
This book was awesome! I loved every bit of it and I cannot wait for the next book in the series to be published!
alangmaack's review
4.0
I'm not typically a time travel lover. I was skeptical of this book based on the description but because I've read the rest of Amy Matayo's stories and have loved this one, I had to give it a chance.
I was thoroughly surprised by how much I enjoyed this story! I loved the tension of walking between drastically different eras. I loved the characters and their dialogue. I even enjoyed stepping into the life of Dickens (though I'll admit all I know about him is A Christmas Carol!).
I didn't want this story to end when it did!
I was thoroughly surprised by how much I enjoyed this story! I loved the tension of walking between drastically different eras. I loved the characters and their dialogue. I even enjoyed stepping into the life of Dickens (though I'll admit all I know about him is A Christmas Carol!).
I didn't want this story to end when it did!
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