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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
I loved this book as much as the first. I can't wait for the third in the series!
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma
Minor: Physical abuse
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I do agree that this is a fun series, especially if you're an Outlander fan. Xanthe has the ability to time travel, and she doesn't fully understand how to control her gift, or curse depending on how one looks at it. She hears voices from select objects: in this installment, a seventeenth century copper chocolate pot. These voices call for her to go back in time and change tragic circumstances for victims. Xanthe cannot time travel without the objects, and her only way to return to the present is via a locket her mother gave her.
The chocolate pot wants her to basically save her crush from her previous trip into the past: Samuel. It was very difficult for Xanthe to leave him before, but she can't leave him to his fate that led him to an early death via hanging. Samuel is a Catholic, which isn't safe shortly after the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Treason of 1606. One of the things I love about this series is that the history is well-researched and detailed.
In the present, Liam, a local mechanic and sweetheart of a guy, is very interested in Xanthe. I'm definintely team Liam, and just as Xanthe is starting to return Liam's feelings, she must return to the past to save Samuel. These trips are difficult for Xanthe on so many levels, especially since she lies to her mother about her time travel. Xanthe's mother Flora has severe arthritis, and she struggles everyday with it. Xanthe stresses about leaving her as her mother has many appointments to keep, plus run their new antique shop by herself in the Wiltshire market town of Marlborough while Xanthe is away.
Luckily for Xanthe, the chocolate pot takes her to a chocolate house owned by Mistress Flyte. She knows who and what Xanthe is, and she actually helps Xanthe understand her abilities a little better. She also helps aid Xanthe in her quest to save Samuel, an architect and builder. Samuel is converting an old abbey into a private home for an evil man named Benedict Fairfax. Fairfax will hand Samuel over to the king's men once he's through with him. There are many twists and turns in this novel, and it ends on a cliffhanger that frustrated me when I finished. Yes, this is a series very much like Outlander....especially the cliffhangers! Book three can't be released quickly enough!
The chocolate pot wants her to basically save her crush from her previous trip into the past: Samuel. It was very difficult for Xanthe to leave him before, but she can't leave him to his fate that led him to an early death via hanging. Samuel is a Catholic, which isn't safe shortly after the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Treason of 1606. One of the things I love about this series is that the history is well-researched and detailed.
In the present, Liam, a local mechanic and sweetheart of a guy, is very interested in Xanthe. I'm definintely team Liam, and just as Xanthe is starting to return Liam's feelings, she must return to the past to save Samuel. These trips are difficult for Xanthe on so many levels, especially since she lies to her mother about her time travel. Xanthe's mother Flora has severe arthritis, and she struggles everyday with it. Xanthe stresses about leaving her as her mother has many appointments to keep, plus run their new antique shop by herself in the Wiltshire market town of Marlborough while Xanthe is away.
Luckily for Xanthe, the chocolate pot takes her to a chocolate house owned by Mistress Flyte. She knows who and what Xanthe is, and she actually helps Xanthe understand her abilities a little better. She also helps aid Xanthe in her quest to save Samuel, an architect and builder. Samuel is converting an old abbey into a private home for an evil man named Benedict Fairfax. Fairfax will hand Samuel over to the king's men once he's through with him. There are many twists and turns in this novel, and it ends on a cliffhanger that frustrated me when I finished. Yes, this is a series very much like Outlander....especially the cliffhangers! Book three can't be released quickly enough!
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
mysterious