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A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong
5.0
What’s it about (in a nutshell):
A Rip Through Time by Kelly Armstrong is the fun and thrilling first book in the Rip Through Time series. Mallory Atkinson is a police detective in current-day Vancouver, Canada. She’s in Scotland visiting her Nan, who only has days to live when she captures the attention of a serial killer. On her daily run, Mallory is attacked by the serial killer. She is transported back to 1869 and Catriona Mitchell’s body, who is also being attacked in the same way and in the very same alley. She hopes that catching the Victorian serial killer will transport her back to her current time. Still, she faces many challenges along the way and many dangerous situations.
Initial Expectations (before beginning the book):
I love, love, love time travel stories, and one with a mystery going back 150 years is just too delicious of a tale for me to pass up. The cover encompasses both periods, and the Sherlock Holmes feel of the past depiction makes me particularly excited. The Victoria period is my past favorite era, and I can’t wait to go back in time with the main character.
Actual Reading Experience:
As I mentioned in my initial expectations, I love the Victorian era – the time of Sherlock Holmes and unrelenting social norms. I found it fascinating to follow Mallory/Catriona as she navigated a world where women were the “angels of the hearth” and much too delicate for detective or forensics work. The real challenges she would have faced are all covered expertly and with superb attention to detail. I also loved all the twists and turns that held me absolutely riveted from beginning to end. Lastly, that ending was not the old tried-and-true time travel ending – instead, it left lots of questions, and I absolutely enjoyed that, especially knowing there is more to come.
Characters:
The story is told by Mallory in the first-person narration, which makes the tale very relatable. She reacts to Victorian Scotland as any of us would, allowing me to suspend disbelief easily. She is intelligent, determined, capable, and very adaptable and resilient. She has excellent people skills and is a keen observer of what’s going on around her. Her narration flowed exquisitely and kept the suspense high at all times.
To Read or Not to Read:
If you love crime thrillers and time travel, particularly to the Victorian era, you will not want to miss this fun and thrilling story!
A Rip Through Time by Kelly Armstrong is the fun and thrilling first book in the Rip Through Time series. Mallory Atkinson is a police detective in current-day Vancouver, Canada. She’s in Scotland visiting her Nan, who only has days to live when she captures the attention of a serial killer. On her daily run, Mallory is attacked by the serial killer. She is transported back to 1869 and Catriona Mitchell’s body, who is also being attacked in the same way and in the very same alley. She hopes that catching the Victorian serial killer will transport her back to her current time. Still, she faces many challenges along the way and many dangerous situations.
Initial Expectations (before beginning the book):
I love, love, love time travel stories, and one with a mystery going back 150 years is just too delicious of a tale for me to pass up. The cover encompasses both periods, and the Sherlock Holmes feel of the past depiction makes me particularly excited. The Victoria period is my past favorite era, and I can’t wait to go back in time with the main character.
Actual Reading Experience:
As I mentioned in my initial expectations, I love the Victorian era – the time of Sherlock Holmes and unrelenting social norms. I found it fascinating to follow Mallory/Catriona as she navigated a world where women were the “angels of the hearth” and much too delicate for detective or forensics work. The real challenges she would have faced are all covered expertly and with superb attention to detail. I also loved all the twists and turns that held me absolutely riveted from beginning to end. Lastly, that ending was not the old tried-and-true time travel ending – instead, it left lots of questions, and I absolutely enjoyed that, especially knowing there is more to come.
Characters:
The story is told by Mallory in the first-person narration, which makes the tale very relatable. She reacts to Victorian Scotland as any of us would, allowing me to suspend disbelief easily. She is intelligent, determined, capable, and very adaptable and resilient. She has excellent people skills and is a keen observer of what’s going on around her. Her narration flowed exquisitely and kept the suspense high at all times.
To Read or Not to Read:
If you love crime thrillers and time travel, particularly to the Victorian era, you will not want to miss this fun and thrilling story!