Review: A lovely romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 22, 2013
Disclaimer: I received a free copy from the author in exchange for a fair reviewWARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERSFirstly, I will say that this book needs to be read as a romance. It does explore historical issues to some degree, but history isn't primarily what the narrative is concerned with. I personally very much enjoyed the blend of history and romance and I found the overall narrative compelling.Joel himself is an interesting, and quite selfish, main character. Rather than trying to get back to his current time, he instead resigns himself to a life in 1941 very quickly. His pursuit of Grace also suggested that he had given little thought to going back home. When the opportunity to go back did present itself, however, Joel has a difficult choice to make - Grace or his proper time.Throughout the text, Joel is forced to make decisions that may impact the future, in particular when he knows the future of several characters. This struck me as a little too coincidental, although it didn't affect my enjoyment of the text over all and it did provide some interesting conundrums.As well as Joel, there were several other interesting characters, my favourite's being Ginny and Katie. Grace - the heroine - was a little too perfect for me.The one place where this book fell down for me was the ending. I'm not going to give too much away, what I will say, however, was that it felt contrived. I felt as if there was no way Grace could have done what she did - Joel hadn't given her enough clues and I don't see how she could have strung what clues he did give her together so well.All in all, I enjoyed the overall reading experience this book provided. It was light, fun and the characters and story were intriguing. The ending, however, did not work for me. Still, for readers of romance, you're bound to find something you love here.