Review: Review: Trick of Time by JL Merrow
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2013
Title: Trick of TimeAuthor: JL MerrowCover Artist: N/APublisher: Carina PressReviewer: MonikaGenre: FantasyPairing: GayLength: NovellaHeat Rating: ♨♨♨♨Rating:★★★★Blurb:A lover from another timeWhen Ted Ennis steps out the doors of the Criterion Theatre for a cigarette and finds himself in Victorian London, he begins to doubt his sanity. At first he thinks it's all a film set, and is sure that the strikingly handsome young man leaning against a lamppost must be the leading man...What starts as a sordid transaction with a beautiful rent boy quickly turns into something much deeper, drawing him back again and again as he gets to know Jem and craves meaningful encounters with him.But Ted doesn't understand the exact conditions necessary for his trips through time-and for Jem, time may actually be running out. Now Ted has one last shot to get back to Jem and save their relationship, before it's too late...Review:I love time travel stories. I haven't read one for awhile. After reading this novella I have no idea why I haven't. Now I'm totally on the hunt for more!  I just wish the MM romance genre had more of them. I don't care if they drive me nuts trying to figure out the logistics because that's part of their charm.This story has charm galore. It was sweet and romantic with a little bit of sadness in there. When we meet Ted he's trying to recover from a tragic event, just going through the motions of everyday life alone. Ted works at an old Theatre in London and one night something special happens.  When Ted steps outside for a break he finds himself in Victorian London. As he's trying to figure out how this happened he spots Jem, a Rentboy, leaning against a lamppost. There is something about Jem that draws Ted to him.It didn't take me long to fall in love with these two and I just couldn't imagine them not being together in either era. Thank goodness they find a way.J.L. Merrow has a knack for storytelling, her writing is a pleasure to read and so wonderfully descriptive I feel like she had truly taken me back in time.