Review: Delightfully sinful
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2012
I'm not typically into historical romance novels, but Diane Alberts short story, Escape to Me was amazing. I'm not going to lie whenever I read any kind of adult romance novel I never really expect much because way too many author's are all about getting the deed done and then there isn't much plot left, but Alberts story wasn't just delightfully sinful it had the sweetest ending.Thomas and Eleanor are two people from London in 1812 who travel 200 years into the future (that's present day, 2012 for those of you bad at math) to have a one night stand. I definitely wasn't expecting time travel. Yes, I know the blurb mentions time travel, but I guess I didn't believe it because when they whipped out their time travel watches I was like, oh snap I want one of those!It was different and I like how they had a bit of history even though Thomas didn't realize it at first. And I thought it was highly amusing watching them marvel at little things from 2012 that they aren't use and trying to play it cool like they know what the hell they're talking about.Eleanor is great, her fears and the way she sees herself is very relatable. There are so many women who don't have the confidence in themselves that they should, who see themselves as less than what they are and I like how in the end he proves to her that she's worth so much more than she thinks.I love how the story isn't that long and yet it paints this whole picture of who these two people are, where they're coming from and where they'll eventually end up. Escape to Me has the nervousness of first time lovers, the passion of two likeminded souls, and the kind of everlasting love that you can only find back in the day when men used to be gentlemen haha.I really enjoyed this book and I'm looking forward to the next one that Alberts comes out with in her 1NightStand series.