Review: A GOOD READ IF YOU LIKE TIME TRAVEL BOOKS
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2013
My introduction to time travel novels was Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series which I loved.  This book is nowhere near as detailed or well written as that series but it was a good read nonetheless.  Valerie Crane traveled to England with her sister, Louisa, who was there on a business trip.  Valerie is struggling with sadness and grief over the breakup of her marriage and Louisa felt that the trip would be good for her.  While shopping in an antique store, Valerie came across an old clock, reset the time by turning the hands, and found herself in the year 1605 and the adventure began.  As other reviewers have complained, the history is not accurate except for the description of the Guy Fawkes rebellion but I put that aside and just enjoyed the story for what it was - a work of fiction.  The book grabbed my attention from the first chapter and held my interest to the very end.  It was a quick read and when I finished it, I bought books 2 and 3 for my Kindle.  Ms. Shapiro developed her characters well and I found them genuine and likable though I believe that were I in Valerie's position, I would have been far more panicked than she was.If you like a good story, a work of fiction, not fact, then this is a book for you.  My only complaint is one that I have had with other Kindle books:  There were far too many mistakes and typos to be tolerated and they distracted from the story.  This is not the author's fault, however, and I urge Amazon to correct this disturbing element in the Kindle books.