Review: Time Travel Love Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2014
I was gifted a copy for an honest review.4 Stars!Joel is an almost 22-year-old college senior who has taken a break from studying and gone on a road trip with his best friend, Adam, from Seattle to Helena, Montana. As they are about to make the trip home, Joel spots an old, abandoned mine that the future geologist can't resist exploring.Inside the mine with only a flashlight as his guide, Joel finds a room that is glowing different colors and decides to inspect it further. Inside the room, he gets spooked by a snake and drops his flashlight. Joel decides it is time to leave but as he gets to the mine exit, he realizes things look a lot different and his friend and car are nowhere to be found. He decides to hitch a ride back into town to see if he can track down his friend, but things become even more strange as an old 1941 car pulls up.Joel soon discovers he has somehow been transported back to 1941 but he doesn't let that get him down.  He hops a train, riding in a box car, and heads back to Seattle, where at least the town is familiar.  Soon after arriving in Seattle, he makes friends with a guy named Tom and is set up with a place to live and a job.  Joel meets Tom's girlfriend and she introduces him to a friend of hers, Grace, and he is immediately smitten with her.  However, Grace is engaged to another man.As time goes on, Joel and Grace spend more time together and grow closer to each other, but she still hasn't broken off her engagement.  There is also growing turmoil in the world around Joel as the time is drawing near of the beginning of WWII.  Joel has decisions to make. Does he stay in 1941 and try to pursue a future with Grace if he can convince her to dump her fiancé? If so, will he have to join the Army and fight in the war? Or does he try to go back 59 years in the future, where he has a life waiting for him?I really enjoyed this book! It was a bit different than my usual read and took a bit to get my interest but once it did, I was hooked.  John A. Heldt did a wonderful job with describing the 1941 world that Joel traveled to.  All the characters in this book were great too!  I would recommend this book to others that enjoy a bit of time travel with their romance.