100 Book Challenge - Book 21 - Out of Time

Book 21/ 100

Book: Out of Time

Author: Monique Martin

ASIN: B0036Z9W00

Pages: 294

When Professor of Occult Studies, Simon Cross, finds an old watch amongst his late grandfather’s belongings, it throws him and his assistant, Elizabeth West, into an adventure that would not only change their views on the occult but their views on each other as well.

The watch is a time travelling device and it throws the two of them back it Manhattan in the 1920s, they have to find a way to blend in and survive until they can find a way back to their own time. Posing as a married couple they find jobs in a speakeasy part owned by a mysterious gangster. Jobs that lead them both closer to the answers they seek and closer to each other.

Rating… 4 out of 5 watches. While parts of the story moved a bit slowly, the overall story was entertaining, and you can’t help but grow attached to Simon and Elizabeth as their adventure unfolds. I’d recommend the book to anyone with a like of supernatural sci-fi.

100 Book Challenge - Book 17 - Ruby Red

Book 17/ 100
Book: Ruby Red
Author: Kerstin Gier
ISBN: 978-0-312-55151-3
Pages: 324

All her life Gwen has been raised with the knowledge that her cousin Charlotte was destined to be a time traveller, one born with the gene that allows them to move through time. Charlotte had been raised and trained for it since birth. So when Gwen suddenly finds herself back in time she’s forced to wonder who got their sums wrong and who had lied to her.

Gwen is completely unprepared for time travel, she’s had none of the training, knows none of the rules. She’s also unprepared to meet Gideon de Villiers, an obnoxious, know it all, who’s her time travelling companion, and quite possibly the love of her life.

Add in a secret society whose members include people like Sir Isaac Newton, a couple of rogue time travellers who don’t want the secret society to complete its mission, and a ghost who haunts Gwen’s school, and it all means Gwen has a lot on her plate.

Rating… Oh, 5 out of 5 stars, this was a great story, I admit it did take a little getting into, but once there you just gotta know what comes next. There’s a scene where Gwen takes an uncontrolled trip back in time and sees a girl who looks a lot like her! And be warned, there’s a twist at the end :)