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lalabristow's review
3.0
Previously Published on my blog: Welcome to Larissa's Bookish Life
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Quickie Review:
The Good: It was actually a very cute and fun story. I ended up caring about Carey and Olivia’s plea and it made me extremely curious about the world they live in. It made me want more!
The Bad: It was too short. I cared about the characters, but not as much as I could have =/ I also really don’t like the cover. It’s not the author’s fault, but it might put people off from getting the novella.
The Sexy: No smex in this novella, but the chemistry between characters was well made and the lead up to their first kiss what very nice =)
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Quickie Review:
The Good: It was actually a very cute and fun story. I ended up caring about Carey and Olivia’s plea and it made me extremely curious about the world they live in. It made me want more!
The Bad: It was too short. I cared about the characters, but not as much as I could have =/ I also really don’t like the cover. It’s not the author’s fault, but it might put people off from getting the novella.
The Sexy: No smex in this novella, but the chemistry between characters was well made and the lead up to their first kiss what very nice =)
ccgwalt's review
5.0
Grade A-
4.5*
Tangled in Time is an excellent mix of steampunk, time-travel, science fiction and romance. The plotting was tight, keeping a good balance between action and dialogue. And the dialogue was sharp and often witty. Even in this short space the author develops her characters fully. We've met Carey before ([b:The Key|2679498|The Key|Pauline Baird Jones|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1267018346s/2679498.jpg|2704800] and [b:Girl Gone Nova|10432308|Girl Gone Nova|Pauline Baird Jones|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328314505s/10432308.jpg|15336780]), but we meet Olivia for the first time in this story. Her character is from 1894 New York. Carey is from 2010 and traveling from another galaxy when they meet by "accident" in 1944 in the Texas wilderness. Jones' descriptions of the machine Olivia traveled in is wonderful, as are the details about Olivia's clothes, her manners, and her very Victorian ways of looking at life. My only minor quibble is that Olivia seems to get too comfortable with her new situation a little too quickly.
Tangled in Time is the third installment of a series, and I wouldn't start here. The shorter length doesn't leave room for a backstory "catch-up" so the reader may well be lost if they don't know the players and the universe already. That said, the series is well worth reading. I look forward to the next book,[b:Steamrolled|11151541|Steamrolled|Pauline Baird Jones|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1304003053s/11151541.jpg|16026178].
4.5*
Tangled in Time is an excellent mix of steampunk, time-travel, science fiction and romance. The plotting was tight, keeping a good balance between action and dialogue. And the dialogue was sharp and often witty. Even in this short space the author develops her characters fully. We've met Carey before ([b:The Key|2679498|The Key|Pauline Baird Jones|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1267018346s/2679498.jpg|2704800] and [b:Girl Gone Nova|10432308|Girl Gone Nova|Pauline Baird Jones|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328314505s/10432308.jpg|15336780]), but we meet Olivia for the first time in this story. Her character is from 1894 New York. Carey is from 2010 and traveling from another galaxy when they meet by "accident" in 1944 in the Texas wilderness. Jones' descriptions of the machine Olivia traveled in is wonderful, as are the details about Olivia's clothes, her manners, and her very Victorian ways of looking at life. My only minor quibble is that Olivia seems to get too comfortable with her new situation a little too quickly.
Tangled in Time is the third installment of a series, and I wouldn't start here. The shorter length doesn't leave room for a backstory "catch-up" so the reader may well be lost if they don't know the players and the universe already. That said, the series is well worth reading. I look forward to the next book,[b:Steamrolled|11151541|Steamrolled|Pauline Baird Jones|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1304003053s/11151541.jpg|16026178].
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