A review by amylee218
Timepiece: A Steampunk Time-Travel Adventure by Heather Albano

4.0

Wow. I honestly did not think that I was really going to like, "A Steampunk, Time-Travel Adventure". I tend to be picky about any sci-fi books I read. However, this one surprised me. I loved that Elizabeth and William were from Regency England, and carried those mores and values with them into Victorian England. Too often, characters who time travel are thrust into different eras and they are either oblivious to all the differences, totally mission-focused (which is not realistic to me at all) or they are so focused on every little difference that it gets annoying. Heather Albano has created characters with just the right balance. The time that they come from obviously influences them, but in a way that makes sense. The story is a good blend of interpersonal, relationship stuff and history-changing, monster-fighting, action stuff. I loved all of the literary allusions, and the historical parts seemed well-researched. The only negative is that I want to read more, and I will have wait until I order the next two books.