2.5 stars ( )

Unexplained phenomena sending people in the past are always fun to read about. In this case, it was lightning that did the trick. As with many of these stories, it is very entertaining to see the man from the future realize what happens, commit a few linguistic mistakes, and end up getting used to the idea of staying in the past. Just over 100 years isn’t too insurmountable a difference and may make for some interesting changes to the timeline – eventually.

Kody is a graphic artist who ends up in a past that has barely discovered electricity. Some of the social conventions are as strange as the language, but Kody isn’t one to sit quietly in a corner and observe. He jumps right in. Never mind any paradoxes or unforeseen changes, he wants to make sure his life is bearable. I loved his initial fumblings with the language and clothing, as well as his attempts to convince Jarvis that two ‘confirmed bachelors’ would be as acceptable as one living on his own.

Jarvis, the man he ends up with, is a ‘tinkerer’, and his initial shock is quickly replaced by curiosity. He is far more open-minded than the average person of 1898, and it makes for some fun dialog and interesting personal discoveries as he gets to know Kody. Jarvis’s willingness to ‘drop decorum’ in the privacy of his bedroom made me laugh.

While the head-hopping was a bit irritating, the story is so much fun that it didn’t distract me too badly. If you like stories with a temporal twist, if exploring the past from the point of view of a ‘modern’ man sounds like fun, and if you enjoy the idea of two hot men realizing they may be meant for each other, no matter what their birthdates say, you will probably like this story.



NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews. ( )