Kindle Edition, 257 pages
Publication June 3, 2021
Source: I received a complimentary copy. All opinions expressed are my own and were voluntarily given.
For newly published author Eliza Sterling, having her first book launch
party at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a dream come true. Since her
book is a modern-day retelling of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
and the Met is hosting a display of rarely seen Dickens’ artifacts at
the same time, she chalks it up to a case of good timing.
For
publicly disgraced, former best-selling author Lew McDonnell, seeing a
debut author having her first book launch party at the Met brings up all
sorts of resentments. Especially when the book this lady is promoting
just happens to be one of his old manuscripts that she’s clearly
plagiarized and claimed for herself.
When heated words are
exchanged in front of a display case containing an original copy of
Great Expectations, both Lew and Eliza are prepared for a fight. But
they aren’t prepared for the room to shake, for the display case to
shatter, or for the old book to send them both careening toward a new
existence entirely.
When Lew wakes up on the floor of the Charles
Dickens museum in London to see Eliza working there as a tour guide, he
knows something has gone horribly wrong. It’s the same day and time,
but suddenly he’s the best-selling author headlining his own book launch
again, and Eliza is serving him drinks and working all hours to make
ends meet. And the weirdest thing of all?
Lew is the only one who remembers their former lives.
My Review: 4.5 Stars
One of my favorite things to do lately is read a book without reading the synopsis. Of course, this only works when it's written by an author I love. I had no idea what I was getting into with this one and I loved that, confusing bits and all. While there is still a time travel element in this one (more of a time shift), it didn't feel quite as shocking and pronounced, but it was every bit as entertaining and I was left wondering about the outcome until the very end.
Lew and Eliza have a wonderfully jolting clash at first meet, and that dynamic serves them well as they encounter once again. I loved that this story was about two authors and the think that ties their lives together is a book. I enjoyed watching how things developed and evolved in the lives of these great characters. Matayo's wit shines through the pages. The creativity and twists were a lot of fun, and this story was very enjoyable. I only wished for more romance.
Content: very mild romance; flashback moments of peril/danger (an accident)
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