Anna S. (annapi) reviewed on 6/25/2010 + 334 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

I enjoy time travel books, and this young adult story of two adolescents who accidentally blunder into 1763 via the aid of an anti-gravity generator starts out very well. They are befriended by Gideon, once a cutpurse and now a gentleman, and the time machine is stolen by the evil Tar Man. They must find their way to London and attempt to retrieve it if they are ever to return to their own time. The book slows in pace towards the middle, but picks up again nicely at the end, with a cliffhanger leaving the reader anxious to find out what happens in the sequel. The story was not what I expected, but I liked the two storylines of the children's adventures in the 18th century and their parents' attempts attempts in the 21st century to get them back. However, I could not feel much of a connection to the characters, and that did detract from my enjoyment of the book. The science of the time travel and the children's "blurring" was also rather vague, but acceptable as this genre necessarily requires a suspension of disbelief. Overall a good tale and I will look for the rest of the series.

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