Genre:
Historical Romance / Time Travel
Historical Romance / Time Travel
When The Day Comes
Timeless book 1
by Gabrielle Meyer
| -From Goodreads- Libby has been given a powerful gift: to live one life in 1774 colonial Williamsburg and the other in 1914 Gilded Age New York City. When she falls asleep in one life, she wakes up in the other without any time passing. She has one conscious mind but two very different lives and bodies. In colonial Williamsburg, Libby is a public printer for the House of Burgesses and the Royal Governor, trying to provide for her family and support the Patriot cause. The man she loves, Henry Montgomery, has his own secrets. As the revolution draws near, both their lives--and any hope of love--are put in jeopardy. Libby's life in 1914 New York is filled with wealth, drawing room conversations, and bachelors. But the only work she cares about--women's suffrage--is discouraged, and her mother is intent on marrying her off to an undesirable English marquess. The growing talk of war in Europe further complicates matters and forces her to make sacrifices she never imagined. On her twenty-first birthday, Libby must choose one path and forfeit the other forever--but how can she possibly choose when she has so much to lose in each life? ISBN-13: 9780764239748 Will her choice destroy all she holds dearest? |  This Book received a 4 Bark rating.
 Gabrielle Meyer |
I was completely intrigued by the premise of When The Day Comes as soon as I first heard about it. The idea of a time travel story where the heroine lives simultaneously in two historical time periods and geographical areas is fascinating. How much would knowledge of the past and future affect each 'lifetime'?
This is the first book in the Timeless series and I loved that Gabrielle Meyer chose one of my favorite time periods, the Revolutionary War, and one of the locations I've really wanted to visit for years, Williamsburg, VA, as half of the storyline setting. The WWI settings were great as well but the 1770s really stole the show for me.
The emotional tug of When The Day Comes is unmistakable and undeniable. Growing up isn't always easy and the choice Libby has to make between what she wants and what she feels is right was quite wrenching at times. Gabrielle Meyer did an excellent job of capturing Libby's internal tug-of-war as well as her journey into becoming the woman she was meant to be.
I had some mixed feelings after finishing this book. On the one hand, I wish the story had been just a tad shorter. I got kinda bogged down in the middle and I had some questions that were never really addressed. But on the other hand, the book also really made me think. How would it feel to know all the people you love have been dead for decades? That your children and possibly grandchildren died before you were even born?
While When The Day Comes will probably not make it on my favorites list for this year, I did like this new take on time travel fiction and I'm quite curious about the next book in Gabrielle Meyer's new Timeless series...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives When The Day Comes by Gabrielle Meyer a 4 Bark rating.
This is the first book in the Timeless series and I loved that Gabrielle Meyer chose one of my favorite time periods, the Revolutionary War, and one of the locations I've really wanted to visit for years, Williamsburg, VA, as half of the storyline setting. The WWI settings were great as well but the 1770s really stole the show for me.
The emotional tug of When The Day Comes is unmistakable and undeniable. Growing up isn't always easy and the choice Libby has to make between what she wants and what she feels is right was quite wrenching at times. Gabrielle Meyer did an excellent job of capturing Libby's internal tug-of-war as well as her journey into becoming the woman she was meant to be.
I had some mixed feelings after finishing this book. On the one hand, I wish the story had been just a tad shorter. I got kinda bogged down in the middle and I had some questions that were never really addressed. But on the other hand, the book also really made me think. How would it feel to know all the people you love have been dead for decades? That your children and possibly grandchildren died before you were even born?
While When The Day Comes will probably not make it on my favorites list for this year, I did like this new take on time travel fiction and I'm quite curious about the next book in Gabrielle Meyer's new Timeless series...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives When The Day Comes by Gabrielle Meyer a 4 Bark rating.
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