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A Rip Through Time is the first novel in Kelly Armstrong's series of the same name. It's the first series I've read by her that I couldn't define as fantasy, and it's always interesting to see how that transition will...
Read moreA Rip Through Time is the first novel in Kelly Armstrong's series of the same name. It's the first series I've read by her that I couldn't define as fantasy, and it's always interesting to see how that transition will go. So let's dive into this adventure!
Mallory is a homicide detective currently on leave to visit her dying grandmother. So not exactly the best time of her life, right? Only things are about to get a little bit worse for Mallory, as a series of strange coincidences create an almost impossible event to believe.
You see, Mallory just so happened to be attacked in the same place and fashion as Housemaid Catriona – but with a one hundred and fifty-year difference. This somehow caused the two to (presumably) swap bodies.
I've been looking forward to reading A Rip Through Time from the moment I saw it announced. Luckily I was the first person at my local library to call dibs on it, so I got it pretty quickly! No waiting for me. Well, minus waiting until release day, that is.
A Rip Through Time is an enjoyable romp to the past. I think I loved it so much because it had a sense of humor in itself: that and the romantic subplot, which was a nice twist. But seriously, the idea of a homicide detective gets sent back in time? I love it.
Naturally, Mallory knows much more about investigations than those around her, given how much we've learned in the last hundred-plus years. But that doesn't mean she's perfectly prepared to deal with their world (time). It just means she has a different way of viewing things.
It was so easy to love Mallory and her personality. She's fierce and stubborn, with about a million other traits I could list. It made her the perfect candidate for surviving this strange ordeal. I enjoyed reading her interactions with the other characters, especially Duncan and Isla.
Some moments towards the end pulled me out of my enjoyment a bit. It seems silly to nitpick a time travel novel, but I felt the acceptance that followed certain revelations came too quickly. Almost like we didn't earn those moments? Maybe that's just me. However, I did enjoy everything else, so I'm not going to complain too much.
The implications left hanging in A Rip Through Time make it easy to understand why readers would be invested enough to continue reading this series. I know I'm too curious to be giving up now!
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