Thursday 9 May 2013

Review: A stitch in time - Amanda James


A stitch in time saves nine… or does it? Sarah Yates is a thirty something history teacher, divorced, disillusioned and desperate to have more excitement in her life. Making all her dreams come true seems about as likely as climbing Everest in stilettos.

Then one evening the door bell rings and the handsome and mysterious John Needler brings more excitement than Sarah could ever have imagined. John wants Sarah to go back in time…

Sarah is whisked from the Sheffield Blitz to the suffragette movement in London to the Old American West, trying to make sure people find their happy endings. The only question is, will she ever be able to find hers?

My thoughts:
How to tell this quickly, well a cute guy shows up and tells her she must stitch together times and sends her back to do so. If she saves 3 she saves 9 and more. Will she do it?

I am taking a step back. Our heroine Sarah is unhappy, she is a teacher but has issues at work. Her personal life sucks too. And if I was her I would also be unhappy. But in comes mystery guy from the time agency. And because she is a history teacher she does well with her time-hopping. She gets to to go to WWII Sheffield, to play little house on the prairie and to be a maid. But yes her modern sensibilities both saves her and gets her in trouble. But then it was not easy back then, and certainly not for a modern woman.

Oh yes, I did not forget mystery guy, there are sparks there and I will say no more.

Conclusion:
Time-travel, romance and lives to be saved in this interesting mix.

Cover
Her roots are showing, that is all I see

Romantic Fiction
Paperback, 301 pages
Published April 7th 2013 by Choc Lit (first published January 1st 2013)
For review

50 comments:

  1. I hadn't even noticed her roots until you pointed them out! Made me smile...
    Sounds like a cute little story - I will have to investigate. :-)

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  2. LMAO about your cover comment!

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  3. Just can't get into time travel.

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  4. She does look a little stripey....


    I love time travel! I will have to check this one out :)

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  5. Ha..i didn't even notice her roots till ya said so, I do like time travel.

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  6. ROFL! Her roots are showing! I wouldn't have even looked if you hadn't mentioned it. I do tend to like time travel books so I may have to check this one out.

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    1. Haha, I know I am so weird.
      Time travel rocks! Now where is my doctor?

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  7. I hate time travel. So what she has roots showing? *shrug*

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  8. This sounds like something I would love! Lol about the roots-they are totally obvious now that you have pointed them out.

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    1. It's not that it's bad, it's just that I stare

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  9. Time travel and romance sounds like a winning combo to me.

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  10. Haven't heard of this one but I love time travel :)

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  11. Her roots are showing ha ha!! And her ass is pretty much hanging out and wth is Choc Lit?? Were you thinking about brownies when you wrote this post?

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    1. Lol, no it really is called that :) Cos chocolate is yummy and so are their men and books

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  12. Still, it does sound fun.

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  13. Oh I want to know more about the mysterious guy! I'm intrigued! It sounds nice, and it's a really cute cover too.

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    1. I am not telling, cos well he is mysterious haha, well not so after a few pages. He is a nice "normal" guy

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  14. Ooooo time travel for the win! I never tire of time travel stories, thanks for the recommendation!

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  15. I enjoy a good time travel book. Sounds fun!
    ~Jess

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  16. lol about the roots showing!
    Time-travel and romance are two of my favorite words.

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  17. I'm always up for a good time travel book. And it's always better with a mystery guy :-)

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  18. I've read a few time travel and liked them. I'll look for this! LOL on the roots.

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  19. Hahahaha maybe they showed the roots on purpose....lol but yeah on a serious note...this sounds amazing! I have issues with time travel books because I think to much on them. It's weird. But this sounds so good I should read it!

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    1. Hm I missed this comment..weird

      Haha maybe

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  20. This one sounds interesting.

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  21. Sounds good to me, especially with the WWII storyline.

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  22. Interesting premise. I haven't read much time-travel, but what I have has been pretty good.

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  23. Hahaha! Leave it up to you to notice her roots! Immediately my eyes went right to the cover!

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  24. lol Oh Blodeuedd only you would notice her roots! I like me some time travel romance.

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    1. Haha, yes I do notice things like that

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  25. Lol at your comment on the cover. This sounds cute. It's a time travel I want to read.

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