Time Travel Tuesday

So, for the last two weeks on Tuesday nights, I've been completely exhausted and need a light read to help me relax. In comes the light, fun romantic reads! For some reason I've been stuck on the idea of time traveling romances. 


Vanquishing A Viking by Nancy Dillman 

Modern attitudes clash with medieval mores when Esme Pederson, a small-town librarian from Minnesota, time travels to Viking Norway and is sold as a bed slave to a fierce warrior bitter over his dead wife's infidelity. The last thing Stein Magnuson needs is another woman to complicate his life, especially one who thinks females have rights! Irresistibly drawn to each other, however, their passion flares hotter than an Icelandic volcano. But can love bloom when neither is willing to compromise and all they ever do is argue?

I was skeptical that this book would be any good at all, because you never know what kind of romance book you'll get, especially when you add in the element of time travel. But, I was glad I purchased this book. I felt the author portrayed the realities of living in that era accurately. I enjoyed the read and the romance. I thought she portrayed interactions between characters well, so you felt they were almost real.  The only thing I wasn't too crazy about was the sex scenes. I'm not into the things the main character was (the arrogant male attitude). But I did enjoy the book.






The Geek Girl and the Scandalous Earl by Gina Lamm

The Goodreads summary is a little long, so I figured I'd make my own.  A modern day girl, Jamie Marten, gets teleported into the year 1816 into the home of Micah Axelby, Earl of Dunnington.  Micah is a stunningly handsome earl, and Jamie tries to fight her feelings for him. From the very start, Jamie tries to figure out a way to get back, but ends up entangled with the Earl in more ways than one.  Can Jamie make it back to her current year? Does she even want to anymore? 


I saw this book reviewed on another book site I follow,
called Book Chick City.  It seemed like a pretty decent book so I decided to give it a try.  At 5.99 for the kindle price, it was a little steep.  I try not to pay more than a few dollars (hey, I'm poor!) but I decided to give it a try. 

I'm glad I did buy it.  There were things I liked and others I didn't.  I liked how accurately the author depicted what it was like in 1816: bathing, using a chamber pot, servants, what clothes women wore, the few (if any) rights women had back then.  The things I didn't like were miniscule, but I felt there wasn't really much of a plot except the back and forth love war between Micah and Jamie.  He loves her, he doesn't.  She loves him, now she doesn't.  Also, I felt that for Jamie being a smart girl, she was kind of thick.  For example, she kept rubbing in the fact that she was from a different era by swearing often.  A smart girl would realize this may not be the best way to go about things.  But regardless I liked this book and I would recommend it. 



Happy St. Patrick's Day Weekend everyone!!! :)