England, 1912. Emmeline Marshall has seven days of freedom left before she returns home to New York with her family, and her overbearing parents—who don’t seem to get the hint she’s not a little girl anymore—stick her into an odious finishing school that will make her into a ‘proper’ lady.
The freedom in question? The voyage across the Atlantic on the newest luxury ocean liner, the Titanic, where Emmeline meets the handsome and mysterious Leon. When their fraternization leads to a falling out between Emmeline and her father, she wishes she could be anywhere else and have a different life …
And suddenly, she does.
England, 1815. It’s not a dream, but it is the fulfillment of Emmeline’s fantasies. Now she’s a rich heiress, engaged to a duke’s son, with friends to love and a library of gothic romances to get lost in. But everything is not as perfect as it seems. Unaware of her family’s involvement in time travel, Emmeline has no idea how she got to this time or why Leon—who is now Theo, an undercover French soldier—is here as well, but doesn’t recognize her.
Between untangling a mysterious treasure hunt from a book—which could lead her to understanding her powers—and navigating the glittering society of Regency London, can Emmeline learn to steer her own heart true? And can she find her way back home in time to save her family from a doomed ship?
Titanic meets Bridgerton in The Girl Out of Time, the third in the series of fast-paced, intricately woven tales of time travel and romance from Kate Serzenta.
Tropes: Time Travel, Titanic, Freedom, Overbearing Parents, Finishing School, Rich Heiress, Sudden Engagement, Hidden Identity, Undercover French Soldier MMC, Mysterious Treasure Hunt, Regency London,
The Girl Out of Time is the 3rd book in the Mine Through Time Series by Kate Serzenta.
I love all kinds of books, and I love a good book that is a bit different and let’s just say that The Girl Out of Time is just that, it’s a little bit different and I just loved every moment of it. A historical romance, a mystery, and time travel. I couldn’t help but not read this book. It was almost like it threw itself in my hands.
This book starts out in 1912 and all that Emmeline Marshall really wants is for her parents to realize that she’s not a little girl anymore and she longs for them to give her the room she needs to be herself. Rather, she feels as though she’s being smothered. She longs to find her freedom, to spread her arms and fly free.
Her father decides that it is time for the family to return home to the United States from England and books last minute tickets for all of them on the Titanic. Shortly after boarding, Emmeline meets Leon and very quickly they become friends. Of course, she keeps this from her father knowing what his reaction would be. But secrets are revealed and Emmeline’s father finds out and the revelation results in the biggest argument they’ve ever had.
Emmeline doesn’t know that her family has been keeping their own secrets from her. Emmeline doesn’t know that her aunt, uncle, and her own parents are actually time travelers. As far as her parents know and believe, Emmeline isn’t able to time travel. But, after the argument with her father, Emmeline unknowingly opens a portal in time and Emmeline finds herself in 1815 Dorset, England. And it’s there, on the beach close to where she arrives, she finds a man on the beach who is in need of dire help.
When she takes a closer look at him, and as she looks at him closer, she realizes that he looks just like Leon, she’ll learn later that his name is Theo, but he looks just like Leon who she met on Titanic.
Thankfully Emmeline finds help for the wounded man with the aid of a carriage driver she finds on the road. The carriage driver takes them both to the estate of a Duke, where before she can introduce herself, she’s mistaken as Lady Maria Grey, the lady who just happens to be the fiancée of the Dukes son Daniel.
I really found this to be a most enjoyable read. You may find the beginning a big confusing as Emmeline is having a conversation with her Aunt Emily on a tablet (something she claims her father invented) who she thinks only lives across the ocean but actually lives in another time. Thankfully, everything is explained to us in another conversation with all the context covered.
I made the mistake of just jumping into this series midway through, maybe if I had read the first two books I would have known who Emily was and all the previous events were. Kate really did do an amazing job at allowing the story explain what was happening, but I think I would have gotten a lot out of first having read the first two books first.
Despite the mistakes that are all my own, I really enjoyed this book. The characters were well developed, they had great growth through out the story and they had stunning character arcs. I loved the twists and turns that Kate added through the story and the romance was just so lovely and well thought out. The pacing was impeccable, particularly in the 2nd half of the book as we watch as the Titanic heads for it’s fated end.
Now I want to know what happens next with Emmeline and Theo and I really hope their story continues in another book. This is such a wonderful read and the adventure knitted together with history is just stunning. I highly recommend this read.