Week 51 Review: A Rip Through Time

From Goodreads:

In this series debut from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, a modern-day homicide detective finds herself in Victorian Scotland—in an unfamiliar body—with a killer on the loose.

May 20, 2019: Homicide detective Mallory is in Edinburgh to be with her dying grandmother. While out on a jog one evening, Mallory hears a woman in distress. She’s drawn to an alley, where she is attacked and loses consciousness.

May 20, 1869: Housemaid Catriona Thomson had been enjoying a half-day off, only to be discovered that night in a lane, where she'd been strangled and left for dead . . . exactly one-hundred-and-fifty years before Mallory was strangled in the same spot.

When Mallory wakes up in Catriona's body in 1869, she must put aside her shock and adjust quickly to the reality: life as a housemaid to an undertaker in Victorian Scotland. She soon discovers that her boss, Dr. Gray, also moonlights as a medical examiner and has just taken on an intriguing case, the strangulation of a young man, similar to the attack on herself. Her only hope is that catching the murderer can lead her back to her modern life . . . before it's too late.

Outlander meets The Alienist in Kelley Armstrong's A Rip Through Time, the first book in this utterly compelling series, mixing romance, mystery, and fantasy with thrilling results.

My Review:
Yeah, wow, this was such a fantastic book! I love Kelley Armstrong's books so much, and the idea of a modern day cop being stuck in the body of a 19th century maid was so intriguing, especially since the maid is in in the household of siblings who basically the future of forensic science, and that was pretty awesome!

I felt badly for Mallory, her grandmother is dying, and then she is strangled, and ends up in someone else's body-in the past. It's a pretty jarring situation, but she takes stock right away, and beginnings her attempts at blending in. But there are a few problems.

Like that she makes a few assumptions about the world she's in, of the people around her, and of who the person whose body she's occupying is. I loved how that all played out, espcailly as she was using her knowledge of forensics and policing to help catch a killer. It all came together really well! And I loved how these characters weren't who Mallory expected them to be, that was really great! 

There was one minor but pivotal question that both me as a reader and Mallory experiencing it-what was going on in the present with her body? Was Catriona walking about in Mallory's body? Equal as important, was how was Mallory going to get back! Oh, and finally, was  this book going to end with her having that knowledge, able to get back to her own time? Loved the answer that we got! 

This was a fantastic story, and I can't wait for the sequel! 

Author: Kelley Armstrong 
Series: A Rip Through Time #1
Read: December 19th, 2021 
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series sounded really great, and it's a Historical Fiction 2021 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2021 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Expected Publication: May 31st 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars