Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi TaylorMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was wonderful! It's a time travel book with lots of new twists. The setting is St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research. It is known locally as an eccentric group of quirky scholars who do heaven only knows what. The institute is shrouded in mystery. Into this group comes historian Madeline Maxwell, a fiery redhead, mainly known as Max.
What is actually going on is historical research based on time travel. The scientist take pods back in time to research and solve puzzles and correct inaccuracies. There are limits. They are only to observe and not to change anything. They can't bring anything back because doing so could cause untold problems. Some little, most casual event such as a lonely peasant taking one path versus another might prevent him from meeting another person and that could reverberate down to the Battle of Hastings and on into the present day.
The book, despite it's serious setup, is madcap thanks to the heroine, Max, and her propensity to become involved in any number of catastrophes. Not one to follow the rules blindly, she manages to get herself into trouble again and again. There are problems in the Cretaceous Period as well as in the burning of the Great Library of Alexandria. There is also romance and some mysterious people weaving in and out. It's just an all around good book and I'm looking forward to what I hope is a long series.
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