If you’d have asked me years ago if a book about time travel would’ve interested me I’d have said absolutely not. After The Time Traveller’s Wife I swore I’d never read another time travel associated book again because they always ruin me. And here I’ve done it to myself again. This one has it all: humour, romance, time travel, spy thriller, workplace antics and historical elements.

A government worker is given the opportunity of a lifetime, better salary and a task beyond her wildest dreams - living, assisting and monitoring Commander Graham Gore, a time expat from 1847, as his “bridge”. Quite literally plucked from history before meeting his untimely death, Gore is thrown into the 2020s. What’s a washing machine? Spotify? Television? All things contributing to Gore’s disorientation, not to mention every historical act ever. As time passes this roommate situation becomes more complicated for the “bridge”, both professionally and personally.

A little bit of historical fiction and sci-fi contributes to a tender and hard hitting read. You’ll fall into this one easily. Knocking off a star because it meandered a bit in the middle and the historical additions of Gore’s POV unfortunately didn’t grasp me because historical fiction is not my jam. Overall quite enjoyable and I can see this lasting, 4⭐️!