Libby from 1774 Williamsburg and Anna Elizabeth from 1914 New York society are the same person! When Libby goes to sleep in one time, she wakes up in the other, alternating time periods! She must decide which time period she wants to remain in by her 21 st birthday. Ms. Meyer has come up with an absolutely captivating premise, and she executes it with believable characters and scenarios. Libby and Henry are right in the formative days of the American Revolution with interactions with some of our founding fathers. We feel the emotions going through Libby as she sees Henry putting his life in danger for the patriots. “Freedom is not free. The price is far greater than anyone realizes.” And when Libby navigates her days leading up to WWI, we see how torn she is in her life in the early 1900s.
Ms. Meyer puts a few twists and turns into the story, weaving faith throughout, but the end is satisfying with a hint at what the next book in the series could be about. “There are some things too mysterious for us to understand. We are not to know all the answers. Only God is and He calls us to trust and believe that He is doing what is best.”
* I received a complimentary copy of this book from Bethany House on behalf of the author. I was not required to give a favorable review. All opinions are my own.* Fabulous. 5+ stars and a strong faith thread
ABOUT THE BOOK:
How will she choose, knowing all she must sacrifice?
Libby
has been given a powerful gift: to live one life in 1774 Colonial Williamsburg
and the other in 1914 Gilded Age New York City. When she falls asleep in one
life, she wakes up in the other. While she's the same person at her core in
both times, she's leading two vastly different lives.
In Colonial Williamsburg, Libby is a public
printer for the House of Burgesses and the Royal Governor, trying to provide
for her family and support the Patriot cause. The man she loves, Henry
Montgomery, has his own secrets. As the revolution draws near, both their
lives--and any hope of love--are put in jeopardy.
Libby's life in 1914 New York is filled with
wealth, drawing room conversations, and bachelors. But the only work she cares
about--women's suffrage--is discouraged, and her mother is intent on marrying
her off to an English marquess. The growing talk of war in Europe only
complicates matters.
But Libby knows she's not destined to live two
lives forever. On her twenty-first birthday, she must choose one path and
forfeit the other--but how can she choose when she has so much to lose in each
life?
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