I am sorry for the inconvenience but I don’t have the time to read this anymore and have lost interest in the concept. I believe that it would benefit your book more if I did not skim your book and write a rushed review. Again, I am sorry for the inconvenience.

I always struggle with time travel romances but this was such a quick and easy read I enjoyed and would recommend to the YA audience.

This was my first book by this author, It was pretty enjoyable. I would give this book a 3.5 star rating! It was a pretty Quick and easy read!

I had to sit and think on this one. I am not sure it was for me. It was enjoyable but I just didn't connect with characters. I do recommend it but I maybe later I will give it another read. I had just read some great books and then reading this one behind them slowed it down.

ARC provided by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

I received a copy of this book of a fair and honest review. I have to say that I love the title of this book and it made me want to read it. I love Elias and Tyler and their story and their romance. Tyler is making films and the guy that appeared out of nowhere. He introduces to a lot of modern things like Espresso and helps those what this times is like. But it comes to to staying with Tyler or going back to his own time. That puts a lot of pressure on his shoulders. Which will he choose? You are going to have to read to find out.

This book was just as amazing as her other book!

The characters grabbed me by the heart and I have not looked back since lol

All opinions are my own.

This is a very sweet and fluffy little book that more or less does what it says on the tin! It hasn't got enough body to sustain anything longer, but I thought it was about the right length. I loved the bi rep and the romance in general was very cute - it's very hopeful and heartwarming, as Elias is able to express himself in a way that his real timeline would not allow. Elias's sense of wonder at the modern world is adorable, and I liked him with Ty. A very sweet and light read!

A very cool premise that I enjoyed reading.

One of my favorite things was Elias's discovery of modern technology, music, etc.

The romance itself was just okay. Kinda cute, but not necessarily authentic. More of a no-choice because they're an idea type. If that makes sense.

The last 30% or so was pretty dull and repetitive. So it definitely didn't help my feelings on the book as a whole.

The title is pretty self-explanatory for what this book is about. Elias wants to escape his lackluster life in nineteenth-century England, and his grandfather supplies him with just the thing to help: a pocket watch which gives the owner the ability to time travel.

This book was fun. It was a fast read with a light enough plot to bring me out of a funk after some more emotionally draining reads. The idea behind the story was super intriguing, but the execution left a little something to be desired.

I think the biggest issue for this book was the overall pacing. Too much time was spent on establishing setting and environment, but the action and momentum of the actual plot breezed by all too quickly. The novel suffers from being short in length, in my opinion. Another hundred or so pages would’ve helped this issue drastically.

An overall enjoyable book despite being over much too quickly for my taste.

While I will always be here for more books with queer characters, this book was pretty underwhelming. Basically, I thought Eli and Ty made a cute couple, but I didn't love their relationship. It was just too insta-love for me. I still enjoyed the book but was not at all impressed with it.

When I first heard the premise of the book, I knew it was something I was going to have to read!

Although it's told in dual perspective, it was really fun to read Elias' POV as he discovers the world.
It was a really good quick and lovely read. I wished I had enjoyed it a whole lot more, but it was such a fun book to go into and explore.

3.5 Stars!

A time traveling romance involving LGBTQ+ AND even a bisexual (why are we never repped in books!?) characters POV, YES PLEASEEEEE!!!! The story is about Elias, a 19th century Victorian Londoner and Tyler, a modern day boy. This was a really cute book and I really enjoyed it! Definitely looking forward to more queer time travelling books.

Super bummed that I did not like this because I had super high hopes for this. The concept was great, but to me the execution was... not? I just found this to be super boring in my honest opinion.

I was rather excited to be reading this book, however I realised quite quickly it wasn’t going to live up to expectations.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to read this book!

Ok, so while I thought the story was kind of cute, I thought a book with the word romance in the title might be a little more, well, romantic. Eli and Ty had their moments sure, but I didn't really get they whys of their love I suppose? Maybe I felt like things were too rushed as well, although the ending makes you realize they have all of the future together (literally, with the time travelling and all) I think I wanted to get to know both of the characters better too, and in turn have them get to know each other as well. It is a reasonably short book, and I did fly through it.

That cover is super pretty too! I will say I loved Ty's friends and the dynamics he had with them. I also liked how they made the 'popular' people not really that bad? Like you were always nosed pressed against the glass looking at the popular kids, but usually it's after school you realize they weren't that different from yourself. It was kind of cool to see the popular boy just brush off Ty's and Eli's kiss and not make it awkward!

If there was MORE romance in this it would be five stars for sure. I like Eli and Ty as a couple and I would read more of their stories, especially if they time travel again. Just needs that little more to be perfect for me. Four stars.

NJ students do not have to pay to visit the Met. They characters keep buying tickets, but it is free. Other than that, this was a sweet, somewhat superficial book. The love was insta-romance, and everything fixed itself too easily. As s short book, the ending felt rushed and more tell than show. Also, I had a failure of suspension of disbelief on much of the time travel, how convenient it proved at the end, and how the book ignored how someone from the 1800’s with no birth or school record could just start living now.

I enjoyed the concept of this book but the execution was imperfect.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

Really not much happens but it was decent.
19th century boy meets 21st century boy. They fall in love. Yada yada

Very interesting storyline. Not what I expected going in and a bit predictable at times, but still worth a read I'd recommend if only for the neat concept.

<i>Thank you to Entangled Teen and Netgalley for providing me with a digital Arc in exchange for an honest Review! All quotes featured are from the Arc and therefore subject to changes.</i>

<b>“That’s one of the things I really like about you. Everything through your eyes is magical.”</b>

<b>When it comes to my enjoyment The Time Traveler’s Guide definitely delivered! ⌛</b> I had a lot of fun reading about Elias’ adventures in the modern time with Tyler and felt like this was such a fluffy, romantic book that really lifted my spirits! This book is perfect for when you need a quick, nice comfort read to wind down and just smile to yourself for a little while. The book <b>certainly delivered when it came to emotions and its two main characters</b>. I immediately felt for both Elias and Tyler, but especially the former. The time travel element was also really great, I love this theme in general!

<b>Elias grew up in London in the 1860s as an unloved son who felt like he was never good enough</b> and didn’t have any special talent. Him feeling like he was unwanted and expendable really tugged at my heart-strings and the wonder he reserves for the new modern world he encountered was amazing. I loved watching him explore our timeline and see how he reacted to all the new technology and rules that he had no clue about. It certainly made for a great comedic value, as we saw Elias not always conform to the social rules of society as he needed time to adjust to the completely new world he was thrown in. I often found myself smiling the most at the scenes in which Elias was so amazed by the modern time! <b>I also liked that he went on a lot of ‘adventures’ with Tyler, who is a young filmmaker</b>. I really understood his wish to stand out and break into the tough industry, especially when he was practically send away bis his step-mom and oftentimes isolates himself because of that. I liked seeing their connection and understanding that developed and how Tyler took in this strange boy, until it also blossomed into love. I really liked that we saw a m/m couple and also got to hear about Tyler’s experience of being out as bisexual and Elias’ figuring out he was gay, but only now being able to act on it.

However, <b>the book also had a lot of weak points that made me unable to give it a higher rating.</b> Mainly this is due to the deficits in writing style, plot and development of the secondary characters plus a few other points ⌛

<b>As much as I liked Tyler and Elias, I felt like their relationship was way too rushed</b> and reminded me a lot of insta-love. This is sad as I liked seeing them interact, but felt like we needed more time for them to develop a stronger bond. Their connection rang a bit hollow at times, because they had just gotten to know each other.

<b>The writing style sadly felt a bit clunky and didn’t flow as well at times.</b> Especially the beginning made it hard to get into. My main problem here was that a lot of overused phrases were employed in the writing style, which made it read a bit awkward and strange at times. I also felt like a few actions in scenes and a bit of the dialogue suffered from these cliché phrases, so it sometimes felt unnatural how the characters were speaking and acting.

<b>Sadly, the plot itself was lacking for stakes and suspense.</b> There was always a bit of a risk with Elias having to return to his time to face the consequences for what he did, but that was about it. The plot was mainly about the romance, but didn’t really have more than that, which is something that I found lacking. The plot felt a bit weak without that certain spark to pick up the pacing and introduce some higher stakes.

<b>The world building in general was not very well fleshed out!</b> I don’t know everything about Victorian era Britain, but I feel like Elias adapted way too quickly to the modern times, considering that his mindset seemed a bit too modern at times. I find it a bit unrealistic that he had no problem encountering such a different world and often I found that he didn’t seem that much different from Tyler. Also: no one ever explains why the watch can time travel. I always have an issue when the explanation is “no one knows why this thing works, but it somehow does” like Elias’ grandfather said. Furthermore, later in the plot a thing happens and we still have no idea who did it or why a random person would do that. This felt a bit like a plothole.

<b>As much as I liked Zoe and Oscar, they weren’t well-developed just like the other secondary characters!</b> I feel like they disappeared at times when it was all about Elias and Tyler, so we didn’t see as much of them as I wanted. I also felt like they didn’t have as much depth as they could have had. Oscar is also one of the only black people on campus, yet his experience with that and racism he might encounter were skipped over. The other characters like Vanessa and Charlie or the f/f couple were nothing more than tropes that served to show Tyler’s daily life but didn’t have much agency of their own.

<b>IN CONCLUSION:</b> I would recommend <i>The Time Traveler’s Guide to Modern Romance<7/i> to everyone who is in the mood for a <b>cute, fluffy m/m romance and likes a dash of time travel and historical fiction</b>. The book was a great comfort read and really entertained me, but it also could have been stronger in writing style, plot and secondary characters.