A very original time travel story about women who can travel through time to fix history when the present is changed by Disruptors. We don't know why these disruptors are messing with history but these women are determined to fix the wrong and stop these disruptors. This journey takes us to the pickpockets of Regency England. It was sparked by the classic story of Oliver Twist. I love how Lexi Post takes classic stories and makes them the inspiration of her very active imagination. The stories are unique and so very interesting.

Katz Almira is the best pick pocket in Time Weavers Inc. given she grew up on the streets being one. She's sent back to identify who stole the spy's note that Lord John Byron, a former war hero who almost lost his leg in the war with Napoleon, gave to England's war office. The consequence of this note not making it to England's War Office means Waterloo was won by Napoleon and it changes history making the US very different in the present. Lord John has found purpose helping a band of pickpockets. Jack as he's known to the boys, gives them shelter in his shipping warehouse. He's determined to protect these boys and help them become productive members of society. Katz takes shelter at his warehouse for her mission and becomes an important part of the group. As she and Jack work together to help the boys they find much in common. One of the boys intercepts the note and Katz keeps it from who she suspects is the disrupter. She then devises her own way to help Jack with the note and changes history herself. There are consequences when you play with history and she has a very hard decision to make. I loved the outcome of this twisted tale.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced readers copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I should have read the first book in the series but it didn't stop me from enjoying this book. I loved the time travel element and the characters. I am not much of a history romance reader but if more books were like this I would be picking them up more. The writing and pacing of the story was easy to follow and understand. It had me hooked from page one and I couldn't stop reading. Though I did have to take breaks to eat and sleep.

Another wonderful story set in the Highlands, lots of drama and a beautiful love story makes this a perfect read.

This book is a rare treat, as it combines two subgenres of romance that aren't often paired - historical and science fiction - and it was done very well! It's not the first book in the series, so I was apprehensive beginning in the middle. However, Lexi Post did an amazing job keeping the reader "in the know" without over-explaining past events, and while characters from the first book appeared several times, they weren't so prominent that the first book had to be read to enjoy the second. Interestingly, the reader gets a good portion of time in the present and in the past, which gave a very science fiction feel to the book. I was thinking the focus would be mainly in the past, which majority of the book was, but even then, you felt like you were a visitor. It was a great perspective as a reader and one I enjoyed.

Katz Almira, an agent of Time Weaves Incorporated, is being sent on a mission to save...well...America. A disruptor has messed with time, and now Canada and the northern U.S. is called the New World and the rest of the U.S. is part of the Nappian Empire. It's not right, and someone has to go back in time to right the wrong that's been done. They identify a key player in history, Lord John Byron, whom she needs to meet and ensure he gets a note of national security from his band of pickpockets, a group of young boys he financially supports. Going back in time has always been a fun challenge for Katz, but she didn't anticipate finding the past...or a certain someone in the past...so alluring. Never has it been so hard to keep her mind on the mission at hand, instead of thinking of what she'll leave behind when she inevitably must return to present day.

Katz was a fun heroine, particularly when paired with a gentleman from the past who has no idea what to do with her. Her interactions with the boys were so cute, and I wished we could have had more of that throughout the story. Heck, if Lord Byron were completely out of the picture, and it was just Katz and the pickpocketing children, I would have been happy. Each boy was so colorful and unique, and Katz's ability to protect them was admirable. Being from the present, she had a distinct advantage when it came to understanding how to maneuver to get what she wanted, but she certainly had a difficult time with John. He was such a gentleman, and really my only point of contention with him was his inability to see her as more than a potential mistress. The man treads the line between success and ruin every day, supporting the pickpockets as he does, but the minute he wants to marry below his station? Egads, no! That was difficult for me, and while Katz had a more modern mentality that didn't need marriage, I was on the other side of the Kindle screen yelling at John. Oh well, maybe this is why I stick with one genre or another. When they mix, my brain can get befuddled.

I will definitely be checking out more books in this series, starting with the first one! Lexi Post is an engaging writer sure to bring new readers in the romance fold.

Not often I read time travel ones any more but could not resist this author. Katz has a mission I think that can not be messed up. The time is a good one with place being London whom I do like to read about and watch their shows. Oh and how about that Lord John whom anyone will need a fan for. The odd thing that happens is what gets our attention also. Having to stay on track will not be so easy but we turn those pages to see how it can go sideways. What comes out of it will be what we want to know.

I haven’t read a time travel romance in awhile. There always seems to be major plot holes or the time traveler is too stupid to live. But this book was a blast (to the past 🤣) to read. I love the idea of an agency that travels back in time to stop Disruptors - a group that for some yet unknown reason messes with time to the detriment of the world as we know it.

These ladies are genetically capable of time travel and learn about the time they’re going to so are ready for what they experience. In this case, Katz has to go back to 1815 to a get a note to the War Office or Napoleon wins the war. She needs to ensure Jack gets it there. Jack is currently helping a group of pickpocket children and she fits right in with her own history.

The relationships that Katz unintentionally develops with the boys and with Lord Jack Byron were sweet. She insists on being on her own, but doesn’t realize how she easily connects with others. She and Jack are stubborn and I loved seeing their friendship and attraction grow into love.

This will go up this afternoon. Thank you for letting me read. I'd love to read and review the next one in the series.
You all know how much I love unique story ideas. Well, this one ranks right up there. Lexi says she based it on Oliver Twist, if you read the acknowledgements, and it is super fun, adventurous, sad, uplifting, and romantic. I know lots of contradictions. The story is about a band of pickpockets an injured war veteran takes under his wing to rehabilitate and love, including out time traveler.

Somehow Lord John finds a few pickpockets in old world England and realizes his new purpose in life. Since returning home from the war on the continent he’s been a drift, injured, and a bit soulless. This band of misfits gives him a purpose to help with a charity and find good and loving homes for them all. See all they need is someone to love them and a place to belong. Only Katz comes in and makes him rethink his purpose in life.

Katz on the other hand does not want to be “saved” from the pickpocket life of danger. She loves it and is actually employed doing it. She’s there to fix a rift in time. You know where our humankind story goes off the rails. And boy is it starting to look like current day. Anyway, I digress. Katz loves what she does and is there with a purpose. Lord John is the mark. What she doesn’t expect is to have feelings for him where she jeopardizes her own safety and security to save him.

So what makes this unusual is the escapades she goes through to get him to notice her and then how she becomes attached to these pickpockets herself. Like she just found her home away from home. Katz knows she must leave, but she wants to give the kids and Lord John the best opportunity to find their own place of belonging too. So she does some unimaginable and totally off limits things to try to save them all. Time Weavers, Inc. has rules and although Katz has followed them until now, she’s decided the risk is worth everything she holds dear in her current timeline. If that doesn’t say big gesture…Anyway, I’m not going to spoil it anymore.

The book is huge on angst, unspoken love, longing glances, being protected, high emotion, cute kids, adventure, danger, witty remarks, and fun. Her characters are well thought out for their roles and are charming and full of life. She makes your feel like this is a world we live in, not some sci-fi novel. That speaks volumes. Lastly, she lets her characters be human, with emotional honesty, inner turmoil, and growth. She takes the story of time travel to new levels with her ability to forecast her story and put everything in it’s correct place at the correct time. You aren’t left wondering what happens to the timeline or the characters.

Honestly, I loved this one and how she so neatly ties up the timeline…Wow!! I’m giving it a 5 of 5 because it might be the best time travel romance I read all year.

I found this book to be a very engaging read. I just loved the characters of Katz and Jack ( Lord Byron). Katz was very streetwise but had issues with her childhood. Jack was an honourable man and his views towards the poor had altered considerably since his time spent in the army. He, too, had issues to deal with. There was something just so endearing about the little gang of pickpockets, especially dear little Pip. This was a real page turner as Katz tried to discover who was the Disruptor. Most of this story takes place in the East End of London, so very few ballroom scenes. There is also the growing feelings between Katz and Jack but how can anything come it, given their circumstances. I had read the first in this series but this works well as a standalone, although the first book was equally as good. I’m looking forward to reading the next in the series. I received a copy and have voluntarily reviewed it. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Katz Amira has a clear mission--travel to the past, steal the note that ruins the world, travel back to the present. This won't be a problem since she;\'s the best pickpocket Time Weavers Inc. has ever had. She'll need to convince Lord John Bryon to let her stay in the warehouse with the orphan boys he protects.

It is the perfect place to hide, she'll be able to find out what John does every day and with who. Katz realizes her growing attachment to the boys and John, but she needs to focus on her mission.

One of my favorite scenes was towards the end. She's returned from her mission, she's miserable and emotional and when she finally talks to someone about what's going with her, that person has to point out that she's in love.

This is a standalone but I would definitely start with the first book in the series, to better understand the reason for the time travel.

Thanks so much to Entangled, NetGalley and the author for this ARC to review

A Pocket in Time is the second book in the Time Weavers Inc. series by Lexi Post. A well-written time travel romance that had me turning the pages quickly to see what would happen next.

Katz Almira’s mission is clear—travel to the past, steal the note that ruins the world, travel back to the present. Easy. She’s the best pickpocket Time Weavers, Inc. has ever had. Posing as a poor widow in Regency London, she convinces her target, Lord John Byron, a man as sexy as he is wealthy, to take her in off the streets. But at her request to keep her hidden, instead of his cushy manor, he allows her to stay in a warehouse full of orphan boys he cares for there. It’s the perfect place to hide, and bonus, her new roommates can help her find the mysterious note. With John as their pseudo-father, they know what he does every day, and with who. Katz can’t afford any distractions, but she soon finds herself getting attached to the orphans—and John—even helping him plan for their futures.
This is the second book in the series but is easily read on its own. A well written captivating read & I enjoyed this book more than the first in the series. I really liked both John & Katz, both were dealing with issues & these added to the story. The pace was really good & the more I read the more I enjoyed it plus the added mystery of who the antagonist was kept me guessing. I’m not really a fan of time travel books but this worked for me. I look forward to more books in the series
My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read

Katz Almira is a time traveller. She works for a company called Time Weavers Inc and there job is to adjust changes in time that the disrupters have altered to manipulate and cause chaos.
Katz is sent back to 1815 London to prevent Napoleon from winning the battle of Waterloo.
There she meets lord John Byron her target and his merry gang of pickpockets.

This book is well written and has a decent plot, the idea of having a gang of time travellers that go back to adjust time so it does not alter the future is very appealing to me. But unfortunately this book did just not work for me.

I love the time travel romance genre, what I love about this genre is the main character being in a strange time period and trying to navigate the social interactions and what is and is not acceptable in polite society. Katz had all this information downloaded into her memories before she traveled and I get why this was done but it just ended up spoiling that aspect for me.

The romance between Katz and John was not enough for me. It was not hot or angst ridden and it just fell flat.

What I did really enjoy was the gang of pickpockets and how Katz interacted with them and coming to love them and care for them like they were her own.

This book is part of a series but can be read as a stand alone.

Regency is one genre that I rarely read, but I do love a time travel story.
Katz is part of a group that travel back in time to repair history interfered with by wrong doers.
Her mission and other missions do not count on human emotions, namely love.
In changing history something happened that made it worse and back again she went to fix it.
This was a fun story, I read it in one afternoon and loved it.

What I Liked: I liked that the era that the heroine went back to was the Regency era. So many times, it seems they either go way back or not far enough. I like my time travel romance like I like my HR: Georgian or Regency.

What Didn’t Work for Me: I’m gonna be honest: this book and I didn’t really mesh. It’s well written. The plot seems to be decently put together, but as a romance, it just didn’t do it for me. There was a huge bit of the book that dealt with the heroine mothering the pickpockets and then another that dealt with her finding what was termed in the worldbuilding as a “distruptor,” which is basically someone who deliberately messes up time.

The heroine and apparently others in the series have the ability to travel through time without need of any devices. Think “Time Traveler’s Wife” with the ability to control the travel or any number of Marvel characters in the comics. So they’re all a part of an enterprise that basically protects time as we know it.

This isn’t the first enterprise like this in fiction, but maybe it is in romance. The problem for me is that it seemed to take up more of the book than I would have preferred for a romance. And I think the romance just wasn’t as explosive as it needed to be in order to compete with that. For me, at least.

The Heroine: I think the other problem for me was the heroine. She’s “from the streets,” so she can kick ass and all that. But at times she was too coquettish with the hero at first. One of my favorite parts about time travel romance is the traveler having to adapt to all the social restraints at the time. As she has all the information about the era basically downloaded into her mind, there was no real learning curve for her.

The Hero: He’s a war hero whose leg was damaged in the war against Napoleon. He’s also the hero with the heart of gold who takes care of all the kid pickpockets. He was not bad, but again, didn’t wind up in my book boyfriend menagerie.

The Romance: I think this, for me, was why the book ultimately didn’t work. There just wasn’t enough there there. The angst came from her knowing she will have to leave him, but she’s also “I don’t love nobody” most of the book, so when she finally does realize she wants to keep him, she’s pretty close to the end of the book.

The Sex: Two full scenes, I believe. Nothing in particular stood out, but there’s some steam there. Not a lot compared to other authors, but it’s not without sex.

Overall: The book was well written. It was decently plotted. I could even see the characters appealing to other readers so I would try it out for yourself if you like time travel romance. It just wasn’t a “me” romance and that’s fine.

Thanks to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for the ARC!

Title: A Pocket in Time
Author: Lexi Post
Series: Time Weavers Inc., Book 2
Released: Feb 22, 2021

Review copy provided by Netgalley

4 Stars

Blurb:
Katz Almira's mission as the best pickpocket for Time Weavers Inc, is simple - travel to Regency London, steal the note that ruins the world and return to the present. 

She meets her target, Lord John Byron to hide her. She stays in a warehouse of orphan boys. She never forms attachments on missions, until now. She begins to care for the boys and John.

This makeshift family keeps growing closer to her heart, but how can she stay in the past without dire consequences?

My Thoughts:

I thought this was really well done. It is in an historical time, with a modern spin on it. Katz and John were steamy from the start and I loved watching them fall. The orphan boys really added to the story and I think made Katz and John better characters for it.

If you are looking for a fun read with secondary characters that tug at your heartstrings, this is it. The time travel aspect isn't over powering to the story and just adds a fun twist.

This is a loose retelling of Oliver Twist with elements of time travel. I think the concept is different and interesting but the story took too long to get to the main event. I could have done without of a good chunk of the side plots and characters.
The romance felt forced and I didn’t really care for it either way.
I think this would have worked better if the pacing was faster.
This is part of a series but I understood enough of the background and events of the previous book that I was able to read this as a standalone.

A Pocket in Time is the second book in Lexi Post’s Time Weavers Inc. and another exciting and thoroughly engaging read. Action, danger suspense and romance are all combined to make this an explosive read. The storyline was easy to follow and the characters were well-developed and had an abundance of charisma too. I have been looking forward to this story and was not disappointed, as it was so entertaining, I found it hard to put down. The Time Weavers Inc. is far different from any of Ms Post’s other series, but every bit as addictive. I can’t wait to see what will come in the future.

This is the second book in the Time Weaver’s Incorporated series. Katz Almira travels back to Regency England to fix a disruption in the fabric of time and to maybe find the Disruptor if possible. She must help Lord John Byron and a group of young pickpockets he has befriended. I find it is almost impossible not to love a Lexi Post book! Lexi populates her prose with wonderful interesting characters that I’d like to know better. Her stories are out of the ordinary with intrigue, strong plots and interesting quirks. Excellent! Now I have to wait for the next story in this series.

Katz Almira works for TWI, Time Weavers Inc., an organization that goes back in time to find any Disruptors who have messed with the time period to fix anything they’ve disrupted. Katz grew up on the street and pick pocketed for her survival, so she’s the perfect candidate for intercepting and stealing a note that has ended up in the wrong hands and changes the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo. She finds herself trying to blend in with a group of young pickpockets, run by Katz’s mark, a Lord John Byron (no, not that Lord Byron), a former soldier who had been wounded in war. Can Katz find the note before it falls into the wrong hands?
This was not only my first time travel novel, but also my first Regency novel. Granted the “present” isn’t Regency London, but the majority of the novel resides there. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It’s the second book in the series, but can be read as a stand alone and now I want to go back and read the first book. I enjoyed there was a bit of mystery or “who done it” in this novel as well. The author does very well at giving depth to all of her characters, and you really end up caring for this band of kids, just like Katz does.

Thank you to NetGalley and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The present is in peril.

The Human race has changed. Evolved. Many people now possess powers including telepathy, telekinesis, and of course time travel. And not everyone is happy with the way history turned out. That's where Time Weavers' Inc. comes in.. their mission: To preserve the present. But they're up against those who want to sow chaos or manipulate events to suit their own needs. These Disrupters, as they're known, will do anything to advance their plans. Which means that TWI has to do the same.

Enter Katz Almira. A natural thief, she's one of the best agents TWI has. Even better, she's not the type to let anyone get close... a definite perk when having to travel to the past. But this time, the case hits close to home. When she's dispatched to 1815 to prevent Napoleon from winning the Battle of Waterloo, she's thrust into the heart of a pickpocket gang run by a disabled former soldier, Lord John Byron. No, not that one. But this one is almost as dashing, although not nearly as poetic. Katz finds herself coming to care for her fellow pickpockets -- a motley crew of boys from a varied backgrounds -- and worse falling for the handsome lord.

Can Katz save the future when her heart is becoming inexorably attached to the past?

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This is the second book in the Time Weavers series and you do not need to read the first book to understand what's going on, although I'm certain it would add to the enjoyment. Firmly set on the sci-fi spectrum of time-travel romance, this story uses both mutation and quantum physics to explain how the universe works. And it's interesting how they're handling the various alternate universes and the repercussions of changing the past. This is not a Peggy-Sue got married type of time travel.

I enjoyed the characters. While at times Katz, our heroine, seemed a little closed off, it made sense in the characterization. She shied away from her own past which meant that we, as readers, were given her history in drips and drabs -- sparing us from both navel-gazing or infodump. She's competent, but not infallible. And she's both hard and soft in the way that only someone who has suffered a lot of childhood trauma can be.

I really liked John, our hero. While he was very rooted in the social mores of his age, he wasn't insufferable. I didn't mind his over-protectiveness towards the heroine because it also extended to the pickpockets in his care. His disability was plot relevant and wasn't ever forgotten and even better, it wasn't magically cured, which as someone who has a disability caused by an injury it was good to see. Both the hero and heroine suffer from PTSD and it does manifest in the story. It's handled well, and I appreciate the inclusion.

The pickpocket gang were for the most part well developed although at least one of them could have been cut entirely with very few repercussions. Pip, Hum, and Covey were my faves and they were definitely the most utilized. The other members of TWI were referenced frequently which helped ground the story and keep the series connected. I don't know who the next book is going to feature, but I am really looking forward to reading about Mouse.

The plot was tight and well woven through the romance. I was kept guessing just like the characters as to who the antagonist was, and I was pleased to note that the thing that identified them was something I myself pinpointed as an anachronism. It was a nice feature for those who know their history, but not so out there to be completely esoteric. I also liked that the majority of the action wasn't set in the glittering ballrooms of the Ton but in the seamy underbelly of London.

Which because it's set there, you should know that there's going to be a lot of topics that may be triggering for some. Trigger warning for those who need it: cw: period appropriate sexism, cw: attempted rape (not by any of the mains), cw: medical trauma (war wounds), cw: PTSD, cw: prior child abuse, cw: prior child neglect, cw: domestic abuse,. All of these are well handled and appropriate both for the story and the characters. But for those who would be triggered, it is good to know this going in.

All in all, I enjoyed this novel,. and I've already gone and checked out the first book from the library. So because of that, I'm going to give this:

Five Stars

I received an ARC via NetGalley. Thank you to Entangled: Amara for letting me read this.