No one writes time travel romance like Kelley Armstrong, but this seems to be more of a mystery/detective serial than her Stitch in Time series. This is the first in an ongoing series revolving around the same FMC so not all loose ends are wrapped up by the end of the book. I really enjoyed seeing how the MC adapts to being thrown back in time even if I was a little annoyed with her constant need for a cell phone. I’m also a millennial and I can remember a time when I didn’t have the entire internet at my fingertips.

Narration: The narrator was enjoyable to listen to.

Thanks to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for my copy to review.

This was an interesting read. From the title of the book we know this is the first in the series. The author is slowly laying out the ground work and I'm interested to see where the story goes from here!

A Rip Through Time is a new series debut by one of my favorite authors and I absolutely loved it!! I have read the book and also listened to the audio version and this review is specific to the audio which is wonderful the narration is spot on I loved how the characters have come to life in an entirely new way. Mete Handily hands down does amazing with the voices and story loved her in this book.

This book was so unique and the characters truly came to life for me. I absolutely loved the time travel twist of a modern-day homicide detective finding herself transported back in time in Victorian Scotland.

Our MC finds herself in the unfamiliar body of a murder victim who died on the same night in the same place 150 years earlier with a killer who most definitely still wants her dead. I loved how Mallory must quickly learn to navigate in an entirely different world as the person she looked like as she tries to fit in as a near housemaid with no memory of Katrina’s life and still try to stop a killer. This was such a great read/listen the world building was fantastic and I can’t wait for the next installment. I absolutely highly recommend this book!

Absolutely fantastic book. I was drawn into the storyline immediately and could barely set it down. An exciting new twist on time travel, murder and obsession. Truly well written and gripping.

A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong
Wow, I loved this story. I am always down for a time travel novel and this was so good!
When Mallory is almost strangled in Edinburgh in 2019, she wakes up, healing from her attack in the year 1869, in the body of a housemaid named Catriona. Mallory must figure out who and where she is and how she can possibly get back to her time.

I loved Mallory, she was such a fun character. She adapts so quickly to live in the 1800s and she brings so much to this little world that she inhabits. The side characters were all fantastic, from her boss Dr. Grey to the other employees of his household. I loved that she was so clever when covering her tracks and keeping her time travel and true identity under wraps. I also enjoyed how Mallory was able to use her knowledge of serial killers and the future of murders to her advantage when trying to help solve the murders taking place in 1800s Edinburgh. I loved the reactions of the other characters when she would have a breakthrough and they were so stumped. 

This book was so charming and one that I just didn't want to put down. Will she make it back? I had to know. 
I am so excited that this is now a series and I cannot wait to see what Mallory will get up to next. 

The audiobook was fantastic. The narrator really brought this story to life!

Took me a while to get into the story but I found the premise interesting. The narrator was great. Lots going on with a good pace and likeable characters. Detective stories are not usually my favorite especially when you add time travel but I do love historical fiction. This did leave me wanting to try the next in the series so I guess that’s a win :)

Written by Kelley Armston, A Rip Through Time (the first in a series) follows Mallory, a Canadian cop in Scotland with her dying nan. All she wanted to do was go for a run and clear her head, what ended up happening was waking up in 1869 Scotland, in a body that definitely isn't hers, working for a family that mayhap can help her.

First, I did receive a copy in exchange for an honest review.

Second, if you enjoy a good murder mystery, and I think I'll include those who usually only like the cozy kind, I think you will enjoy this novel. Well-paced, the reader is taken on a journey through time, and I think it is one of the most 'realistic' in that Mallory has no idea what the 1800s were really like and gets many jolts of reality as she tries to exist until she can get home.

It is particularly interesting seeing how Mallory navigates trying to find someone who, essentially, could be her own killer. The plot was interesting and held my attention.

The characters are lovely, though I do hope the following book features more of the detective. Dr. Gray is an interesting character and provides a lot of the forward movement in the story while his sister, Isla, proves to be knowledgeable and useful in a few different ways. They all work and foil each other to create very rich characters.

If you are looking for a romance novel, now, this is not the book for you. Possibly, maybe in the sequel coming out this year? There is a bit of action and a lot of sleuthing.

The first in the debut series, A RIP THROUGH TIME follows a modern day homicide detective who finds herself in Victorian Scotland, in an unfamiliar body, with a killer on the loose.

This was an entertaining read, and while I have only read a handful of time travel themed books, I realize how much I enjoy them. I listened to the audiobook format, narrated by Kate Handford, and thought it was done very well. It definitely gave me those Outlander vibes, and I can't wait to read the next book in this new series.

*many thanks to Minotaur and Macmillan Audio for the gifted copy for review

I loved this story and I loved the audio narration.

This is the exact kind of thing I wish would happen to me: Mallory is transported back in time and has to solve an attempted murder, navigate blending in while in a different era, and try to figure out how to travel back to her own time. I can't wait for the sequel! I don't generally like mysteries, but this one sucked me right in.

I listened to an audiobook arc version of this book and it was done perfectly. It literally felt like I was watching a movie in my head! I highly recommend going the audiobook route with this novel, it truly heightens the overall experience.

I love Kelley Armstrong’s writing and plots so I knew odds were that I was going to enjoy this and I definitely did. She just does intrigue, murder and mystery so well so added into a time travel book? So good!

I didn’t even guess who was the bad guy either until right up before it was revealed which is always a great thing when reading a mystery so I think that was done super well. I loved all of the different characters especially as we discovered new things about them as well as who our protagonist has swapped bodies with. I don’t tend to like time travel books but with the body swap, it might have changed my mind on the trope!

I cannot wait for the sequel as this does leave us off on a bit of a cliffhanger with the main character’s situation. If you love murder, mystery, medical science, time travel and maybe even the hint of a budding romance, I implore you to check this book out!

4/5⭐️

I love time travel books, and this was a mystery, too! Best of both worlds. The narrator was great, especially with the various accents and voices needed for these characters. At times, I think the main character's inner dialogue was long-winded and I found myself urging her to get on with things. I'm willing to read the next one, as there will clearly be a second book based on the ending.

While on a jog in 2019 Edinburgh, homicide detective Mallory hears a woman’s cry. Drawn to the alley from which it came, Mallory is attacked and loses consciousness. She wakes in the body of housemaid Catriona in 1869 Edinburgh. Catriona had been strangled and left for dead in that same alley, 150 years earlier. Catriona’s boss, Dr. Grey, is an undertaker who moonlights as a medical examiner, and he has just taken on a case of a young man who was strangled in a manner not unlike her own. Mallory hopes that catching the murderer can lead her back to her own time.

As the first book in a series, this novel sets the scene for what will follow in the series. The main characters are well fleshed out. The story had me hooked, and I can’t wait for the next book in the series to come out! Kate Handford did an excellent job narrating the audiobook.

Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me an audio ARC of this book.

Really enjoyed this book. I loved the time travel. I also listened to it on audio and thought the narrator was fantastic.

Wait what?!?! There’s so so much I want to say but I don’t want to give anything away. This is such a unique story and premise! It did take me a few chapters to really get invested and it didn’t end the way I expected but I’m glad I stuck with this one!!

I really enjoyed the narrator. She did a fantastic job!

Who doesn’t love a well researched, slow burn, Scottish time travelling romance?

In A Rip Though Time Armstrong introduces dynamic, relatable characters who experience significant growth throughout the novel. While there are many interesting turns along the way readers looking suspense or intensity may not be impressed with the relaxed pace.

I would recommend this book to readers who don’t mind investing a little more time and energy into their mysteries.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3 stars for this interesting but slow paced time traveling mystery.

This was really interesting! A time travel murder mystery - can’t say it’s something I’ve read before. I love stories that involve time travel, especially going to the past because it’s hard to remember that the people the MC is surrounded by will not be aware of some things because they haven’t been invented yet.

In this case, our MC goes back 150 years after being strangled in an alley. She finds herself inhabiting the body of a young woman who was also strangled in the alley and she must figure out who she is in this world and remember that 150 years ago she wouldn’t have google or a camera at her fingertips.

It’s an interesting story, both historical and current. My one complaint is that it was longer than it needed to be. There were many times that I couldn’t believe how much more there was to go before the end.

Thanks to NetGalley for the audio copy of this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read!

I love Kelley Armstrong's Rockton series. I'm not sure why I never jumped into reading other things by her, but when I saw this blurb for her new series I had to read it. I'm a sucker for time travel stories, so it was an easy choice.

Glad I did -- this story is entertaining, different and just awesome to read!

I started out reading a digital arc of this book....then started the story over when I had a chance to listen to the audio book. The audio book is just shy of 14 hours long and is narrated by Kate Handford. This is the first audio book I've listened to with this narrator. She narrates a lot of mystery/thriller type books. I can see why! She is a talented narrator/voice actor. She reads at a nice pace and brings the story to life.

The story -- love it! The basics: Mallory Atkinson is a homicide detective. She travels to Scotland to care for her ailing grandmother. While out for a run Mallory gets into trouble and is attacked. She passes out and wakes up in that same alley, but 150 years in the past. She's now in the body of a 19-year old chambermaid who works for a local undertaker.

As this is a mystery story and spoilers ruin the plot for readers -- I'm not going to give any other details. I will just say I loved this book! And I will definitely be reading/listening to more! The cover art is gorgeous! Definitely caught my eye when I was trolling for review books. Pulled me right in and enticed me to read this book! Now that I've started reading other books by this author, I'm going to check out some of her other books. It will help me fill the time before there's another Rockton story to read!

**I voluntarily read a ebook arc from St Martins Press and a audio book from Macmillan Audio. All opinions expressed are entirely my own. My apologies to my readers and the publishers for this late review. I just moved 1500 miles from NC to CO.....and it put me very much behind on reading/writing/reviewing. Things are normalizing now and I'm catching up. Thank you for your understanding. All future reviews will be timely.**

I've read several other Kelley Armstrong books and loved them which is why I was so excited to get the chance to review this book. This book started off great and grabbed my attention, but I feel like it ran out of steam around the halfway point and I had to push myself to finish it. Overall, I liked this book but I didn't love it.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* This was such a cool book, immediately i was hooked and pumped to find out this will be a series! This is a series i will reread im sure!

As usual, Kelley Armstrong delivers the fun in her stories. I am not a fan of time travel books, but this one delivered with a straightforward line, along with some giggles as our heroine tried to juxtapose the future with the past.

In 2019, Mallory Atkinson is a 30 years of age detective visiting her dying grandmother. She was visiting her grandmother in hospice and she went to get coffee for the nurses and herself at a nearby coffee house. As she held her tray of coffee, she bangs into a man who happened to be standing by too closely. Mallory just spilled a little bit of coffee on him but he was very perturbed by the incident. Later in the day, she felt the need to unwind and stretch her legs and get some exercise. She goes out for a jog. She suddenly hears a cry of a young girl in a dark alley so she goes to investigate. After all, she’s a detective and she can take care of herself. As she drew closer, she sees a flicker of the image of a girl getting strangled. Next thing she doesn’t see the girl but instead, feels the roughness of a rope on her neck and being choked by it. Just as she was losing consciousness she sees the girl again and then passes out. As she wakes up, she is now suddenly in 1869. Not only is she no longer in the 20th Century, but she is also now relegated to a 19-year-old housemaid. Correction, a conniving, thieving, double-crossing housemaid who has a face of an angel but one who would sell her loved one’s soul for some trinkets. She has left many broken hearts and stolen and sold miscellaneous items, double-crossed friends, and outwardly uses her feminine wiles to get things her way. While that normally has nothing to do with Mallory, unfortunately when Mallory ripped through time and body swapped into Catriona Mitchell’s body, that means Cat is in Mallory’s body!

I enjoyed the setting of 1869 where a heroine from the 20th century travels back in time, she is unaccustomed to being relegated as “just a woman” and not being able to use her accustomed cell phone or have equal rights as men. As a housemaid for Dr. Duncan Gray, who is a doctor of science, because of his skin color, he is made to feel the obstacles of being taken as a doctor. His sister, Isla Gray is a brilliant chemist but is often not taken seriously unless by her brother, Duncan, and a family friend, Detective Hugh McCreadie. Even they at times, dismiss her theories.

Trapped in Catriona Mitchell’s body, Mallory has to figure out how to go back to her time period while stealthy assisting Dr. Gray and Detective McCreadie in solving the case of the dead bodies that are turning up. The first body seemed tortured and has a feather, representing he was a stool pigeon. The second body was of a young girl fitting the Jack the Ripper killing only in this case a decade too soon. This killer must have traded bodies with Catriona’s killer and also time traveled back into this time period. Only this murderer wants to be noticed and recognized. So much so, that he is replicating the infamous Jack the Ripper’s murder.

I also loved the friendship and trust that grows between Mallory and Isla. It is two women who know they are more capable than society deems correct and they try to work around the parameters. You start sensing a sisterhood between the two.

The story is interesting as it continues but, to be honest, I figured out who the murderer was by 34% into the book. It truly sets up to be a series and I do look forward to reading the next one.

Thank you to NetGalley, Author Kelley Armstrong, and St. Martin's Press for my advanced copy to hear and review.