Second Chance

by Jodi Taylor

eBook, 320 pages

English language

Published Jan. 4, 2015 by Accent Press Limited.

ISBN:: 978-1-910939-51-2

(11 reviews)

The third book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.

History happens all around you. And, occasionally, to you.

I could have been a bomb-disposal expert, or a volunteer for the Mars mission, or a firefighter, something safe and sensible. But, no, I had to be an historian.

It began well. A successful assignment to 17th century Cambridge to meet Isaac Newton, and another to witness the historic events at The Gates of Grief. So far so good.

But then came the long-awaited jump to the Trojan War that changed everything. And for Max, nothing will ever be the same again.

With the bloody Battle of Agincourt playing out around her, Max risks everything on one last desperate …

History happens all around you. And, occasionally, to you.

I could have been a bomb-disposal expert, or a volunteer for the Mars mission, or a firefighter, something safe and sensible. But, no, I had to be an historian.

It began well. A successful assignment to 17th century Cambridge to meet Isaac Newton, and another to witness the historic events at The Gates of Grief. So far so good.

But then came the long-awaited jump to the Trojan War that changed everything. And for Max, nothing will ever be the same again.

With the bloody Battle of Agincourt playing out around her, Max risks everything on one last desperate gamble to save a life and learns the true meaning of a second chance.

5 editions

urbaer reviewed Second Chance by Jodi Taylor

Another fine mess

4 stars

The Chronicles of St Mary's seem to always be an easy read and this one is no exception.

And this one goes through the normal romp in the first part (that ends in a fairly big change to a relationship), a perilous foe in the second and then throws in a curve ball for the ending.

And I kind of almost wish that it setup the curve ball in this book and left the curve ball itself for a later book.

But curious to see where it goes.

Matthew Royal reviewed Second Chance by Jodi Taylor (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #3)

Review of 'Second Chance' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I like this series -- Jodi Taylor is good at creating magnetic characters. I'm still puzzling out the construction of these books, and still waiting for a dangling story line from book #2 to develop. Looking forward to reading the next dozen of these!

jayvall reviewed Second Chance by Jodi Taylor (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #3)

Review of 'Second Chance' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

This is probably closer to a 2.5. This book took forever to get to the point. It starts in the middle of something interesting and then takes fully half of the book to get back to it.

I didn't super care for the twist with Leon and I cared even less for the twist at the end. Other people around here seem to agree and say the reboot is good for the series, which I hope is true, because I find myself getting tired of both Max and Taylor's writing style. So we'll see.

Angrboda reviewed Second Chance by Jodi Taylor (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #3)

Review of 'Second Chance' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Okay. That was an ending. And also, cliffhanger. Now what? I sincerely hope things are going to get straightened out in the next few books, because this? This is... Hmm... Author's choice, I suppose.

Still a very good book, though, and I will definitely continue with it, but I now do feel as if there are certain conditions that have to be met for me to enjoy it as much as the first books. And that's not really very nice, actually. On the other hand, maybe I'll come around and suddenly find I've accepted it.

We'll see.

Sceptical (and a bit wary) cat is sceptical (and a bit wary).