Anyone else just waiting for midnight and the new Chronicles of St Mary's?

Loved it. Read all her different series and enjoy them all. I do think Max can be a leetle intolerant though!

Started reading last night and finished this afternoon. Managed not to stay up all night.

I need to re-read to take it all in. I didn't think [Character] would be permanently gone.

Difficult to say any more without spoilers!

So drop the kids to school and preschool brought myself a coffee and settled down for a day off reading...

I read the end and though if the time police are around jumping back and forth then who starts the time police?
Same way St Mary’s is started?
Send back one of their own with future knowledge?
I know it’s the military and St Mary’s. But who? Couldn’t be Max but it could be a certain member of both organisations?
Are Hyssop and her fuck ups founding time police members? (It will be a very short lived job choice)

I like the Time Police books but she does rely a bit too much on going back to St Mary's each time, and perhaps she needs to let them run as a series without running back to Mum - both literally and metaphorically.

At some point I want to reread them all and sort the time line out in my head because there are going to be some critical things from earlier that come up later (or later that come up earlier, I suppose), if you see what I mean.

The ones with the imaginary horse are actually quite lovely.
Different to St Mary’s

I love her Elizabeth cage series. Have the third one of those on pre order.

Not tried the time police books. But I’m on book ten of at Mary’s now on audible.

Though the thing that really irritates me, going back a couple of books, is I'm almost sure the teddy bear originally had cross stitched eyes, not hard ones...

There's one of the imaginary horse short stories in the short story compilations. I might take some convincing Rusty, but I never say never.

Just having a small emotional moment - from one of the short stories when Edward says to Leon "She's here." Ohhhh.

I'd forgotten I had pre-ordered it, until it turned up on my kindle. Love the Chronicles of St Mary's books. Has anyone read the book she wrote as Isabella Barclay? It's a kind of Georgette Heyer-style regency romance, A Bachelor Establishment.

I was reading it wracking my brains as to which characters featured in the jumps from the time police back to St Mary's, slightly in the future. I think she's at risk of self spoilering.

I thought it wasn't one of the best. Knew that there was no way on God's good earth she would have permanently removed one particular character (trying to avoid spoilers) and I liked some of the darker books. Wish Leon wasn't being rather sidelined IMHO. However, thought the last few words bode well for perhaps some darker books coming up.

Anyone else get confused jumping between the Time Police books and back to St Mary's?

Anyone read the supernatural thrillers? I don't think I can stomach the books about the imaginary horse.

Finished yesterday. Loved it as per. Am sad she's only doing one a year now as she's Time Policing the other half of the year. Don't get me wrong, I like those bastards at the Time Police but St Mary's is obviously the true home for all right thinking time travellers... sorry, people who investigate historical events in contemporary time.

I’m making myself finish the book I’m currently reading before I start this one because then school and preschool will be back from holidays (Aus) and I’ll have child free reading time.

Interesting. Not what I was expecting. Not my favourite, but not bad. Really very interested to see how it goes from here into the next book(s).

Well I’m about 1/4 of the way through and desperately speculating if they’re both gone for good

Thank you both - that’s helpful. She probably won’t appreciate sex scenes so I might get one and have a look before recommending them!

I think a 15 year ole could enjoy, they’re quite light quick reading imo but very enjoyable if you can suspend your disbelief! They might also like the Rivers of London series

Ummm. They are funny. But people die. It’s a continuing story all the way through the books but little stories in each one ( if that makes sense ). There are some heavy sex scenes in them though. Which to me ruin the books. But hey. But they are very full on. But the best books ever.

Would a well-read 15yo who likes epic style books but also time travel like these? Are they a good continuing story you can get your teeth into? I’m looking for something to recommend to her and keep seeing these mentioned but only really on here!

Noooooo. Fingers in my ears. I have only just found them. I’m listening to them on audible and they are just totally amazing. Only on book five !!!!! So many fab ones left to read.

Thank you - bought!

Oh no! I haven’t done a re read