Interloper at Glencoe (edition 2012)

This book was a fun twist on the time travel romance, sending the man back in time rather than the woman. There is your basic formula for romance, along with some unusual twists and turns. And of course being set in current-day California and historic Scotland you have all kinds of entertaining misunderstandings between language and changes in cultural mores. Then of course there are the faeries, because "the little people" are well believed in the history of Scotland.

The story was fun, with some interesting hooks and twists. For the cons I can only really come up with a few - mostly the dialogue and for me, the excessive use of "Och" by Beth, the leading lady. It seemed as if the author wanted to get a sense of Gaelic in the language/dialogue, but only knew about five words and depended upon "Och" to impart that sense of authenticity. ( )

I received this book for free to review on Librarything.

Miss Lee has a nice writing style, and a good concept for the story.

I appreciated the first half of the story more than the second half.
When Nick gets tranported back in time to Glencoe, he adapts well. But when Beth comes forward in time, she is like a child. I understand that things would be confusing and different. But for Nick to have to teach her to read and use money or credit cards, it just made me feel as if the woman was now infantile and unable to care for herself.

I gave the book 3 stars for that reason. It seemed to me that it was abit degrading to women. ( )

Enjoyed reading this book. Fascinated by the history revealed by the development of the plot. Love the characters as they developed and felt I could hear the wind, feel the cold and the terror of being unable to change the future. Overall a good read. ( )

My main reason for requesting this book was that I was intrigued by the setting. I was familiar with the story of the Glencoe massacre and was curios to see how this story would play out.

And while I enjoyed the read, the setting remained the main attraction for me. I am not sure I would have enjoyed the story as much without that prior interest.

The story is charming and entertaining, but did not seem special to me. What I loved most about it were the few truly comical moments that come with every time travel story. ( )

I received this from LT - early reviewer.

I found this book quite enjoyable. Although I thought it was going to be a period piece in its entirety before I started reading it, I was a bit disappointed when I discovered that it involved time-travel. I found that it worked, though. The Scotland-parts are good. It is interesting to read about Beth's experiences in LA in the 21st century also, but that was the least believable part. I realize that stories involving time-travel aren't likely to be very believable, but it was something about her understanding the 21st century way of life a little too quickly. And all the marriage-talk was a little much. But it really gets interesting towards the end - that's why I give it three stars! ( )