![]() ![]() The story stars our plucky narrator Madeleine “Max” Maxwell, a historian who gets recruited by a group of time travelers working undercover behind the façade of St. ![]() Just One Damned Thing After Another is a novel that wastes no time getting to the good stuff. Now the first book is finally being released in the US in print (seven volumes are already available in the UK, where the series has become quite a sensation) and when the publisher Night Shade Books offered me a review copy, I absolutely couldn’t resist. What a fun little time travel book! As someone who frequently goes trawling through Audible’s site looking for sci-fi and fantasy releases, I often see the audiobooks in this series pop up in my recommendations and I’ve always been curious about them. Publisher: Night Shade Books (US: June 7, 2016) Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor Book Review: Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi TaylorĪ review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. ![]()
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