Time Waits by C.B. LewisMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The time is the near future 2041, in Manchester a semi-secret organisation called the Temporal Research Institute travels in time to observe historical events. Dieter is a linguist and an historian but he rushes to the fore when a mission goes badly wrong and a Hungarian soldier from World War II stumbles through the open portal.
Janos Nagy is close to death, in fact he thought he was walking into the light, when he stumbles nearly 100 years into his future. Shocked and scared he threatens the pretty man with the outrageous hair and make-up who greets him, scared that this is a Nazi trap.
The TRI can't upset Janos' timeline by returning him, miraculously healed from what should have been a fatal wound, so he is forced to remain in this strange new world. Although Janos terrified Dieter when he first arrived Dieter feels a strange sense of responsibility for the man, especially since he is the only person at the TRI with a passable understanding of Magyar (Hungarian). But as the two men gradually become friends, and then lovers, someone decides if the rules of time travel can be broken once, why not again?
If you are hoping for an LGBTQIA+ version of Jodi Taylor's St Mary's stories this isn't in the same vein. Primarily a romance/stranger in a strange land story the time travel aspect doesn't really feature until late in the book.
I loved both Janos and Dieter, men from very different times in history with very different experiences of what it is like to be a gay man. I also liked the side characters, they felt real and I am pleased to see that one of them features in the next book in the series.
A charming, novel which is hard to define but I really enjoyed it and would definitely read others in the series.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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