Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.

Start by marking “1816 Candles (Time After Time Series)” as Want to Read:

Other editions

Enlarge cover

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Open Preview

1816 Candles

(Time After Time)

Amanda Brice (Goodreads Author)

3.39 · Rating details · 18 ratings · 3 reviews

A chance encounter during a costume ball at a historic tavern sends high school senior Lauren Harper back in time to early Virginia. Now she’s experiencing the actual events of the “Legend of the Female Stranger” ghost story she's attempted to avoid growing up in Old Town Alexandria. Can she solve the mystery of this ghost, find her way back home…and deal with her own emot ...more

Get A Copy

ebook

Published October 24th 2013

More Details... Edit Details

Friend Reviews

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Reader Q&A

To ask other readers questions about 1816 Candles, please sign up.

Be the first to ask a question about 1816 Candles

Lists with This Book

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter

YAs for Reluctant Readers

94 books — 33 voters

More lists with this book...

Community Reviews

Showing 1-39

Average rating 3.39 ·

Rating details

· 18 ratings · 3 reviews

More filters

Sort order

Start your review of 1816 Candles (Time After Time Series)

Sep 06, 2014 Julie rated it liked it

Shelves: audible, audiobooks, ya, time-travel

I have been listening to a few audiobooks lately that are YA time travel, and when I got an opportunity to listen and review this one, I took it. The name was charming, so it intrigued me from the get-go.

Here’s what you get:
*Time travel, of course! One of the things I liked about the use of time travel here is how the heroine reacts to it. Because she lives in a place with lots of history, she frequently time travels. It’s not something she can control, and she’d rather not do it. All the same, I have been listening to a few audiobooks lately that are YA time travel, and when I got an opportunity to listen and review this one, I took it. The name was charming, so it intrigued me from the get-go.

Here’s what you get:
*Time travel, of course! One of the things I liked about the use of time travel here is how the heroine reacts to it. Because she lives in a place with lots of history, she frequently time travels. It’s not something she can control, and she’d rather not do it. All the same, it’s just something that happens to her, almost a mundane inconvenience. It seems different than many of the other time travel stories I’ve read.
*A fast story with almost insta-love. Considering this is a novella, and a short one even among already short things, that’s somewhat understandable, though it still took me by surprise.
*Tie-in with a well-known ghost story from Old Town Alexandria (Virginia). I confess that I didn’t know of the story before the novella, but it presents itself quite nicely.
*A teenager who acts like a teenager. She has trouble in some classes in school, goes to parties and does things she maybe shouldn’t, has a clique of friends including some she likes more than others, and she is a cheerleader with an athlete boyfriend. In some ways, she’s very typical except for the time travel.

Though a short novella, you get as full of a character as you can expect, she does go through a journey of transformation, and there is a happy ending. If any of that interests you, you will probably enjoy this.

NARRATION
Because I got a copy of this story from the narrator, I have to mention her performance. The story is told from First Person POV, and the narrator has a voice that totally works for the 17 year old lead character. She is believable as both Lauren and as John, the love interest. She sounds good doing all of it, and I would be happy to listen to her other performances on YA material.

PRODUCTION
There are two prominent spots in the audio where there are repeats of text and dead silence as it is rerecorded. The sound of it reminds me of the clicking sound that would happen when recording things onto cassettes. I realize both the ebook and the audiobook were indie productions, but I am truly surprised those made it into the final product. Even if money is tight, there are free, open source editing tools that can take care of these issues.

Disclaimer: I received a free download of this audiobook from the narrator in exchange for an honest review. ...more

flag Like · see review

Nov 02, 2013 Megan (thebookishtwins) rated it did not like it

Shelves: fantasy, netgalley, reviewed, read-in-2013, own, romance

I received a free copy via NetGalley.

Lauren Harper is sent back in time to early Virginia after an encounter with a ghost during a ball at a historic tavern. While there Lauren experiences the events of The Legend of the Female Stranger. Lauren must find a way back home without dying in the process or falling in love.

Ok, so 1816 Candles is a novella which acts as an introduction to the Time After Time series. 1816 Candles had a really good plot. However I felt like there was very little depth or ...more

flag Like · see review

Nov 07, 2013 Stacy Palm rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2013-books, netgalley

I really like Young Adult Books, and I really like to give good reviews. However, it's always better to be truthful and this novella did not work for me. To give it the benefit of a doubt it could possibly be because I'm not familiar with this particular series. The "basic truths" of the setting did not add up for me. For example, if the writer tells me I'm in a different world and in that world animals can speak because of chemical engineering; I can move forward in this book believing that ani ...more

flag Like · see review

Debbie rated it really liked it
May 21, 2015

Lisa Avila rated it it was ok
May 26, 2015

Joann Palmer rated it it was amazing
Apr 16, 2017

Danika Dinardo rated it it was amazing
Nov 02, 2013

Julia rated it it was ok
Sep 12, 2015

Concetta Frawley rated it really liked it
Feb 05, 2014

Alexia Haynes rated it it was amazing
Jul 13, 2013

Lisa rated it liked it
Nov 08, 2014

terra rated it liked it
Aug 24, 2014

Ted rated it it was amazing
Nov 01, 2014

Bev Haynes rated it it was ok
Dec 28, 2015

Caitlin Mckellum rated it it was amazing
Nov 06, 2013

Sara ♥ rated it liked it
Sep 10, 2014

Lyuba rated it liked it
Nov 03, 2013

Angel Graham rated it really liked it
Aug 14, 2014

Pilar marked it as to-read
May 11, 2013

Elizabeth added it
May 11, 2013

Michelle marked it as to-read
May 13, 2013

Stephanie Parent marked it as to-read
May 14, 2013

Christine marked it as to-read
Jul 06, 2013

Dancer Reader marked it as to-read
Sep 04, 2013

Reading Is marked it as to-read
Oct 05, 2013

Juli Alexander marked it as to-read
Oct 11, 2013

Campbell added it
Oct 25, 2013

Allison marked it as to-read
Oct 25, 2013

Madison Warner Fairbanks marked it as to-read
Oct 25, 2013

Lost intheFlood marked it as to-read
Oct 26, 2013

Emilie marked it as to-read
Nov 02, 2013

Rachel marked it as to-read
Dec 17, 2013

Sherre marked it as to-read
Jan 11, 2014

Sara marked it as to-read
Feb 01, 2014

Nan added it
Feb 01, 2014

Luli added it
May 11, 2014

Erin marked it as to-read
May 21, 2014

Becca added it
Jul 17, 2014

Jayeeta Chkarabarti marked it as to-read
Sep 29, 2014

new topic
Discuss This Book

topics	posts	views	last activity
Audiobooks: FREE Audiobook for Review: YA time-travel romantic novella!	9	54	Sep 05, 2014 04:14PM

Genres

Romance

4 users

Science Fiction > Time Travel

3 users

Young Adult

2 users

See top shelves…

About Amanda Brice

Amanda Brice

42 followers

As a little girl, Amanda Brice dreamed of being either a ballerina or the author of a mystery series featuring a cool crime-solving chick named Nancy Flew, but her father urged her to “do something practical,” so she went to law school and spent her days writing briefs and pleadings instead of fiction.

But dance and writing have remained a part of her life. Amanda was a member of the ballroom dance ...more