Through Each Tomorrow - Gabrielle Meyer - ★★★★.½
AUTHOR: Gabrielle Meyer
SERIES: Timeless, #6
GENRE: Historical Romance.
PUBLICATION DATE: November 4, 2025
RATING: 4.5 stars.
In a Nutshell: A historical fiction with elements of romance, time travel, familial rivalry, royal intrigue, and Christian faith. Outstanding in plotting, historical research, and character development. The sixth book of the fabulous Timeless series. Works as a standalone, but better not read in isolation. Much recommended!
Plot Preview:
1883, Virginia. Twenty-four-year-old Charles has been struggling to take care of his mother and widowed sister as his horse farm has been facing losses ever since the death of his father a few years ago. His 1563 life in England, though more opulent, comes with its own share of struggles. (Yes, Charles lives two lives simultaneously. Read the earlier Timeless books to know how this works.) His main concern there is his stepsister Cecily, who has no one except him. Cecily works in the court of Queen Elizabeth, but if Charles has to secure her future, he needs to get her wed to a wealthy and titled man.
Charles has a time-crossing friend named Andrew who coincidentally occupies the same two time periods. When they realise that they can help each other in one of their paths, they embark upon an unusual bargain, one which leads to severe consequences for all of them, Cecily included.
The story comes to us in the first-person perspectives of Charles in 1883 and Cecily in 1563.
2025 has been a jinxed year for most of the running series on my TBR. Whatever series books I have read this year have failed to live up to their earlier standard. There had been only one exception: ‘Every Hour Until Then’, which is Book Five of the Timeless series and released in May this year. I am thrilled beyond words that Book Six also lives up to the Timeless standard.
Six books of a series with a similar base concept: the main character occupies multiple timelines simultaneously through a mysterious phenomenon called time-crossing. One might think that the books would start getting monotonous and predictable by now. But trust me, not a single book in this series has felt like the ones that came before. Every time, the latest book catches me by surprise at a few of its twisty inclusions. This is no exception.
Bookish Yays:
⌚ The concept. I always begin my Yays for a Timeless book with this point, because I never stop feeling astounded at the brilliance of the concept of timecrossing and how it is utilised in these plots. I didn’t anticipate the sheer number of timecrossers this time - wowza!
⌚ The novelty. Getting a male POV for the first time was a pleasant change. The author conveys the pressures faced by men convincingly without turning the characters into emotionless robots. (Isn't it odd how so many women can write men convincingly, but most men can't write women convincingly!? Perhaps women are, as widely claimed, tough to decode. 😅) I also liked the USA-UK medley.
⌚ The delightful smorgasbord of genres, covering historical, royal, romance, drama, timeslip, and Christian. And all this without the plot feeling cluttered in any way whatsoever!
⌚ The characters. Charles and Andrew in both timelines, Evelyn from 1883 and Cecily from 1563 – four compelling young adults struggling to do the best of their circumstances. Unexpectedly, I liked Andrew better than Charles, but that’s also because Charles was portrayed in a more realistic way, with flaws and all, so he was a bit tougher to like at times. His character was the most layered.
⌚ The plotting – as intricate and masterful as always. I love how the two young men’s lives mirrored each other’s without meaning to.
⌚ The two time periods. For once, I was totally clueless about the history as I have not even a teensy idea of 1560s England (the oldest time period in the Timeless books so far) and just minimal knowledge about 1860s USA. It was interesting to learn about Elizabethan history through this story.
⌚ The Christian content: devout without being preachy. Love how the book highlights surrendering to God's plans instead of expecting Him to listen to your plans.
⌚ A nice, steady tempo throughout.
⌚ The romance. You will know the potential pairs quite early and will root for both of them. But this doesn’t reduce the satisfaction of walking with them through their journey of togetherness. I love that the romance isn't the sole focus of the two timelines.
⌚ Because of the above, it is quite easy to guess which character would end up in which timeline at the time of choosing. But figuring out the Hows isn't so simple. I love the way everything fits neatly by the end.
⌚ The connection! All Timeless books have a connection to each other through their characters. In this book, I simply couldn’t figure out how the story linked to the earlier characters. But when the reveals came, I literally went 😲! Loved it!
⌚ The historical research. As impeccable as always. Despite having two intensely historical books in a single year, there are no corners cut on the authenticity of the period and the character behaviour. I just love the diligence of the author!
⌚ The epilogue. I ended the book with a big grin on my face! 😁 What a satisfying scene!
⌚ The author’s note, with amazing details about the actual history and her writing choices for the characters. I always love reading such authors’ notes that so cleverly detail out the facts behind the fiction.
⌚ The cover and title. I have never praised these before in my reviews, no idea why. So this is a Yay for all six covers and titles so far. I adore how the covers always reflect the timelines of the characters, and how the titles always contain a time-related word (with no repetitions so far!)
Bookish Mixed Bags:
⏳ Too many characters, especially young women, at the start of each timeline. It gets tricky to remember their names and relations. Luckily, things smoothen out after a few chapters.
⏳ Because of the 1563 timeline coming only in Cecily’s first-person POV, one key scene occurs off the page. I wish we had had a bird’s eye view of this because it promised to be a really dramatic turn of events. Consequently, the fate of one secondary character is also left undisclosed. I know there is no way the first-person narration could have accommodated this reveal sensibly. But the curious cat in me wanted to learn how exactly things unfurled there.
In the grand scheme of things, both my Mixed Bag points are trivial. The satisfaction offered by this book far outweighs any complaint. Rarely does a book deliver so well on all the key points that matter: plot, characters, writing, research, and ending.
One thing I regret is not keeping notes of the key characters right from Book One. At that time, I didn't know this would turn into such an intricate, long-running series. Discovering the cross-connections across stories is so much fun but also challenging.
I am so thrilled that the series has been extended from the originally planned trilogy to ten (planned) books. Every Timeless book so far has been consistent in its high-class delivery. I hope I can continue to explore this amazing historical series.
Definitely recommended to historical fiction readers who like complex stories with elements of Christian faith. This book is technically a standalone, but it doesn't offer too much details about the timecrossing. If you wish to truly understand the whole process and know the interrelations between the characters, better to go in series order. All the six books are marvellous anyway.
My thanks to author Gabrielle Meyer and Bethany House for providing the DRC of “Through Each Tomorrow” via NetGalley. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.
Here are the earlier books of the outstanding ‘Timeless’ series in the right order:
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