Review: I was hooked with the first couple of sentences until the very end!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
“If a tree falls in the forest and there’s nobody to hear, does it make a sound? If a memory happens on a different timeline and you don’t remember, did it really happen?”–ConstantineEver want to just disappear? Well, Autumn would really prefer she didn’t. She has rules to live by–rules so that no one notices her or the fact that she disappears and jumps back in time randomly. Then Constantine shows up in school, as much as surprised as she is to find another person in their town that can jump back in time. The only difference is that Constantine knows why it’s happening and that there are strict rules to being an Editor. And, he broke the most important one…“The smallest event can set off mind-boggling chain reactions.”–a RegentI loved this book, and this is easily going on my virtual favorites shelf. What’s weird is that I usually don’t like time traveling books, because they’re usually so filled with time paradoxes that authors will gloss over and hand-wave away. I love the fact that the author takes the time to think of the science behind it and explain away so many of the time paradoxes, which makes this book such an entertaining read. There were still some holes and time paradoxes, but they’re forgivable given the effort the author put forth to deal with the important ones.The storytelling is fantastic in this book. We get the first person point-of-views for both Autumn and Constantine in mostly alternating chapters. What I love about this style is that you have Autumn, who has no clue about time travel and Constantine who is a member of the Guild of Editors and who was trained to time travel at a young age. With Autumn, you get that lost sense of feeling with not knowing what’s going on, and then those unanswered questions are almost immediately answered when we read Constantine’s view and compare what he knows to what’s happening to Autumn. I loved that we could infer what was happening with Autumn without being directly told and that those questions weren’t left dangling for most of the book. It made staying in the story very easy!I loved Autumn and Constantine, especially their connection with each other. Their attraction to each other was one of the sweetest and heart-warming romances and all done without even a kiss! I was really impressed that the author was able to put in so much emotion in their connection without having to resort to kissing/groping/sex scenes. I wouldn’t worry about younger teens reading this. Character-wise, I loved reading them mature–Autumn getting over her fears and discovering what she could do and Constantine getting over his selfishness and thinking of others. Autumn’s friends are such an awesome support system while the parental units were less stellar and provided great drama and understandable angst.I was hooked with the first couple of sentences until the very end—with an ending that was so awesome. I would highly recommend this book to those who enjoy young adult or science fiction. This is a 5 out of 5 for me!(Originally posted on my blog; I received a copy in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.)