Review: Pretty interesting
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2014
*ARC provided by Netgalley*Brief Summary:Penny Black has been on the streets most of her life and she was fine with that. When she wakes up in an juvenile detention its pretty normal but when two men step up as her long lost “uncles” she is thrust into their lives where they tell her that she has the power to rewind time and try and prevent disasters.Wyatt Adams is put on duty to be Penny’s Lookout, he is excited and intrigued by Penny but will do anything to prove that he can be just as good as his older siblings at his job. To everyone Penny is a huge deal because she has powers that surpass everyone and that only makes it more difficult to prove people of his abilities.My Take on the Book:So … Apparently there was a series before this one? Well obviously that train sailed.However I would recommend that you read the Zellie Wells trilogy before you read this one, considering this series is a companion series, because I bet it will make so much more sense to you than it would if you started off with this series. I’ll admit I was a bit confused for the first few chapters but it was all good after that, the author did a pretty good job at keeping the reader up to pace with the storyline before this one.Even if it was understanding I still was confused towards the end with the powers and I don’t know what else I’ll probably be reading the Zellie Wells series soon and then re read this book.I enjoyed the author’s storyline with the whole rewinding time and the ones who have powers have triggers and just all of it! It was a whole different genre kind of read than the books I usually read and I liked it a lot and wouldn’t mind reading from something of that again. What was cool was that it was based in the future and there was this scene where someone was talking on their iPhone 23? Pretty legit.The Characters:Penny Black: So Penny was that girl who really didn’t give a crap about anything and went with the flow. I liked that she was a little different from the other normal heroines in the regular YA books such as --1) She is not ‘unattractive’ as the girls think they are2) She has piercing3) She wears ‘goth’ clothing4) She is NOT a virgin and doesn’t care.Did I mention she was very badass? Yup.Wyatt Adams: Wyatt was a very good Lookout for Penny and had everything in his best interests for her plus *cough* *cough* other things … *laugh nervously*I really liked Wyatt, he was a strong character that tried to do anything to keep Penny safe and to let the elders know that he can and will do his job. He is very smart and even though he isn’t gifted like the others he is still just as talented and he can keep up despite what others say.I also liked the fact about how he tried to keep his distance from Penny, well the way both of them tried to fight the attraction, it was rather cute in a way. He was just too sweet and kind, its not everyday you get a guy like Wyatt Adams(:Me Ranting:So this book was supposed to be a New Adult book and from what I have heard about NA is that they are mainly meant for the older teens and early 20 year olds because it involves more language and sex than YA but it really wasn’t. It was more Sci-Fi than NA which is perfectly fine but I don’t think they should have labeled it NA. There was sex towards the end but nothing got down to hot and heavy.An odd thing I had found while reading is the way the people talk and yes I know its set in the future but it sounds a bit kid to me I guess.Such as the words ‘buttwrinkle’  and ‘dicknob’  -- they felt a bit childish and weird but hey I guess that’s gonna be us soon. Also the characters used the words ‘bueno’ and ‘chido’ which I automatically knew as Spanish but they used it so many times that I had gotten confused about what they mean.‘Bueno’  is used at good which is also its English translation and also can be used as ‘ok’ or hello and so on. ‘Chido’  was the one that had me re reading the passages and trying to figure out what it meant and it took me quite awhile … It is basically slang for cool or alright like if someone says ‘She’s chido,’ it means she’s cool or she’s alright. Get it?I’m probably going to continue the rest of the series because honestly at the end it became really confusing (to me anyways) and I’m hoping to have it all figured out later in the series!Overall I like the book and the character’s. Soon when the second book comes out, hopefully I will have money to buy it and solve all my weird questions like …THE ENDING?! How in the hell did she and up with him? I was beyond pissed off and I seriously cannot wait til the second because I NEED to know what happened and I think I will scream loudly to the heavens until I do!!!Rant over and out.Thanks for reading and happy reading!I am open for book recommendations and reviews.- Alyssia