My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I'll be honest -- I chose to read this book because I was interested in the time-hopping aspects of the story. I also liked the cover. Yes, I absolutely chose a book based on the cover design. I'm a visual person, so it's a factor! What I really liked about this book is the plot -- I enjoyed the mind-twisting bits related to time travel and how changing things in the past would affect the future (present time in some cases). I enjoyed Rysa Walker's writing style. She has a great talent for describing complex concepts and giving plenty of detail that I was able to play a movie of the book in my head while I read. This reason alone made it hard to put this book down!
The only thing that made me hesitate a few times when reading this book was...
...the sexualization of the main character. I've been a 17 year old girl and so I know those thoughts well, but it was still a little jarring for me to read about a 17 year old's intimate thoughts. At times, I felt like I was reading the thoughts of an older character, not a 17 year old. I'm not saying 17 year olds can't be mature enough to have those thoughts. It was just a little weird to read the prose then remember the character thinking those things is technically a minor (according to U.S. law). It was just a tad weird, but I was able to push it to the back of my mind.
I should probably admit that I've already got the second book downloaded to my Kindle. I haven't started reading it yet, because I need a little more time to recover from the emotional roller coaster I experienced a few times. But I will be reading the second book!
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