{Book Review} Time's Edge (The CHRONOS Files)

Title:
Time's Edge (The CHRONOS Files)
Author: Rysa Walker
ISBN: 1477825827
Publisher/Location: Skyscape
Year of Publication: 2014
Pages: 452
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Amazon Link: Kindle Edition: http://amzn.to/1CcsvAw

Time's Edge is the second book in The CHRONOS Files series. And for some reason, I always type "THE CHRONOS Files." My fingers just want to SCREAM ABOUT CHRONOS I guess. :)

Back to the review, though! I was excited to read this book because I loved the first book (Review here). Since I didn't directly say this in the review of the first book, let me be clear here: I loved it! This second book was no different. There is more of the same great, consistent writing from Rysa Walker and the plot thickens. Let's talk about my favorite parts of the book, but I'll put a break here so as to not spoil it for anyone...



I think my favorite part of Time's Edge is when Kate realizes that Kiernan has been talking to Prudence. This realization doesn't happen until toward the middle/end of the book, but when it does, it hit me like a rock in my gut! Kiernan doesn't really explain why he is talking to Prudence. I mean, I absolutely don't buy his story about keeping an eye on Kate for Prudence. But this twist really pushed the story into super interesting territory. And, actually, this plot twist is what has made me so excited for Book 3 due in October 2015 -- I really want to know the truth behind Kiernan's motives.

Overall, the story of this book is just as good as the first. I was saddened by the break between Trey and Kate, but at the same time somewhat intrigued by the Kate/Kiernan "let's all be actually honest" relationship pizazz. There's something going on there that I hope is resolved in Book 3!

Lastly, I have a theory about Abel and Delia. At the end of the story, they opt to go with Simon and become Cyrists. The book ends with Kate receiving a text message from Charlayne that alludes to the Fifth Column, which is reference to something Abel says while they're all in Georgia in 1938. We find out at the end of the book that the Fifth Column means a faction within the Cyrists that is trying to bring the Cyrists down -- internal dissent. My theory, though, relates to Charlayne and it goes something like this: Is Charlayne descended from Abel and Delia? The way that Kate has perceived the post-time-shift-timeline Charlayne is that she does what the Cyrists want, but there is still a spark of the "old Charlayne" in there. And I wonder if that spark exists because all along, Charlayne is really Abel and Delia's granddaughter and is in the Fifth Column!

That's it. xD Go put on your tinfoil hats with me and wait for October 2015!