At the garage sale of a famous scientist, Liam finds a box labeled, "World's Worst Time Machine", and decides to try it out. He slaps together a few wires, sticks an old-fashioned telephone onto it, hooks up half an ink-jet printer, fastens it all together with duct tape, and plugs it in. His friend Elsa warns him not to mess with time travel, but Liam is too excited to listen. And of course, disaster strikes! He gets mixed up with the wrong Thomas Edison, a dastardly gang of gangsters, and a mysteriously dangerous bronze dog statue. But through all his adventures with time, it becomes apparent that Elsa is hiding some secret knowledge of her own.

I loved this funny book! It's one hilarious scene after another where everything goes wrong if someone touches that awful time machine. The machine never does what it is supposed to!

I really enjoyed the underlying mystery of Elsa and how she knows so much about time travel. She is quite the enigma. It was really cool seeing how the clues to her past begin to make sense until we get the final reveal. Although the story is told from Liam's point of view, the real center of the story is Elsa. I loved seeing how those two interact and how they work together as a team in all kinds of weird time-crisis situations.

The writing style is so crazy and funny! I really liked the narrative style. We get a strong sense of personality for each of the characters. There is a weird wildness to the story that makes you feel like anything is possible.

This book has a good conclusion, but it also sets up for a sequel, which I am hoping to read. There are a few questions left unanswered at the end, and another time adventure is sure to be forthcoming!

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts, and are not influenced by anyone.