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Time Between Us
by Tamara Ireland Stone
When I'm looking for a book about time travel, Time Between Us has everything I want! Reading Tamara's debut after having read more of her recent work, I was impressed by how good this was.
The element of time travel in books is a touchy subject for me as I've read books with time-travel elements in the past that didn't execute it well. However, Time Between Us had the perfect amount of time travel and it was written well enough that the time travel process wasn't confusing. I would compare it to the films: The Time Traveler's Wife or 13 Going On 30.
I wish the book had added a dual POV because Bennett's POV lacked and I feel as he was a very important character that the addition of his perspective would've really added to the plot. Possibly his POV from 2012 and 1995.
Also, the side characters were developed but if Emily was her best friend, I would've liked to know more about Emily besides the fact that she was British, which I was really confused by. Maybe Danielle, too? I feel like she was really brushed off. However, I really enjoyed Justin's character and I could relate to him a lot.
In terms of the historical aspects, I often forgot that the book was set in 1995 aside from the music references, it didn't feel too much like 1995.
Overall, it was a great read and Tamara is one of my favorite authors, so I'm glad I finally got around to reading her debut because it met my expectations!
The element of time travel in books is a touchy subject for me as I've read books with time-travel elements in the past that didn't execute it well. However, Time Between Us had the perfect amount of time travel and it was written well enough that the time travel process wasn't confusing. I would compare it to the films: The Time Traveler's Wife or 13 Going On 30.
I wish the book had added a dual POV because Bennett's POV lacked and I feel as he was a very important character that the addition of his perspective would've really added to the plot. Possibly his POV from 2012 and 1995.
Also, the side characters were developed but if Emily was her best friend, I would've liked to know more about Emily besides the fact that she was British, which I was really confused by. Maybe Danielle, too? I feel like she was really brushed off. However, I really enjoyed Justin's character and I could relate to him a lot.
In terms of the historical aspects, I often forgot that the book was set in 1995 aside from the music references, it didn't feel too much like 1995.
Overall, it was a great read and Tamara is one of my favorite authors, so I'm glad I finally got around to reading her debut because it met my expectations!