Right before violin prodigy Etta debuts at her first major public performance, she is whisked back in time to the 18th Century, where she finds out her mother has been keeping a massive secret, namely that she and Etta can both access passages through time and are the arch enemies of another family who can do the same.

The other family, the Ironwoods, are holding Etta's mother hostage to force Etta to follow a trail of clues Etta's mother left for her (and her only) and to recover an important artifact. Joining her on this quest is the bastard grandson of the head of the Ironwood family.

All Nicholas wants is his own ship to sail the seas, and to escape his circumstances, namely that he is biracial in a time when it is very dangerous to be so, and that he also has the ability to travel through the passages but is not trusted to do so anymore. Can Etta and Nicholas both overcome their own needs and secrets to stop Ironwood from destroying history as they know it?

I was really excited to read this, and overall enjoyed the story line. What kept me from LOVING this tale was that went very quick and was sparse on details that would have given the mystery a bit more heft. Everything, including the explanations of how the "traveling" worked was a bit light for me as an adult reader.

Also, both of the teens in this novel are just founts of random information that I found doubtful a 17 year old violin player and a 20 year old son of a slave would just have at the tip of their memories.

However, it is a promising start to a new series.

Thank you to the publisher and to Netgalley for the ARC.