This book really blew me away! The idea of time travel is something that you don’t necessarily see a lot of in contemporary stories like this, since it is more of a science fiction plot. But the author mixed it throughout this story perfectly in a way that didn’t turn it into too far science-fiction, and kept the story really at a contemporary feel.

I really liked all of the characters, and for the most part they were very vivid and interesting. I wished for just a bit more with either his best friend Isobel, or maybe even some more of the time period that Michael was from, more from the people or events then. Those were really about the only things missing. Even with the things we all know are important rules in time travel, the things that Andre wanted to change or wondered about doing were unique and gave this story its own little spark.

Blake’s mother really surprised me a couple times in the story and I liked that what I expected wasn’t what happened. I like not only being able to predict a story, but also when a story can surprise me like that and take me down a path I didn’t see coming. I definitely will want to put this one in my school library, and look forward to reading more by this debut author in the future!

Review first appeared on Lisa Loves Literature.