Summary:
In 2013, sixteen-year-old Alora is having blackouts. Each time she wakes up in a different place with no idea how she got there. The one thing she is certain of? Someone is following her.
In 2146, seventeen-year-old Bridger is one of a small number of people born with the ability to travel to the past. While on a routine school time trip, he sees the last person he expected--his dead father. The strangest part is that, according to the Department of Temporal Affairs, his father was never assigned to be in that time. Bridger's even more stunned when he learns that his by-the-book father was there to break the most important rule of time travel--to prevent someone's murder.
And that someone is named Alora.
Determined to discover why his father wanted to help a "ghost", Bridger illegally shifts to 2013 and, along with Alora, races to solve the mystery surrounding her past and her connection to his father before the DTA finds him. If he can stop Alora's death without altering the timeline, maybe he can save his father too.
My Thoughts:
It started out really slow but picked up and I am so glad that I kept going through it, despite being in a bit of a reader's slump.
Alora's character is a bit, well, cliché. But she's still likeable and interesting. Her unknown history is probably the most interesting thing about her, and we get to find out quite a bit, although it is set up to have a sequel, so we'll see if it is a satisfying conclusion. Her being so similar to Vika was also kind of cliché but the twist on why was a nice surprise.
Bridger is a bit more interesting. His beloved father is dead, leaving him with his brother and his incredibly selfish mother. The set-up of the future was something I hoped to learn more of, but this book mostly takes place in 2013, so don't expect too much. A lot of things, I hope, will be explained and more clearly developed in the sequel.
If you can push yourself through the first third of the book, you won't regret it.
My Rating: 4 stars
