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rachel2727's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
samueltanders's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
ingo_lembcke's review
4.0
Started Time's Echo and realized that I should have read this one first, so I did, having already bought it nearly 2 years ago.
Luckily the 2nd book is published and as an Amazon-Prime-Member free for lending next month.
And the third book not too far away.
Romance in this book is ok, but borders on a love-triangle and instalove, you have been warned.
As I write this I am reading other books and am close to the ending of this book a quarter of an hour according to the Kindle.
The action and time-traveling is well done, constantly thinking of what happens if one little thing is changed, and not knowing the outcome.
Or suspecting the outcome and not liking it.
Great, so far. And highly recommended, the romance does not grate on my nerves and is not that important in this book.
But also no sex-scenes either, could have been a better.
The setting with a known serial-killer in the distant past, and luckily some other than Jack the Ripper, reminds me a little of [b:Now You See Me|9783200|Now You See Me (Lacey Flint, #1)|S.J. Bolton|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1428937160s/9783200.jpg|14673027], but not as copied from the case files. Also it is imho not known wether the killer acted alone or who where his helpers (in RL and in the book so far).
Very well done. Rysa Walker is a history buff, and sometimes it is a bit much, but so far it is not distracting from the action and main story, again, rather integrated and perfectly done.
And the time traveling, gets not as confusing as in [b:Tempest|11455096|Tempest (Tempest, #1)|Julie Cross|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327878364s/11455096.jpg|16065182].
Luckily the 2nd book is published and as an Amazon-Prime-Member free for lending next month.
And the third book not too far away.
Romance in this book is ok, but borders on a love-triangle and instalove, you have been warned.
As I write this I am reading other books and am close to the ending of this book a quarter of an hour according to the Kindle.
The action and time-traveling is well done, constantly thinking of what happens if one little thing is changed, and not knowing the outcome.
Or suspecting the outcome and not liking it.
Great, so far. And highly recommended, the romance does not grate on my nerves and is not that important in this book.
But also no sex-scenes either, could have been a better.
The setting with a known serial-killer in the distant past, and luckily some other than Jack the Ripper, reminds me a little of [b:Now You See Me|9783200|Now You See Me (Lacey Flint, #1)|S.J. Bolton|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1428937160s/9783200.jpg|14673027], but not as copied from the case files. Also it is imho not known wether the killer acted alone or who where his helpers (in RL and in the book so far).
Very well done. Rysa Walker is a history buff, and sometimes it is a bit much, but so far it is not distracting from the action and main story, again, rather integrated and perfectly done.
And the time traveling, gets not as confusing as in [b:Tempest|11455096|Tempest (Tempest, #1)|Julie Cross|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327878364s/11455096.jpg|16065182].
bookph1le's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. Innovative YA with an interesting premise, and I like the incorporation of some history into it. More complete review to come.
nikki52010's review
5.0
Reread Oct 2020
I'm so glad I found this series! This is easily one of my new favorites. I loved every aspect of it. The time travel, the historic and future story lines and the characters. I'm just mad I have to wait to read the next book. While it didn't end in a cliff hanger, it left off at a place where you want to know what happens next!
I'm so glad I found this series! This is easily one of my new favorites. I loved every aspect of it. The time travel, the historic and future story lines and the characters. I'm just mad I have to wait to read the next book. While it didn't end in a cliff hanger, it left off at a place where you want to know what happens next!
annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition
4.0
Last year there was a reading challenge with a time traveling prompt. Well written time travel stories are not easy to find. Quite often it's not really time travel, but dimension travel and sometimes it's just playing around without making sense. I did stumble upon this series though, but I didn't have the funds to get it. And last week I all of a sudden saw Amazon having the series on sale for 5 euro per book. I had to have all three right away and I also had to start reading right away.
This book does time travel as it should be done. That does mean that it gets confusing and complicated at times. History is altered, timelines are reset, people can disappear and appear and a grandma can be born after her grandchild. It's not easy to constantly keep up, but it's worth it to just let things happen, to just accept that things work a certain way. Because the story is really exciting and how the time traveling is used is so well done.
Because if you know you can alter time. And if you know what will happen in the future because you've read about it or lived through it, that gives an endless amount of power. And while a lot of books are about people scared to change the future, because what if they erase their own existence, this book is all about changing the future. It's about changing the future on purpose and most of all with purpose.
And along the way we also land in an insanely interesting time period. The biggest time traveling part of the story takes place in Chicago during the time of the world expedition and the murder hotel. I have to admit that I'm only familiar with the scene because of Kerri Maniscalco's bookseries, but it was amazing to rediscover the location and the murder hotel and to learn a little more about it. I can't wait to see more of the past and future in the other two books in the series.
(The romance also got very very complicated, by the way. I can't wait to see how that will go in future books either!)
This book does time travel as it should be done. That does mean that it gets confusing and complicated at times. History is altered, timelines are reset, people can disappear and appear and a grandma can be born after her grandchild. It's not easy to constantly keep up, but it's worth it to just let things happen, to just accept that things work a certain way. Because the story is really exciting and how the time traveling is used is so well done.
Because if you know you can alter time. And if you know what will happen in the future because you've read about it or lived through it, that gives an endless amount of power. And while a lot of books are about people scared to change the future, because what if they erase their own existence, this book is all about changing the future. It's about changing the future on purpose and most of all with purpose.
And along the way we also land in an insanely interesting time period. The biggest time traveling part of the story takes place in Chicago during the time of the world expedition and the murder hotel. I have to admit that I'm only familiar with the scene because of Kerri Maniscalco's bookseries, but it was amazing to rediscover the location and the murder hotel and to learn a little more about it. I can't wait to see more of the past and future in the other two books in the series.
(The romance also got very very complicated, by the way. I can't wait to see how that will go in future books either!)
dotreadsbooks's review
3.0
I feel bad giving this book only 3 stars because it was actually a really good story line BUT it just did not hold my attention. I kept wanting to hurry up and finish. I believe the writer focused on world building, back history to much. I wanted more action. The love story was shallow but then they were teenagers so I didn’t expect much. I’m not sure if I’ll read the next book. It would make a good movie though.
thepaperzombie's review against another edition
5.0
I received this book in exchange for an honest review and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Kate finds out from her ailing grandmother that she has the ability to travel through time. Kate is to be trained to travel through time and fix the time line that has been altered by opposing forces. Everything goes wrong when a time shift takes place that erases Kate's life. Her Grandmother is killed in the past and so she no longer exists. Her whole life is gone. Now Kate has to learn to use her powers of time travel to fix the time line and set things right.
I really loved this book. Kate is just the right amount of vulnerable and bad ass "self rescuing princess". Some authors fall into the mistake of making their female main character too much of a bad ass. So much so that it's unbelievable. I'm all for strong female protagonists but no one can be strong all the time. Rysa Walker does not make that mistake. Kate can kick ass but she also has just the right amount of emotional depth. She gets scared, she gets nervous, and she's doubts herself but she still does what she must. That is truly what it means to be strong.
The romance in the novel is great. I love Trey. He's a really sweet guy but at the same time Kieran is all for me. Usually I dislike love triangles but this makes so much more sense and is less frustrating than other love triangles. I mean if your entire past changes and you no longer exist... you're likely to meet a guy and fall in love since that other relationship actually never happened for you.
I would definitely recommend this book. It's so well written and Rysa Walker does a fantastic job of drawing you into the book and making you become invested in the characters. Read it. You will not regret it.
Kate finds out from her ailing grandmother that she has the ability to travel through time. Kate is to be trained to travel through time and fix the time line that has been altered by opposing forces. Everything goes wrong when a time shift takes place that erases Kate's life. Her Grandmother is killed in the past and so she no longer exists. Her whole life is gone. Now Kate has to learn to use her powers of time travel to fix the time line and set things right.
I really loved this book. Kate is just the right amount of vulnerable and bad ass "self rescuing princess". Some authors fall into the mistake of making their female main character too much of a bad ass. So much so that it's unbelievable. I'm all for strong female protagonists but no one can be strong all the time. Rysa Walker does not make that mistake. Kate can kick ass but she also has just the right amount of emotional depth. She gets scared, she gets nervous, and she's doubts herself but she still does what she must. That is truly what it means to be strong.
The romance in the novel is great. I love Trey. He's a really sweet guy but at the same time Kieran is all for me. Usually I dislike love triangles but this makes so much more sense and is less frustrating than other love triangles. I mean if your entire past changes and you no longer exist... you're likely to meet a guy and fall in love since that other relationship actually never happened for you.
I would definitely recommend this book. It's so well written and Rysa Walker does a fantastic job of drawing you into the book and making you become invested in the characters. Read it. You will not regret it.
kberry513's review against another edition
5.0
I wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did. I thought since I had read the Ruby Red trilogy so recently that I would feel like this was too similar to enjoy it, but I was intrigued. In both cases, the protagonist is a high school aged girl who discovers she has the ability to travel through time due to some recessive gene. However, from there, the stories differ greatly. I have to say, this was even better than Ruby Red! I will hold off my final opinion til I read the rest of this series, but I find the background of the time travel in this novel to be much more interesting. For one thing, Kate's grandmother was born hundreds of years in the future and for another, the incorporation of a grandfather who started a religion by changing history to gain power is a crazy twist. I also found the incorporation of the famous serial killer H. H. Holmes to be inspired. Kate's internal struggle on which timeline is the right one struck an emotional chord without becoming melodramatic. I will absolutely be recommending this to friends.