“Nothing went exactly right. And yet it was perfect.” Truth.
7.13 Tempest
I hate when I read two stinkers in a row, it puts me off for
a bit. Plus, when both have been
recommended by friends I have to also worry about gracefully navigating our
next meeting. If only I could go
back in time and make a different choice…
Speaking of, Tempest is a YA about a boy who can jump back
in time and while there the things he does do not change the present. Then one day odd men show up and shot
his girlfriend. From there he goes
back in time to change her future and figures out a big subplot about his
abilities and where he comes from.
It is actually a pretty good and original premise, but so much time is
devoted to explaining how the time shifts work (and I won’t claim that this is
done very well either) that you never come to care about the characters doing
it. There are some interesting
parts sprinkled through but I never felt like anyone truly cared about anyone
else and there were so many lies being told I wasn’t sure what to believe in
the end.
Of course, it will eventually be part of a trilogy and so it
leaves off without a satisfying end. I am pretty sure I won’t be reading on and rather sure it won’t
effect my future in any way.
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