Prenna James moved to New York when
she was twelve but not from a different country rather from a different time. A
future where catastrophic conditions and a blood plague have left a world no
one wants to return to.
Prenna and the rest of the
travellers follow a strict list of rules. They have to blend in, be part of
society without ever standing out as different. There can be no interference in
the past, no one can ever know when they are from, and they can never be
intimate with anyone outside the community, known as time natives. She feels
isolated and unprepared for the outside world. Who and what is being done to
irradiate the plague of the future? She wants to make a point, be heard but no
one is listening or are they?
Ethan is a local boy who knows
there is something different about Prenna, and it’s not just because he saw her
enter his time 4 years ago. There are other people who know the truth, others
who know that the leaders of the community are hiding rather than trying to
rectify the problems of the future.
With Ethan’s help, Prenna will take
a stand, alter the future and hopefully change her destiny and that of her
family.
Time travel is always a hard thing
to write about, the cause and effect of the simplest changes make mapping it
out so difficult. This book doesn’t do a bad job, it paints the picture of the
future and how Prenna turns it with the little things she does.
The relationship between the main
character and Ethan is very one sided at first, however she quickly falls for
him and lets him influence her without much question. The bleak future and
Prenna’s story telling when she explains it to Ethan was well written and at
times it flows nicely.
I wanted a little more from this
read, it was gentle and not too taxing and I did want to know what happened to
Ethan after reading the newspaper article, and it set it up for a possible
second book. For me it needed something more for me to dig my teeth into but
was enjoyable enough.
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