Tempest by Julie Cross
I read this novel for the 2012 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Kristi @
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Synopsis from Goodreads:
The year is 2009. Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing changes in the present after his jumps, there’s no space-time continuum issues or broken flux capacitors – it’s just harmless fun.
That is… until the day strangers burst in on Jackson and his girlfriend, Holly, and during a struggle with Jackson, Holly is fatally shot. In his panic, Jackson jumps back two years to 2007, but this is not like his previous time jumps. Now he’s stuck in 2007 and can’t get back to the future.
Desperate to somehow return to 2009 to save Holly but unable to return to his rightful year, Jackson settles into 2007 and learns what he can about his abilities.
But it’s not long before the people who shot Holly in 2009 come looking for Jackson in the past, and these “Enemies of Time” will stop at nothing to recruit this powerful young time-traveler. Recruit… or kill him.
Piecing together the clues about his father, the Enemies of Time, and himself, Jackson must decide how far he’s willing to go to save Holly… and possibly the entire world.
My Thoughts:
I was really intrigued by the time-travel aspect of the book and thought that it could be a really interesting topic to cover. I have not really read any books that deal with time traveling. Overall I thought the author did a pretty good job with it. It was very interesting to read about, but it did become a bit confusing at some points. I am still not entirely sure what happened at some parts of the book and the concept of some of the ideas discussed. I liked how this was a male POV book and Jackson was a pretty good character. Jackson and Holly together sometimes bugged be because it didn't seem like they had good chemistry throughout the entire novel. I did like Adam though! And it has a "What the heck ending". :P So I guess I will read the next book when it comes out, but it isn't my top priority.
Overall I would rate this book 4/5 stars. If anything it was closer to 3.5.
