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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
I said it before and I'll say it again - teeny bopper time travel, what could be better?!
Completely in love with this series! There is never and dull moment.
An even more dramatic cliffhanger ending. I absolutely abhor author's that use this tactic....presumably to keep you buying and reading their books. If it's good...don't worry...we will read it. And I will read book number three. I'm just annoyed at the childish style of ending. The ending of a book is always what makes it or breaks it....it's the taste that you get left for the entire book.
oh great..and book three isn't released...now I find the taste lingering in a bad way....
reread june 2017. first read in 2014 but i had very little long term mempry of it to start up book 3 so read this again
oh great..and book three isn't released...now I find the taste lingering in a bad way....
reread june 2017. first read in 2014 but i had very little long term mempry of it to start up book 3 so read this again
See full review here: https://wordpress.com/posts/booksintheskye.wordpress.com?s=times+edge
While I am still not sure how I feel about the book I did enjoy it. Walker does a good job on wanting you to continue with the story. Even though I feel like some parts were not necessary, they are. I really enjoy the characters and they do complement the story well. I still recommend this book for those who like details and time travel.
While I am still not sure how I feel about the book I did enjoy it. Walker does a good job on wanting you to continue with the story. Even though I feel like some parts were not necessary, they are. I really enjoy the characters and they do complement the story well. I still recommend this book for those who like details and time travel.
DANG it. The next one comes out in a year? Hate it when I do that.
**3.75**
Oh my god the end of this book was crazy and such a cliffhanger I am going to be so impatient waiting to read the next one. The end is what really moved my rating closer to a 4 than a 3. I did enjoy it, but I was hoping for a little more action to happen; a lot of the time it just felt like explanation after explanation. Also Kiernan is really starting to get on my last nerve. I think he's a good character, but I didn't really like him that much in this book. Maybe it's because I really love Trey, but some of Kiernan's choices just rubbed me the wrong way. I'm so curious to see how this is all going to wrap up though.
Oh my god the end of this book was crazy and such a cliffhanger I am going to be so impatient waiting to read the next one. The end is what really moved my rating closer to a 4 than a 3. I did enjoy it, but I was hoping for a little more action to happen; a lot of the time it just felt like explanation after explanation. Also Kiernan is really starting to get on my last nerve. I think he's a good character, but I didn't really like him that much in this book. Maybe it's because I really love Trey, but some of Kiernan's choices just rubbed me the wrong way. I'm so curious to see how this is all going to wrap up though.
This is the second in the trilogy for The CHRONOS Files series. I overall really enjoyed this one a lot more than the first one as this one was a lot more action packed. The author really created a sense of urgency throughout the novel that kept me on the edge of my seat, having to know what happens next.
My only problem with the first book still holds true in the second. Trey. I absolutely loved the relationship they built in the first but I was super irritated how easy he jumped on board to the whole time travel thing. Then, tragically, he forgets everything as Kate "restored" the timeline. However, all it takes is less than one chapter and a DVD for him to start believing her again and they jump start their relationship again.
I really do enjoy the new twist on a young adult book love triangle. A guy in the past who remembers a different you, and a guy in the present who doesn't remember you. It's very intriguing. However I can feel the author leading us down a certain path but we'll have to see how the third one ends.
I really appreciate the non-confusing manner of the time traveling in this series, as well. There are some moments when I don't exactly understand how the CHRONOS key is working or when Kate is bouncing all over the place with Kiernan but overall it's pretty easy to follow.
Fun book. Looking forward to the third!
My only problem with the first book still holds true in the second. Trey. I absolutely loved the relationship they built in the first but I was super irritated how easy he jumped on board to the whole time travel thing. Then, tragically, he forgets everything as Kate "restored" the timeline. However, all it takes is less than one chapter and a DVD for him to start believing her again and they jump start their relationship again.
I really do enjoy the new twist on a young adult book love triangle. A guy in the past who remembers a different you, and a guy in the present who doesn't remember you. It's very intriguing. However I can feel the author leading us down a certain path but we'll have to see how the third one ends.
I really appreciate the non-confusing manner of the time traveling in this series, as well. There are some moments when I don't exactly understand how the CHRONOS key is working or when Kate is bouncing all over the place with Kiernan but overall it's pretty easy to follow.
Fun book. Looking forward to the third!
So yesterday I was laid out with some pretty extreme back pain, where anything other than being completely horizontal was complete agony. What's the best kind of book to read in this situation? YA, of course.
I have huge affection for the YA genre, particularly the dystopian end of the spectrum, and I'm not even a little bit ashamed. For some reason, YA seems to attract the wackiest, most adventurous writers, and I appreciate that.
Rysa Walker's "Chronos Files"* series is a good example of this. I love time travel books, I wish more books were about time travel. You get to do the sci fi thing, but you also get to do the history nerd thing, and that is a beautiful pairing, my friends. Anyway, this series revolves around Kate (who is your fairly standard-issue YA heroine) who becomes embroiled in a plot to save humanity (and her own timeline).
In this second book, Walker seems to find her stride a bit more, explaining more about the mechanics of time travel (which you know what, I'm ok with these being hella confusing, because HI time travel should be confusing!) and getting into the swing of managing multiple timelines and plotlines. Now that we're past all the expository stuff of the first book, we can leap into pacey, exciting fights against impending doom.
I also felt that the historical aspects of this book were much more interesting than in the first book: the H.H Holmes thing felt way too sensational for me, whereas the mystery of Six Bridges / God's Hollow was more haunting and - for me - disturbing, especially as it placed our heroine in a morally questionable position. Equally, the 1938 section was executed really well, and I felt that there was much more at stake for these characters than in the previous novel.
Is this great literature? Well, no. Is it chock full of YA tropes? Hell yes. Did I eventually feel like I might throw my book across the room if there was another reference to The Princess Bride? Yes, and the only thing stopping me was that I was reading on my iPad. (Like, seriously, we get that Kate REALLY loves the Princess Bride. This character trait is over-established to the point of being ridiculous.) But ultimately did any of this stop me enjoying the book? Nope. I read it pretty much in a single sitting, which I guess makes this the definition of a page-turner.
*I read the first in this series (Timebound) earlier in the year, but apparently forgot to review.
I have huge affection for the YA genre, particularly the dystopian end of the spectrum, and I'm not even a little bit ashamed. For some reason, YA seems to attract the wackiest, most adventurous writers, and I appreciate that.
Rysa Walker's "Chronos Files"* series is a good example of this. I love time travel books, I wish more books were about time travel. You get to do the sci fi thing, but you also get to do the history nerd thing, and that is a beautiful pairing, my friends. Anyway, this series revolves around Kate (who is your fairly standard-issue YA heroine) who becomes embroiled in a plot to save humanity (and her own timeline).
In this second book, Walker seems to find her stride a bit more, explaining more about the mechanics of time travel (which you know what, I'm ok with these being hella confusing, because HI time travel should be confusing!) and getting into the swing of managing multiple timelines and plotlines. Now that we're past all the expository stuff of the first book, we can leap into pacey, exciting fights against impending doom.
Is this great literature? Well, no. Is it chock full of YA tropes? Hell yes. Did I eventually feel like I might throw my book across the room if there was another reference to The Princess Bride? Yes, and the only thing stopping me was that I was reading on my iPad. (Like, seriously, we get that Kate REALLY loves the Princess Bride. This character trait is over-established to the point of being ridiculous.) But ultimately did any of this stop me enjoying the book? Nope. I read it pretty much in a single sitting, which I guess makes this the definition of a page-turner.
*I read the first in this series (Timebound) earlier in the year, but apparently forgot to review.
Timebound, the first book in the Chronos Files trilogy, took me by surprise by how enjoyable and engaging it was. I went into it not knowing what to expect and was very pleasantly surprised.
Time's Edge did not capture the same energy, excitement and suspense of the first novel. The story kind of meandered along until the final two chapters, when things began to heat up a little. Part of the problem was that the true antagonists were overwhelmgly absent from the book. As a result, there was no real tension.
Much of the novel focused Kate going back in time to observe some of the atrocities perpetrated by the Christ's, but being very careful not to be seen or get involved so as not to alter the current timeline. I think the characters' "hands-off" approach had a negative impact on the success of the novel. I also felt like a casual observer, often losing focus as I listened to the audiobook.
Kate's other focus is to travel back to meet other Chronos historians who do not know they have no way of getting back to their own time, and collecting their Chronos keys. It ws peculiar that they were doing this, even though it was mentioned that the Cyrists have little need for the additional keys.
I know the target audience for this book probably enjoys romance, but the unique love triangle was a turn off for me.
As usual, Audible narrator Kate Rudd was incredible! She is pure magic! At times she made Kate sound a little melodramatic, but overall she is dynamite.
I have a strong feeling that the trilogy is going to find its groove again in book 3, as the story reaches its conclusion. Even though Time's Edge didn't do it for me, I'm looking forward to the conclusion of the story.
Time's Edge did not capture the same energy, excitement and suspense of the first novel. The story kind of meandered along until the final two chapters, when things began to heat up a little. Part of the problem was that the true antagonists were overwhelmgly absent from the book. As a result, there was no real tension.
Much of the novel focused Kate going back in time to observe some of the atrocities perpetrated by the Christ's, but being very careful not to be seen or get involved so as not to alter the current timeline. I think the characters' "hands-off" approach had a negative impact on the success of the novel. I also felt like a casual observer, often losing focus as I listened to the audiobook.
Kate's other focus is to travel back to meet other Chronos historians who do not know they have no way of getting back to their own time, and collecting their Chronos keys. It ws peculiar that they were doing this, even though it was mentioned that the Cyrists have little need for the additional keys.
I know the target audience for this book probably enjoys romance, but the unique love triangle was a turn off for me.
As usual, Audible narrator Kate Rudd was incredible! She is pure magic! At times she made Kate sound a little melodramatic, but overall she is dynamite.
I have a strong feeling that the trilogy is going to find its groove again in book 3, as the story reaches its conclusion. Even though Time's Edge didn't do it for me, I'm looking forward to the conclusion of the story.
Still totally a mess, but a mess I must see through to the end.