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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
So good. I love how Rysa weaves history into this story about time travelers. Can't wait for more!
This book is awesome. Very rarely is the second book in a series as good as the first, but this one is actually, I think, better. I read it in three days (it would have been two, or even one, if I'd started on a weekend), I didn't want it to end, and I'm appalled that I have to wait 11 months for the conclusion of this series. Unless you really hate sci-fi/fantasy, this is the perfect book for a rainy Saturday.
Kate’s grandfather has evil plans. As a fellow time traveler he is able to move about and rewrite the points in history he would like to change. In order to stop her grandfather, Kate must stay at least one step ahead of him and retrieve the CHRONOS keys before the Cyrists get them. She can’t grab them willy nilly, though. If Saul discovers what she is up too, he can go to a previous point in time and stop her. With the help of Kiernan, a fellow time traveler, she creates a plan and taxes her mind and body beyond the breaking point. Can Kate keep all the timeline’s straight? Can she rebuild the relationship with Trey that only she can remember?
Time’s Edge is the second book in the Chronos Files. Walker periodically references events in the first book to nudge the reader’s memory and these tidbits of information would be enough to help a reader who jumped into this second book without the first. The time traveling creates a read that is full of action and intrigue where the reader must consistently remind themselves that the era is extremely different from the previous point. Even with these constant time shifts, the story is not hard to follow and the reader is easily swept along. Sorry faithful reader … the Chronos Files are far from over and the adventure should only get better.
Time’s Edge is the second book in the Chronos Files. Walker periodically references events in the first book to nudge the reader’s memory and these tidbits of information would be enough to help a reader who jumped into this second book without the first. The time traveling creates a read that is full of action and intrigue where the reader must consistently remind themselves that the era is extremely different from the previous point. Even with these constant time shifts, the story is not hard to follow and the reader is easily swept along. Sorry faithful reader … the Chronos Files are far from over and the adventure should only get better.
Last year I was pleasantly surprised by Timebound a young adult scifi novel that included time travel, religious zealots, the 1893 Chicago Expo and a serial killer H. H. Holmes. I was equally impressed by the novella Time’s Echo that followed one of the characters from Timebound up until a timeline shift from the beginning of Timebound.
I found Time’s Edge to be even better than Timebound. There were more interesting time jumps, less learning how to time travel (which affected the pacing of the first book for me), crazier experiences including a mass death of a small town and a lynching. The plot became deeper, the characters more three dimensional and I really grew to like Kate’s character a lot more in this as she grew into a young woman.
Kate is on a mission, she is one of only a handful of people who know that the present she is currently living in has been altered. Once upon a time her grandparents worked for Chronos, whose main job was to observe important historical events for the true history. That was until her grandfather Saul decided he wanted to control history and create a future where he held enormous wealth and power. With the help of Kate’s aunt Pru, Saul has influenced key moments in time creating a religious following called Cyrists. When Saul blew up Chronos in the future he left about a dozen time travelers scattered throughout the past. Now Kate needs to find them and convince them to give her their time travel keys so she can stop her Grandfathers evil plan.
I really liked all of the time travel explanations and showing how it affects different people. Sometimes it took a few minutes to sometimes wrap my head around certain situations but I caught onto the rules that Rysa Walker used for her story and I think she lived within those rules pretty well. Sometimes I get a little nitpicky on sci-fi stuff like this but it was done in a way there wasn’t anything glaringly wrong.
Another aspect I really like about the story is the actually in the history of it. I enjoy when Kate is trapesing through different historical times and the little tidbits that are thrown in. The time in Georgia in 1911 and 1938 I found especially interesting. The culture of the era was different and I thought that the research was done really well with FDR’s campaigning, the attitude of the town towards people of color and even how different terms were created.
I HATE LOVE TRIANGES….Raise your hand if you also hate love triangles.
BUT…..I didn’t at all mind the love triangle in this book. It will probably still break my heart into a million pieces later on as most freaking love triangles do. That said I totally accepted in this story because: Kiernan met Kate in a different time line, one only he remembers. In that they were together for a few years and completely in love. He still has all of those feelings even if she can’t remember ‘his’ Kate. Kate fell in love with Trey in the time line she remembers, but they are trying to get to know one another again since he doesn’t remember her when the last time line shifted. (I know that seems a bit confusing but really it is done far better than I explained it here)
So even if you aren’t a fan of love triangles don’t let that deter you. There is plenty of time jumping around to different time points, trying to figure out what Saul’s ultimate plan is and how to thwart him, who can we trust for sure and who is really the enemy.
The ending is a slight cliff hanger but in a super exciting WOW I want to read the next book right now kind of way. So if you like time travel, historical fiction or just a good solid story go ahead and jump in the space time continuum is fine.
Thank you to Skyscape via Netgalley for the ARC
I found Time’s Edge to be even better than Timebound. There were more interesting time jumps, less learning how to time travel (which affected the pacing of the first book for me), crazier experiences including a mass death of a small town and a lynching. The plot became deeper, the characters more three dimensional and I really grew to like Kate’s character a lot more in this as she grew into a young woman.
Kate is on a mission, she is one of only a handful of people who know that the present she is currently living in has been altered. Once upon a time her grandparents worked for Chronos, whose main job was to observe important historical events for the true history. That was until her grandfather Saul decided he wanted to control history and create a future where he held enormous wealth and power. With the help of Kate’s aunt Pru, Saul has influenced key moments in time creating a religious following called Cyrists. When Saul blew up Chronos in the future he left about a dozen time travelers scattered throughout the past. Now Kate needs to find them and convince them to give her their time travel keys so she can stop her Grandfathers evil plan.
I really liked all of the time travel explanations and showing how it affects different people. Sometimes it took a few minutes to sometimes wrap my head around certain situations but I caught onto the rules that Rysa Walker used for her story and I think she lived within those rules pretty well. Sometimes I get a little nitpicky on sci-fi stuff like this but it was done in a way there wasn’t anything glaringly wrong.
"You know, this would be a lot easier to get used to if you had to go back to you TARDIS if whatever before you disappeared."
Another aspect I really like about the story is the actually in the history of it. I enjoy when Kate is trapesing through different historical times and the little tidbits that are thrown in. The time in Georgia in 1911 and 1938 I found especially interesting. The culture of the era was different and I thought that the research was done really well with FDR’s campaigning, the attitude of the town towards people of color and even how different terms were created.
“Arrests? For What?”
“Necking in the canoes. Canoedling, some of them all it.”
I give him a skeptical look. “Why make out in a canoe? There are people all around them. It’s not very private.”
“People in the other boats are doing the same thing, so they aren’t gonna pay you any mind. In a few years, when there are autos everywhere, the backseat will put these canoe vendors out of business, but right now, those boats are the most privacy you can buy for a dime.”
I HATE LOVE TRIANGES….Raise your hand if you also hate love triangles.
BUT…..I didn’t at all mind the love triangle in this book. It will probably still break my heart into a million pieces later on as most freaking love triangles do. That said I totally accepted in this story because: Kiernan met Kate in a different time line, one only he remembers. In that they were together for a few years and completely in love. He still has all of those feelings even if she can’t remember ‘his’ Kate. Kate fell in love with Trey in the time line she remembers, but they are trying to get to know one another again since he doesn’t remember her when the last time line shifted. (I know that seems a bit confusing but really it is done far better than I explained it here)
”I’m not saying you don’t care about Trey. I know you do. You might even love be in love with him, although I don’t like thinking about that possibility. All I’m saying is you have feelings for me, too. And don’t give me any crap about my inflated ego. I’ve seen you in love with me before, and I still see something of that in your eyes. I’ve tried to tell myself it’s just wishful thinking but it’s not...."
So even if you aren’t a fan of love triangles don’t let that deter you. There is plenty of time jumping around to different time points, trying to figure out what Saul’s ultimate plan is and how to thwart him, who can we trust for sure and who is really the enemy.
The ending is a slight cliff hanger but in a super exciting WOW I want to read the next book right now kind of way. So if you like time travel, historical fiction or just a good solid story go ahead and jump in the space time continuum is fine.
Thank you to Skyscape via Netgalley for the ARC
Wow what an ending!! I found this installment of the Chronos Files while more interesting also a little bit harder to follow with all of the different timelines and now a love triangle. Overall though it kept me wanting to know what was coming next and there was a lot more character development for Kiernan which I also appreciated. I have a lot of questions that I hope are answered in the third novel!
Not as good as the first one but still entertaining. Could be suffering from middle-of-a-trilogy syndrome where it'll all be wrapped up nice and tight in the third volume.
It took over half for it to get really interesting, but when it did, it was very spell binding. Some interesting character development is happening and promises to continue in #3.
Generally written better than the first (not as much over-explaining), yet definitely still some confusing bits. As with book 1, Trey was pushy and I felt like his character was forced, and that the writing of their relationship was also forced. Still waiting for him to be revealed as working with the bad guy. At the end, I felt like his connection was a little too convenient. I'd rather see Kate end up with Kiernan.
Second book in the series. I read the first a few years back. Interesting time travel mechanic and decent save the world setup. Enjoying most if the main characters.