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A review by laura_cs
Timekeeper by Tara Sim
5.0
3rd Read 2019: This book just gets better and better every time I read it. I love it so much...
2nd Read 2018: In preparation of reading the second book in Tara Sim’s Victorian Steampunk trilogy, I re-read Timekeeper and fell in love all over again! This is a book I’ve recommend countless times since I read it last spring, and the first book I’ve read in a long time that I wanted to re-read almost immediately after finishing the last chapter.
Ms. Sim has created an amazing world with unique rules and mythos, as well as a fantastic cast of characters. This is a fantastic blending of genres and ideas all within one book: there’s obviously the sci-fi and fantasy aspects of the steampunk world mixed with magic, the underlying mystery of “who is sabotaging the clock towers and why?”, and of course romance. You’ve got characters from all different walks of life with different problems, who all come together to solve the same problem and make things right. It’s got a happy ending, though with an ominous note to lead into book 2, Chainbreaker.
Oh, and there’s explosions. Lots of stuff goes boom.
Favorite part: Colton, without a doubt. He’s equal parts innocent cinnamon roll and devious little monster.
2nd Read 2018: In preparation of reading the second book in Tara Sim’s Victorian Steampunk trilogy, I re-read Timekeeper and fell in love all over again! This is a book I’ve recommend countless times since I read it last spring, and the first book I’ve read in a long time that I wanted to re-read almost immediately after finishing the last chapter.
Ms. Sim has created an amazing world with unique rules and mythos, as well as a fantastic cast of characters. This is a fantastic blending of genres and ideas all within one book: there’s obviously the sci-fi and fantasy aspects of the steampunk world mixed with magic, the underlying mystery of “who is sabotaging the clock towers and why?”, and of course romance. You’ve got characters from all different walks of life with different problems, who all come together to solve the same problem and make things right. It’s got a happy ending, though with an ominous note to lead into book 2, Chainbreaker.
Oh, and there’s explosions. Lots of stuff goes boom.
Favorite part: Colton, without a doubt. He’s equal parts innocent cinnamon roll and devious little monster.