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A review by mousie_books
Early to Death, Early to Rise by Kim Harrison
3.0
I did not quite get Ron's (the light timekeeper) motivation and that made it hard for me to get into the book. The plot was pretty obvious, but the ending was fun.
Madison is the dark timekeeper, and her goal is to try and save both lives and souls.
Two teenage friends lives hang in the balance. Shoe is a hacker, and has written a computer program than can shut down systems. Ace's jealous and insecurities and general jackassery lead him to steal Shoe's program to shut down the hospital where his mom works, and point the finger at Shoe. There is a (pretty obvious) misdirect where everyone thinks Shoe is the evil one. Madison figures it out before Ron, but Paul (the light timekeeper's apprentice) sticks a guardian angel on Ace by following her. Madison and Shoe break into the hospital to 'patch' the hack. They succeed, and because of the intervention, Shoe goes onto work for the CIA and save lives. Ace stays a loser and dies of a drug overdose at 30, but at least he doesn't kill any people.
Spoiler
The dark timekeeper believes in Fate, and saves souls by killing people before they kill their own souls. The light timekeeper believes in Choice, but not really? It seems like they mostly exist to stop the dark timekeeper.Madison is the dark timekeeper, and her goal is to try and save both lives and souls.
Two teenage friends lives hang in the balance. Shoe is a hacker, and has written a computer program than can shut down systems. Ace's jealous and insecurities and general jackassery lead him to steal Shoe's program to shut down the hospital where his mom works, and point the finger at Shoe. There is a (pretty obvious) misdirect where everyone thinks Shoe is the evil one. Madison figures it out before Ron, but Paul (the light timekeeper's apprentice) sticks a guardian angel on Ace by following her. Madison and Shoe break into the hospital to 'patch' the hack. They succeed, and because of the intervention, Shoe goes onto work for the CIA and save lives. Ace stays a loser and dies of a drug overdose at 30, but at least he doesn't kill any people.