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A review by jennifermreads
Tempest by Julie Cross
4.0
This was so not what I was expecting – it was a page-turner. I liked that the main character is a guy. The time travel bit was fantastic – and don’t think about the logistics too much or your head hurts! I became invested in Jackson and was rooting for him. Auxiliary characters: Adam the computer geek and Holly the spunky girlfriend … both fantastic and entertaining.
All-in-all a very good read and I’d race to get the 2nd installment. The only drawback: after beating into our brains that Jackson could jump back in time and not change events, the book ends with him jumping back in time and changing events (by not meeting Holly and, thus, not falling in love with her & she with him). It is possible, on a 2nd read, I will confirm that it is the half-jumps that mean Jackson cannot change time: when he has a home base and feels his body splitting when he jumps. But if he full-jumps and, thus, changes his home base, he can change event and thus the future. If I’m interpreting it correctly then he full-jumped at the end in order to protect Holly via preventing their first meeting. But if it is fate, can one missed meeting prevent them ever connecting?!?
All-in-all a very good read and I’d race to get the 2nd installment. The only drawback: after beating into our brains that Jackson could jump back in time and not change events, the book ends with him jumping back in time and changing events (by not meeting Holly and, thus, not falling in love with her & she with him). It is possible, on a 2nd read, I will confirm that it is the half-jumps that mean Jackson cannot change time: when he has a home base and feels his body splitting when he jumps. But if he full-jumps and, thus, changes his home base, he can change event and thus the future. If I’m interpreting it correctly then he full-jumped at the end in order to protect Holly via preventing their first meeting. But if it is fate, can one missed meeting prevent them ever connecting?!?