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A review by kethyar
Time's Twisted Arrow by Rysa Walker
4.0
Wow, I really enjoyed this book! (Evidence is that I read it in less than 24 hours) It was well-written, a quick read without feeling like fluff, and I loved loved loved the characters!
Kate is a normal teenager who has a gene that allows her to time travel with a CHRONOS medallion, and with the help of her grandmother, travels in time to try to reset the timeline that's been altered.
The whole time travel with altered time lines was very neat. On one hand, confusing, but even the characters find it that way. Obviously, small and large events are being changed at different points, and it's starting to add up. But it's interesting to see how one point may be righted but other things are still different.
The characters were great. Kate felt real and realistic to me. I really connected with her and felt she was well written. I'll have to say I liked Kiernan over Trey, but then, who doesn't love a tall, dark handsome Irishman who's in love with you?? But even side characters, like Connor and her father and mother, all seemed very realistic with their motives and quirks.
A couple of times I felt a little lost in the explanations. In the beginning, when Kate's grandmother is explaining everything, there was at least one point where I ended up lost. I re-read the sections/pages, but it almost seemed as if there was missing information, or the characters were supposing everyone knew a bit more about what was going on. A point later in the book in a conversation with Prudence left me in the same point of confusion. Not completely bewildered, but just felt like I had some missing gaps. But I gallantly pressed on, assuming it would all come together in the end (kind of like the characters did - surely all this alternate backwards/forwards will make sense eventually!). It did.
There are definitely ideas that need to be explored going forward, and a lot more time that needs to be corrected, so I can't wait for a sequel! The relationships between Kate and Trey and Kiernan are ones that I'm very excited to explore and see where it all goes.
Again, I thought this was a great, fun read and would highly recommend it.
Kate is a normal teenager who has a gene that allows her to time travel with a CHRONOS medallion, and with the help of her grandmother, travels in time to try to reset the timeline that's been altered.
The whole time travel with altered time lines was very neat. On one hand, confusing, but even the characters find it that way. Obviously, small and large events are being changed at different points, and it's starting to add up. But it's interesting to see how one point may be righted but other things are still different.
The characters were great. Kate felt real and realistic to me. I really connected with her and felt she was well written. I'll have to say I liked Kiernan over Trey, but then, who doesn't love a tall, dark handsome Irishman who's in love with you?? But even side characters, like Connor and her father and mother, all seemed very realistic with their motives and quirks.
A couple of times I felt a little lost in the explanations. In the beginning, when Kate's grandmother is explaining everything, there was at least one point where I ended up lost. I re-read the sections/pages, but it almost seemed as if there was missing information, or the characters were supposing everyone knew a bit more about what was going on. A point later in the book in a conversation with Prudence left me in the same point of confusion. Not completely bewildered, but just felt like I had some missing gaps. But I gallantly pressed on, assuming it would all come together in the end (kind of like the characters did - surely all this alternate backwards/forwards will make sense eventually!). It did.
There are definitely ideas that need to be explored going forward, and a lot more time that needs to be corrected, so I can't wait for a sequel! The relationships between Kate and Trey and Kiernan are ones that I'm very excited to explore and see where it all goes.
Again, I thought this was a great, fun read and would highly recommend it.