Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Book on Trial #16: Tempest

Title: Tempest

Author: Julie Cross

Genre: Teen, time travel, astral projection, future, past, present, love, angst, death, making a difference, war, CIA, government operations, tempest, genetics, secrets, family.

Recommended For: 12+

Rating: 

Sentence: I sentence Julie Cross to inheriting the tempest gene so she can go back and make the beginning of her debut novel as interesting as the end.

Review: I have to admit, this was really hard to get into. Getting into Cross’ version of time travel was a little bit annoying because it was not initially explained about half time-travelling. Not only this, but Jackson seems unnecessarily dumb for a “smart” university student. I mean, it’s ridiculously obvious that his father knows about Jackson’s time travelling and is involved somehow.

But after Jackson FINALLY escapes 2007 and back to 2009, the story starts moving. Cross’ version of time travel and genetics has a lot of potential, however, her characters still lack some depth. 

Sure Jackson is really in love with Holly (only realizing after losing her in 2009), but his range of emotions is desperately tiny. 

Finally, I must admit that I like a dark story and while Tempest has it’s sad moments, it didn’t spark any emotional response or connection with me. It was weak until about the last quarter of the book.

I must admit that I await the rest of the series, hoping it is consistent with the good parts of Tempest. 

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