Ethan is fishing alone when the air
seems to become more liquid. He closes his eyes feeling that
something strange is happening. When he opens them, he sees a naked
girl walking along the river bank. Worried about her, he gives her
his sweatshirt and watches her walk away toward town.
The girl is Prenna, a visitor from a
future time. The world in which she lived is dying. Her brothers and
many others have been killed by a plague. Their world is filled with
social and economic unrest. They have some to be saved, blend in with
the world of 2010, and try to discover whether there is some way they
can change the course of history.
The group from the future lives under a
stringent set of rules that includes no intimate contact with members
of the 2010 generation. The elders spy on them and punish them to
make sure they obey these rules, but the attraction between Ethan and
Prenna is strong. They become friends and soon they are trying to
solve the mystery of how to change history.
The story moves rather slowly. It takes
time for Ethan and Prenna to get together and then more time slowly
unraveling the mystery of why the world went so terribly wrong. It
takes a long time because the romance becomes paramount. The
teenagers go to the beach, drink, play cards, and generally get to
know each other. This slows the action since their interactions are
awkward and without real emotion.
I wasn't impressed with the characters.
Ethan is too perfect. He's ready and able to do anything to save
Prenna. She is very introverted and afraid when the story opens, but
she overcomes it to try to save the future. In fact, she becomes
quite assertive making decisions that sometimes appear quite stupid.
I enjoyed the book and would recommend
it if you enjoy time travel stories. It appears to be set up as part
of a series, so perhaps in the other books the pace will be faster.
I reviewed this book for Net Galley.
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