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Friday, August 10, 2012

Hourglass by Myra McEntire -- Review contains spoilers!

Hourglass
(Hourglass, #1)
by Myra McEntire
Released |June 14th 2011 by EgmontUSA|
|review written by Jalyn|
One hour to rewrite the past . . . 
For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn't there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents' death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She's tried everything, but the visions keep coming back.
So when her well-meaning brother brings in a consultant from a secretive organization called the Hourglass, Emerson's willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only change her future, it may also change her past.
Who is this dark, mysterious, sympathetic guy, barely older than Emerson herself, who seems to believe every crazy word she says? Why does an electric charge seem to run through the room whenever he's around? And why is he so insistent that he needs her help to prevent a death that never should have happened?

 I really enjoyed this book. I felt a good connection to the characters and the story line was different from the usual YA paranormal. I really liked that I didn't see the time traveling story coming. I just thought I was going to be reading a book about a girl that sees the dead.

Emerson was an enjoyable character and I liked her relationship with Michael. I know it bothers a lot of readers when characters fall in love fast, but when the writing is good, I don't mind it at all. Em and Michael tried to stay apart romantically through most of the book. They weren't spewing "I Love You" all the time [that actually doesn't even happen until the end of the book and Em wasn't annoying with her inner thoughts about him. 

I had very few issues with this book. Really the only thing that bothered me was that Lily was introduced and talked about like she was going to have a bigger part in the book, but we don't see much of Em's "best friend." I'm hoping that Lily will have a bigger role in the next book.

I will definitely be reading book two, Timepiece, as soon as I can get a copy :)

10 comments:

  1. Thanks for posting my review!! :)

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  2. It's great to see another review and perspective! There's some points I agree and disagree with, but I always love to compare. Thanks for posting the review Janina!

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  3. When I first saw this was going to be a BoTM, I didn't even bother to read the description, I didn't want to read it. But now that I read the description, I really want to read it! It sounds so good!

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  4. Since its a book of the month it will be read soon. Can't wait.

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  5. I had trouble getting myself to read this book. I don't know why. I hadn't even cracked the cover. Maybe it was the amazon synopsis. Don't know. But when I finally did start the book, I don't know why I was being so silly. It was really good and I liked it - a lot!

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  6. I have to get moving I need to read this book before the end of the month.

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  7. So I thought I had this book but I defiantly can't find it so I am going to assume that I don't have it. That is until I come across it as soon as the challenge is over loo.

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    1. That sucks. I really liked that book. Hope you find it soon!!

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    2. Well I might have just thought that I bought it but really didn't lol. Who knows.

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  8. This blog really needs to updated lol. How can I make two comments a day when it's the same stuff haha. I'll have to get really creative.

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