Infinityglass
The stakes have risen even higher in this third book in the Hourglass series.
The Hourglass is a secret organization focused on the study of manipulating time, and its members — many of them teenagers -have uncanny abilities to make time work for them in mysterious ways. Inherent in these powers is a responsibility to take great care, because altering one small moment can have devastating consequences for the past, present, and future. But some time travelers are not exactly honorable, and sometimes unsavory deals must be struck to maintain order.
With the Infinityglass (central to understanding and harnessing the time gene) at large, the hunt is on to find it before someone else does.
But the Hourglass has an advantage. Lily, who has the ability to locate anything lost, has determined that the Infinityglass isn't an object. It's a person. And the Hourglass must find him or her first. But where do you start searching for the very key to time when every second could be the last?
The Hourglass is a secret organization focused on the study of manipulating time, and its members — many of them teenagers -have uncanny abilities to make time work for them in mysterious ways. Inherent in these powers is a responsibility to take great care, because altering one small moment can have devastating consequences for the past, present, and future. But some time travelers are not exactly honorable, and sometimes unsavory deals must be struck to maintain order.
With the Infinityglass (central to understanding and harnessing the time gene) at large, the hunt is on to find it before someone else does.
But the Hourglass has an advantage. Lily, who has the ability to locate anything lost, has determined that the Infinityglass isn't an object. It's a person. And the Hourglass must find him or her first. But where do you start searching for the very key to time when every second could be the last?
(summary from goodreads.com)
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Hmm… (I wonder how many reviews start that way? I should start keeping track!) I have so far loved this series, and not ONLY because of the many Doctor Who references. This was more of the same - I really like how each book has a different main character. It allows the previously "finally got together after a whole book of angst" characters to rest for a minute and be happy and have a more relaxed, supportive role. I like happy used-to-be-main-characters. This book is the same - another side character from past books takes a central focus and off we go. But at the same time this book wasn't as fabulous to me as the other ones. The world building is starting to get confusing - SO many parts and people and chaos. What the crap is happening again? The different perspectives in this book came too quickly and was sometimes disorienting. WHO is talking right now? Let me skim back a few pages … again … okay, now I've got it. Proceed. And this time there was a bit more instalove than I prefer in my books, and WOW was it steamy. Just simmer down, folks, ya barely know each other! So in other words, my inner old lady reared her head a bit more than usual. I'll still read this series, I like this author's writing. I anticipate the next book to focus on Nate or Ava or Poe. Which one shall it be? But next time I'll reread all the previous books beforehand so I don't feel so lost.
Mom note: As
a mother of readers, I also
want to make a note to myself (and others if they care) why I would or
would not have my children read this book, because honestly, sometimes I
forget. This is a YA book, so everything is within YA strictures.
Violence: moderate; Profanity: moderate; Sex: yes, unspecific but lots of build up
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