Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Review: Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone



By: Tamara Ireland Stone
Publisher: Hyperion
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Genre/Age: YA Sci-Fi Time Travel
Pages: 384
Source: ARC from Around the World ARC Tours

Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett’s unique ability to travel through time and space brings him into Anna’s life, and with him, a new world of adventure and possibility.

As their relationship deepens, they face the reality that time might knock Bennett back where he belongs, even as a devastating crisis throws everything they believe into question. Against a ticking clock, Anna and Bennett are forced to ask themselves how far they can push the bounds of fate – and what consequences they can bear in order to stay together.

Fresh, exciting, and deeply romantic, Time Between Us is a stunning and spellbinding debut from an extraordinary new talent in YA fiction.


I went into Time Between Us expecting something like a YA Time Traveler’s Wife, and while there are definitely similar elements, this is a much different story. In Time Between Us the time travel aspect felt like it came second to the love story, which still makes for a sweet book but left me wanting a little more in terms of complications and obstacles due to the time travel. And I couldn’t help but question the logic of some of Bennett’s actions and decisions.

This is not to say that there aren’t any time travel shenanigans, because there definitely are and I truly enjoyed some of them. I especially loved some of Anna and Bennett’s first interactions. There is also an emphasis on the consequences and responsibilities of time travel, which I thought added a great layer. Is it okay to go back in time and change things? How much is too much? Although I will say that it bugged me a little that Bennett was willing to bend his rules for Anna even though she clearly had less experience with it than he did. Man, that boy was whipped. Haha.

If you’re a fan of time travel romance but the complexities of time travel tend to give you a headache, Time Between Us is the perfect book for you. The time travel is fun and easy to understand and you won’t be able to help getting swept up in the whirlwind romance of Anna and Bennett’s story.

3 comments:

  1. I'm really excited to read this! I'm a big fan of The Time Traveler's Wife, and all of the crazy emotions that came with that book, but I think I'll enjoy the sweetness of Time Between Us. I hope I can get to it soon!

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  2. I love time travel and the fact that it's easy to understand in this one, is really appealing to me. Sometimes, I don't like to puzzle :p Great review.

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