Named (Guardians of Time, #1)

by Marianne Curley

Imagine if you were able to change history. By altering one tiny thing you could start a chain of catastrophic events...if you wanted to. Ethan is one of the Named, fated to stop this ever happening, although the forces of chaos have other ideas and Ethan is finding it more and more difficult to stay one step ahead. He is also a normal schoolboy, with a life which is rapidly becoming too confusing, and when Isabel arrives on the scene, it only make things worse: at first. This is history in the making - literally.

• ISBN10: 1417744707
• ISBN13: 9781417744701
• Publish Date: 1 May 2005 (first published 20 May 2002)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 7 April 2021
• Imprint: Turtleback Books
• Edition: Turtleback School & Library ed.
• Format: Hardcover (Library Binding)
• Language: English

Reviews

[Baroness Book Trove]

The Named by Marianne Curley is about Ethan getting Isabel to believe in who they truly are.

Will Ethan get Isabel trained in time for their first mission together?

Ethan

Ethan Roberts is our first point of view main character, and it is cool to see things through his perspective. He has been with the Guardians of Time since he was little. Ethan's skills help him do things that he probably wouldn't have done in the first place. Ethan is an awesome character. His perspective on some things shows us how easy it has influenced him to use one of his powers to show Isabel accidentally. This may break some more of their codes of conduct. Each time though, he felt that it was needed to be done. I like this character a lot, and I can't wait to see what else goes on with him.

Isabel

Isabel Becket is our other point of view main character. She doesn't know about her unique talents besides being able to heal when Isabel yells at herself to heal a wound that she accidentally gives herself. Isabel is a newbie to the Guardians of Time, and she has a lot to prove to them. Not only that, but Isabel needs help with using swords and other things that she may need to use in the past. That is because Isabel must protect herself in the past besides healing her fallen friends. I liked Isabel a lot and was rooting for her in both perspectives to get something right or to see reason with what Ethan was telling her.

Five Stars

The Named by Marianne Curley is the first book in a remarkable series that I have been dying to read for a while. I loved this book immensely. It is set in Australia, which is foreign to this American. But my brain immediately transfers any words that look a bit weird to what I would typically say. Ms. Curley has done a fantastic job of writing this book and I am off to read to the next book, The Dark, soon. My rating for The Named by Marianne Curley is five stars, and I am giving it a huge recommendation for this entire series for any young adult fantasy readers out there.

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Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of The Named by Marianne Curley.

Until the next time,



Happy Reading!

This review was originally posted on Baroness' Book Trove

[Rinn]

I got this from the library when I was about 11 or 12, and took it on holiday with me. I remember devouring it and wanting to go home from my holiday, purely so I could read the next one. I still love the series now, and re-read them every so often. They're a quick and easy read, and the story is gripping. If you're a fan of history, the books are especially appealing. I also liked that one of the main characters shared my name ;)

[wyvernfriend]

Ethan is Named, someone who has the ability to travel between times and help a group ensure that the present continues as it should. There's another group determined to allow chaos to reign. It's a fairly common trope in time-travel stories and it's not badly handled here. However it's not the best of it's type either, that won't stop me looking to read the next story.

I liked Ethan and his optimism and I would like to know what's going on with the two groups involved in messing with time. There a fair amount of stuff flagged for the future and there's a promise that not everyone is as innocent as they might look.