Sideswiped (The Peri Reed Chronicles)

by Kim Harrison

• ISBN10: 1501134248
• ISBN13: 9781501134241
• Publish Date: 10 August 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Pocket Star
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[Berls]

3.5 stars - great introduction to world and characters. I'm really excited to keep reading in this world. Obviously it's short and, as usual with shorts, I'm a bit frustrated with where it ended. Full review to follow.

[littleread1]

I am so confused right now ... and I was told to read this first because it woild help things make more sense later. Good lord what happens later that this makes sense? *headache*

[Linda]

Sideswiped is the prequel novella to Harrison's new series The Peri Reed Chronicles, and it sets the background for both the overall story and the characters. Mysterious and dealing prominently with time travel or time change, while also showing how agents are being trained in order to be able to work for a very secret government organization.

This and all my other reviews are originally posted on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews

[kimbacaffeinate]

Sideswiped takes the reader back five years before The Drafter begins and introduces us to key players. They are all brilliant college students in their senior year and preparing for final exams. One of those tests involves a mission to retrieve an item in a real world environment. Told from the perspective of Silas we learn about the characters, witness their test and see them band together to change the outcome. We are also introduced to Peri Reed a freshman and she makes a grand entrance which left me with many questions I hope will be answered in the series.

Harrison was clever allowing Silas to tell us their story; He shared his relationships with his fellow students and introduced us to Peri Reed the main character of The Drafter. The idea of drafting, anchors and the technology are briefly described teasing the reader with tantalizing tidbits. We learn that upon graduation they will have careers as drafters or anchors working for the government. Silas is already a doctor and is working on his thesis. His theory is that drafters are actual shifting sideways in time to alternate versions of reality and not going back in time as the scientist believe.

Events that occur in Sideswiped clearly have a strong impact on Silas, Perri and their friends. A stranger named Fran, introduced near the end hints that there is an alternate path for their careers.It gave me a sense of sides being drawn and I am excited to see what develops.

Copy provided by publisher. This review was originally posted on Caffeinated Book Reviewer