I have to say, this was another pleasant surprise for me! It started off a bit slow, and was kind of a little cookie-cutter time travel- at first, and that is quite important to note! While I did have a few issues in the beginning (nothing specific, it just felt a bit slower and formulaic), The Edge of Forever really took off, and went in a really great direction!
Let's talk about these things I have enjoyed:
- Yes, it was a time travel situation, but it was also a mystery. And I honestly didn't know where this mystery was going to go, which is always fun! There were a lot of twists, most of which I did not see coming.
- Alora and Bridger were good characters, and the romance was slow and not the focus of the book at all. I would have liked just a bit more character development, but overall it worked for the story, since there was a lot of other stuff going on!
- The time travel stuff was very unique and complex, but not confusing. This is huge for me, because a lot of times, I find time travel books to be either too simplistic, and therefore unbelievable, or too complicated and I end up just zoning out. This was refreshingly neither! There were multiple timelines, all kinds of rules, trust issues, and other stuff that might be spoilery, but through it all, I was able to keep up.
- There's going to be another book! I read this book thinking it was a standalone, but when I finished I thought it had tons of potential for a series. I wanted to find out what the deal was, so after a pretty good Twitter stalking session, I found out that the author is working on a sequel, which I will most definitely be reading, because this was a very fascinating world!
Bottom Line:The Edge of Forever was fast paced and fun, with the perfect amount of mystery and time travelling shenanigans to keep me very intrigued!
**Copy provided by publisher for review**
This review was originally posted on It Starts at Midnight