Book: Hourglass by Myra McEntire

Book Info: Published by Egmont USA; 270 pages

Source: e-book via the public library

Genre: YA/Science Fiction, Paranormal and Romance

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Goodreads.com Summary: One hour to rewrite the past . . . 
 
For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn’t there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents’ death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She’s tried everything, but the visions keep coming back.

So when her well-meaning brother brings in a consultant from a secretive organization called the Hourglass, Emerson’s willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only change her future, it may change her past.
Who is this dark, mysterious, sympathetic guy, barely older than Emerson herself, who seems to believe every crazy word she says? Why does an electric charge seem to run through the room whenever he’s around? And why is he so insistent that he needs her help to prevent a death that never should have happened?

What intrigued me the most about Hourglass was the blending of paranormal and science fiction.  Normally, I wouldn’t put the two genres together, but I thought it worked well.

I really liked the time travel and schools for people with different abilities.  There are rules to time travel and such- they aren’t explained, which didn’t irritate me like it normally would.  I thought it worked, though, because most of the novel was laying the groundwork for the rest of the series.

The romance was okay, with the seemingly required love triangle.  There is a definite (and immediate) connection between Michael and Emerson, which makes sense, given their abilities complement each other quite nicely.  But there’s also something between Kaleb and Emerson, but for now, I’m chalking it up to Kaleb being very empathetic.

There is something very epic about this book.  I also liked that it was slightly unpredictable.  And the setting?  Tennessee was interesting, but not what I pictured.  For some reason, I kept picturing Georgia or South Carolina.

I liked it enough to give it a 3 out of 5, but not enough to keep reading the rest of the series.