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by: Gabrielle Meyer
rating: loved
Libby is a time-crosser. She doesn't know why, but she knows it's hereditary. Her mother and her mother's mother were time-crossers before her. She lives two lives: one in 1774 Colonial Williamsburg, and one in 1914 Gilded Age New York City. When she wakes up each morning she's in the opposite time as the day before with no time passing as she crisscrosses through her timelines. But she knows that with her forthcoming 21st birthday she will finally be able to choose the life she wants to be in permanently. And she already knows her decision. But with more than a year before her 21st lots of things can happen that may complicate the desires of her heart.
In 1774 Libby is working with her mother to make ends meet running the newspaper that is the legacy of her late father. In 1914 she is a Gilded Age socialite being paraded around by her Mother in the interest of mother's dreams of breaking into English aristocracy. The juxtaposition of these two lives and how Libby feels about each holds the reader in a tension as you anticipate the outcome but can't foresee a happily ever after.
This is like no book I have read before. It's like getting two books in one. Much more than a typical historical fiction duo timeline plot. The tension and the juxtaposition propel you through. And I am a sucker for a time travel book, but even if you are not a fan, but like historical fiction, I think this book could still be for you because the historical elements are the boss of the plot, not the time travel. Plus there is an element of love (familial and romantic) that grounds the story and the emotions.
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