Tempest (Julie Cross)

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         Jackson Meyer can travel through time, but not in the way one might expect.  As far as he knows, he can only jump short distances back in time, and he can't change the future once he's there.  Jackson and his friend Adam spend the summer testing the bounds of time travel through experiments.  It's all fun and games for Jackson until two strangers burst into his girlfriend Holly's dorm, and Holly is shot.  In his panic, Jackson shoots back farther in time than he has ever gone - two years back, to be exact.  Normally, he would just boomerang right back to 2009, his "home base".  The problem?  Jackson somehow made 2007 his new home base and he can't jump to the future.  In other words, he's stuck in the past and has to find a way back to 2009 to save Holly.

         This was a really cool concept!  First of all, what's not to love about a book that has spies and time travel?  Plus, it was pretty well-executed.  Jackson's jumps weren't too hard to follow thanks to time updates in every chapter.  I loved watching Jackson's interactions in his own past, and it was interesting to see how these interactions did (or did not) affect the future.  Jackson is the kind of guy that you root for and want good things to happen to . . . Tempest left me hanging, wondering whether things will work out.  Hopefully there will be a sequel to this book soon!

Rating: 4/5
Completed: June 7, 2012