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Timeless
Seventeen-year-old California cheerleader Jessica is beautiful, wealthy, and popular. She has everything she could ever want, except happiness. But her world changes forever when Tommy, a dark, sexy, mysterious stranger arrives at school on a motorcycle the first day of senior year. Sweeping her off her feet, she loses her heart to him. But will time tear them apart forever?
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First published October 13, 2010
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November 23, 2012
Timeless is a book about a girl named Jessica and a guy named Tommy. Jessica comes from a highly privileged family where her life is planned out, and Tommy is a 50s rebel who she often compares to Danny from Grease. Brad is Jessica’s former football playing boyfriend. This book was terrible. I was able to read this book in a couple days. Things were constantly repeated, and spell check was never used. Yip instead of yep unless that was how it was supposed to be. There were so many gag worthy quotes that I couldn’t handle it any more.
Let’s break it down.
Jessica meets Tommy on a day of school with her “popular friends” which by the end of the book she was calling her frenimes. She also was at the time dating Brad and they were had a perfectly fine relationship. Once Jessica started obsessing over Tommy that’s when she started to call Brad “obsessive and possessive.” However, she also was making her feelings for Tommy public, so Brad had every right to be possessive.
“At least Tommy and I had English class together where he passed me drawings and notes with poems or song lyrics.”
“Lately he had bordered on obsessive, and I was scared that it would push him over the edge.”
Well, yes it would if you started cheating on him. Jessica and Brad went on their one year anniversary date and this is when Jessica was planning on telling Brad that she no longer wanted to be with him anymore. He ordered the wrong food and he “just didn’t get her at all.”
“I couldn’t wait until after I had told Brad that it was over, because then I could be open about my feelings for Tommy.”
Once the break up with Brad was done Jessica rushed over to cry on Tommy’s shoulder at the diner they started making their hangout. While she said Brad didn’t know who she was, doesn’t mean Tommy does either. He was making her decisions for her, and she was just going along with it “because she loved him.”
“Say no more, we make the best pizzas in the whole world. You do like pizza right?”
“Yes, it’s my favorite,” I smiled happy that he wasn’t forcing his choice of dinner down my throat like Brad and he actually knew what I like.”
Brad’s stalker ways continue for awhile. This upsets Jessica and she runs again to Tommy for safety.
“He raised his voice and was trying to start a fight. I don’t know why he’s acting like this. It’s a side to him I’ve never seen before.”
Only a few hours after the break up with Brad does Tommy ask her to be his girlfriend.
“I just want to be with you. Would you be my girlfriend?”
Then Tommy and Jessica head to the beach to hang out where they first “talked”. Cheesy lines were ensured.
“This shell reminds me of the first time I saw you. It appears hard, yet its essence is so fragile and delicate.”
“Physical pain grips my heart when I have to tear myself away from your jewel eyes that will forever be burned into my memory. I need you with me, the way I need to breathe.
“You may not be a real angel, but you’re closet thing to angel I’ve ever seen. You are unlike anything or anyone I have ever seen. Radiating light, as though glowing, your beauty is heavenly. An inner glow illuminates your being as if your heart is a piece of the sun.”
As time goes on Brad gets more possessive. Tommy and Jessica go to a Grease show where she dresses up as a 50s girl and “feels like she’s in her skin”. She also ditches her cheerleader ways. On the way home she spots a fire burning in the parking lot. Later on, Brad uses this as a way to frame Tommy and say that he did it. It gets Tommy expelled. Jessica lives in misery for a couple months but finds refuge in the drama club where she meets Sarah where she becomes her best friend.
In the end, you find out that Brad planned the whole thing to frame Tommy in hopes to win Jessica back and get rid of him forever. You also find out where Tommy originally comes from. I won’t spoil it unless you want me to say, but it made me roll my eyes. It’s not worth the read, and there were a few parts I had to read over and over because I didn’t quiet understand what was going on and who was saying what.
I leave you with another fun gem:
“We were sitting on pillows on my bedroom floor and eating pizza. I knew that it was silly, but I hadn’t eaten pizza since the night at the diner with Tommy. I missed him so much.”
“I ached for him. I felt like in a way I was an addict and he was my drug. Being in love felt like being on drugs. I had gone through the withdrawal period but I still desperately loved him.”
The author probably means well, but the book could have been better.
Let’s break it down.
Jessica meets Tommy on a day of school with her “popular friends” which by the end of the book she was calling her frenimes. She also was at the time dating Brad and they were had a perfectly fine relationship. Once Jessica started obsessing over Tommy that’s when she started to call Brad “obsessive and possessive.” However, she also was making her feelings for Tommy public, so Brad had every right to be possessive.
“At least Tommy and I had English class together where he passed me drawings and notes with poems or song lyrics.”
“Lately he had bordered on obsessive, and I was scared that it would push him over the edge.”
Well, yes it would if you started cheating on him. Jessica and Brad went on their one year anniversary date and this is when Jessica was planning on telling Brad that she no longer wanted to be with him anymore. He ordered the wrong food and he “just didn’t get her at all.”
“I couldn’t wait until after I had told Brad that it was over, because then I could be open about my feelings for Tommy.”
Once the break up with Brad was done Jessica rushed over to cry on Tommy’s shoulder at the diner they started making their hangout. While she said Brad didn’t know who she was, doesn’t mean Tommy does either. He was making her decisions for her, and she was just going along with it “because she loved him.”
“Say no more, we make the best pizzas in the whole world. You do like pizza right?”
“Yes, it’s my favorite,” I smiled happy that he wasn’t forcing his choice of dinner down my throat like Brad and he actually knew what I like.”
Brad’s stalker ways continue for awhile. This upsets Jessica and she runs again to Tommy for safety.
“He raised his voice and was trying to start a fight. I don’t know why he’s acting like this. It’s a side to him I’ve never seen before.”
Only a few hours after the break up with Brad does Tommy ask her to be his girlfriend.
“I just want to be with you. Would you be my girlfriend?”
Then Tommy and Jessica head to the beach to hang out where they first “talked”. Cheesy lines were ensured.
“This shell reminds me of the first time I saw you. It appears hard, yet its essence is so fragile and delicate.”
“Physical pain grips my heart when I have to tear myself away from your jewel eyes that will forever be burned into my memory. I need you with me, the way I need to breathe.
“You may not be a real angel, but you’re closet thing to angel I’ve ever seen. You are unlike anything or anyone I have ever seen. Radiating light, as though glowing, your beauty is heavenly. An inner glow illuminates your being as if your heart is a piece of the sun.”
As time goes on Brad gets more possessive. Tommy and Jessica go to a Grease show where she dresses up as a 50s girl and “feels like she’s in her skin”. She also ditches her cheerleader ways. On the way home she spots a fire burning in the parking lot. Later on, Brad uses this as a way to frame Tommy and say that he did it. It gets Tommy expelled. Jessica lives in misery for a couple months but finds refuge in the drama club where she meets Sarah where she becomes her best friend.
In the end, you find out that Brad planned the whole thing to frame Tommy in hopes to win Jessica back and get rid of him forever. You also find out where Tommy originally comes from. I won’t spoil it unless you want me to say, but it made me roll my eyes. It’s not worth the read, and there were a few parts I had to read over and over because I didn’t quiet understand what was going on and who was saying what.
I leave you with another fun gem:
“We were sitting on pillows on my bedroom floor and eating pizza. I knew that it was silly, but I hadn’t eaten pizza since the night at the diner with Tommy. I missed him so much.”
“I ached for him. I felt like in a way I was an addict and he was my drug. Being in love felt like being on drugs. I had gone through the withdrawal period but I still desperately loved him.”
The author probably means well, but the book could have been better.
June 24, 2013
Timeless by King had me quite intrigued with the “back-cover” description. I’m a sucker for the “bad-boy & good-girl” romance story-lines. I was hoping to enjoy a quick little read about two opposites attracting in a high school setting with a great little suspense twist; however, as much as the story was cute and full of potential, I found it a little lacking.
Overall, I just couldn't get past the two main characters and their flaws. They were predicable and very cliche. The Grease references were done in an overkill style. The book would be a sweet and quick read for most, but for me it was too lackluster. I was annoyed with both characters and the story's ending finally had me interested. When the twist was revealed, I got excited to see how the characters would deal and where the story line would go, but then the story was over.
The idea that King has in this novel is a great one, especially if she focuses on the novel's ending as a possible beginning or middle. If she leaves the novel's story line as is she would have to rewrite the novel to include a better foreshadowing of the “twist." If she better developed Tommy and Jessica’s personalities so that they don’t come off as cliche or confusing, I believe she’d have a better novel as well.
To read more about my thoughts on this book and why I gave it a C+ visit my blog post review where I go more in-depth!
Overall, I just couldn't get past the two main characters and their flaws. They were predicable and very cliche. The Grease references were done in an overkill style. The book would be a sweet and quick read for most, but for me it was too lackluster. I was annoyed with both characters and the story's ending finally had me interested. When the twist was revealed, I got excited to see how the characters would deal and where the story line would go, but then the story was over.
The idea that King has in this novel is a great one, especially if she focuses on the novel's ending as a possible beginning or middle. If she leaves the novel's story line as is she would have to rewrite the novel to include a better foreshadowing of the “twist." If she better developed Tommy and Jessica’s personalities so that they don’t come off as cliche or confusing, I believe she’d have a better novel as well.
To read more about my thoughts on this book and why I gave it a C+ visit my blog post review where I go more in-depth!
February 21, 2013
Did Not Finish. I tried. Really, I did. Freebie download, so at least all I lost was an hour or so. Could have been worse.
The terrible dialogue is what did me in. Oh, and the 8000 references to Grease and the 50s. I'm assuming its suppose to be foreshadowing...just not done in a graceful way. It's more like "I wonder how many time's I have to mention Grease and the 50s before the reader thinks its an important detail. I think 40 times is enough...but I'll just mention it 80 times just to be safe." It's got me thinking Tommy's a ghost who died in the fifties, or..idk, some other circumstances that earned him a time warp into the future. Maybe it's like Back to the Furture and he's some crazy, teenage time-traveler on a motorcycle (which will never be cooler than a Delorean.) Too bad I'll never find out.
The terrible dialogue is what did me in. Oh, and the 8000 references to Grease and the 50s. I'm assuming its suppose to be foreshadowing...just not done in a graceful way. It's more like "I wonder how many time's I have to mention Grease and the 50s before the reader thinks its an important detail. I think 40 times is enough...but I'll just mention it 80 times just to be safe." It's got me thinking Tommy's a ghost who died in the fifties, or..idk, some other circumstances that earned him a time warp into the future. Maybe it's like Back to the Furture and he's some crazy, teenage time-traveler on a motorcycle (which will never be cooler than a Delorean.) Too bad I'll never find out.
November 25, 2012
This book was AWFUL! Now I know why it was free.
The plot line sucked and the girl was so love sick i was disgusted.
then at the end of the book she finally decided to bring out a whole new plot. He was a time traveler.
this story didn't wrap everything up and it left the book hanging like there could be a second...not that i would read it though.
The plot line sucked and the girl was so love sick i was disgusted.
then at the end of the book she finally decided to bring out a whole new plot. He was a time traveler.
this story didn't wrap everything up and it left the book hanging like there could be a second...not that i would read it though.
March 16, 2020
i will truly never forget how awful this book was. i may have read it in seventh grade but it is unfortunately forever etched into my memory
December 17, 2014
SPOILERS AHEAD
Let me first say that I swear this is JD Scott on the cover:
Let me first say that I swear this is JD Scott on the cover:
The Scott Brothers are infiltrating my entire life, I swear.
Anyway, boy was this bad. Not bad as in "makes you angry" but bad as in "I got all my inspiration about being a teen from Mean Girls, Grease and bad teen dramas". This book contained every teen stereotype I can imagine. It was a treasure trove of YA tropes. I'm not sure I've ever read one with so many. Let's count, shall we?
1. Mary Sue Jessica is the main character. She's a beautiful cheerleader that everyone wants to be. Her parents are rich, she drives a silver convertible, and she lives in SoCal in a mansion. People love her. She's smart. And she is dating the quarterback.
2. The mysterious bad-boy Tommy shows up the first day of senior year on a motorcycle. He wear tight white t-shirts. He has a leather jacket. He doesn't talk much and reads classic like Wuthering Heights. He also write poetry.
3. The insta-love The very first paragraph of the entire story is Jessica watching Tommy get off his bike and walk into school. And she already wants him and feels connected to him. IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH! By 15 %, she can't get him off her mind, despite never even speaking to him. Their first conversation is him practically stalking her to tell her he's drawn to her and that they share a connection. They're in LURVE.
4. The misunderstood girl Jessica is the most popular girl in school but doesn't like it. She actually hates being a cheerleader. She wants to write poetry in her room alone. She wants to be an actress. But she has to fake who she is because it's expected of her.
5. The mean girls Jessica's former friends (by the end of the book) are your typical mean girls. They hate everyone and every thing just because they can. Because everything is beneath them. Even Jessica. They kept her as a friend just to have the "enemy" close. They're snooty, bitchy and vain. And they turn on Jess the second to dumps her super-jock boyfriend.
6. The quarterback Yes, Jessica dated the quarterback. And he's exactly what any teen drama would define as a quarterback: shallow, vain, self-centered, rich, self-involved and a narcissus. He hates Tommy the second the biker boy casts eyes on his girl. He spreads vicious rumors about the new guy, and even gets him expelled just because he can. You're supposed to hate him because he's the bad guy, and you do. But it's one of those shallow hates that leaves you wondering WHY the kid is so hateful and screwy. There's no psychology behind it except that "Jess is MY girl".
7. The Danny Zuko Jess is obsessed with the Fifties. And Grease. She listens to the soundtrack over and over, owns a Pink Ladies jacket and actually jams to Elvis on her way to school. It just so happens new biker boy Tommy looks exactly like Danny from Grease, so she of course can't help but ogle him. Seriously, if the book said "just like Grease" one more time, I would have barfed. It was over-the-top ridiculous. I know most girls love Grease, but I don't know very many modern girls that jam to Elvis Presley on their daily commute.
8. The parents Her parents. OMG. Her mother is a brain-dead baking queen that even told her daughter she'd been in love with someone else but married Jess' father instead. A good mother would never impart her troubles on her daughter. Her father is a royal douche in his own right. He hates Tommy on sight just because he "looks" bad. So every time Tommy shows his face, her father loses his mind like a Neanderthal. Dad is never home, and mom really doesn't care too much about what happens in the house. Your typical YA parents.
And this list doesn't even begin to touch the long list of problems with the writing. There were missing words, missing commas, and the dialogue was so stilted and forced it felt like sometimes the characters were reciting their words off a piece of paper rather than speaking like a bunch of normal people.
The revelation at the end that Tommy is a time traveler was so obvious that it could have smacked the dumbest reader in the face in chapter 3. Jess always said he "looked like he was from another time". Not to mention his lack of knowing about modern things. And his bike that's from the 50's. And his greased-back hair. Like, geez, people. And Jess doesn't even really blink when he says his big secret. She just accepts it and goes about her lovesick way.
The ending was dumb. The whole book was rushed and shallow. There was no depth to any of the characters. They were all cookie-cutter. All what you EXPECT to see in high school. This book was like someone cut The Time Traveler's Wife met Grease....badly.
August 29, 2014
This book has a whole lot of bad reviews on goodreads. The average rating is 2.93. I don't know what I was thinking, but I guess that one day I was feeling a bit rebellious because I decided to ignore all the reviews and read this book anyway. It was a huge mistake. I won't do such a thing ever again. From now on I'm going to follow the advice of all the readers out there. Because they were right. They adviced us not to read this book, they said it was a waste of time. And it was. And even though I ignored this advice, I'm going to tell you the same thing. Don't waste your time reading this book ! Please, I'm begging you, don't make the same mistake I did !
The main problem for me in this book was the main character. I hated her. I hated the way she thought, I hated her choices, I hated pretty much everything about her. And I couldn't stand the fact that she fell in love with a guy while she already had a boyfriend.
The dialogues between Jessica (MC) and Tommy were so cheesy and totally ridiculous ! It was so ridiculus it was kind off funny. What kind of a name is Tommy anyway ? Tommy would be a good name for a teddy bear. Maybe even for a cute little boy. But for this guy ? NO WAY !!
I didn't even finish this book. I abondoned after 60%.
Sorry for all this ranting, but I just can't stand this book. And for all those of you who are going to do the same as I did and stubbornly ignore all the bad reviews and read this book anyway : it will suck. You have been warned ! :)
The main problem for me in this book was the main character. I hated her. I hated the way she thought, I hated her choices, I hated pretty much everything about her. And I couldn't stand the fact that she fell in love with a guy while she already had a boyfriend.
The dialogues between Jessica (MC) and Tommy were so cheesy and totally ridiculous ! It was so ridiculus it was kind off funny. What kind of a name is Tommy anyway ? Tommy would be a good name for a teddy bear. Maybe even for a cute little boy. But for this guy ? NO WAY !!
I didn't even finish this book. I abondoned after 60%.
Sorry for all this ranting, but I just can't stand this book. And for all those of you who are going to do the same as I did and stubbornly ignore all the bad reviews and read this book anyway : it will suck. You have been warned ! :)
December 9, 2012
Pamela, you need to find some good beta readers. I know it is difficult to read something you wrote and find errors, because you know what it is supposed to say. The story had so much potential, but fell short - mainly due to errors. If anyone was shocked or put off by the reveal at the end, then they weren't paying attention, I mean the title is Timeless after all. Pamela, keep writing. I think you're on the right track, but you need an editor or some readers that will give honest feedback. Would I recommend this book? Possible, but with a warning that the reader will need to overlook a few things. Somethings I agree with. If Brad had been paying attention over the last three years, he should have known she would not want to eat snails or frogs. As a matter of fact, he should have realized she was living a lie. That just proves he didn't care about her.
May 20, 2013
I'm usually not very judgmental about books. Heck, I even enjoy books like twilight, which are pretty predictable most of the time. But this book was just horribly written, it sounded like something a kid would write. It's a good idea, with that time traveling twist, but it was thrown on the end with not much thought. If the book had been based on the time traveling instead of Jessica's cheesy romance, maybe, and I say MAYBE, the book would've been worth my time. That's quite a stretch, though. It was difficult to get passed the first chapter, let alone the entire book. I probably could've wrote it better. And I'm 13.
March 9, 2017
Don't waste your time JUST DON'T! I don't know what happened here but it should be a crime!
You know that story about rich boy meets poor trouble making boy and they fall madly in love? But rich girl has a jock boyfriend, and she has ALL these friends but yet she feels so alone because "nobody understands her".. Yeah now think of the VERY VERY generic version of this. That's what this was.
Gag me with a spoon.
Some quotes that stuck out...
“I noticed he had a small cut above his eye and a bruise on his cheek. I wondered if he had been in a fight. I had an urge to run my fingers lightly over the bruise.” … Why must these insta-love sappy girls always want to touch something on the “hot guys”
“Dark and brooding, he was breathtaking” LOL must have taken LOTS of guts to say that! How many reviews have I heard where people complain about the love interest being exactly that and ALWAYS that
Page 15 “But he was also like the brother I had never had” She’s talking about her boyfriend in this sentence… Anyone else see something wrong with this?
I was going to continue reading but I literally wanted to gauge my eyes out. This was the worst thing I've seen in years ever since I tried reading Marked.
I got to page 29 out of 253. I probably would have killed myself or gotten naked and burned all my books in a witchy dance if I had read the rest.
You know that story about rich boy meets poor trouble making boy and they fall madly in love? But rich girl has a jock boyfriend, and she has ALL these friends but yet she feels so alone because "nobody understands her".. Yeah now think of the VERY VERY generic version of this. That's what this was.
Gag me with a spoon.
Some quotes that stuck out...
“I noticed he had a small cut above his eye and a bruise on his cheek. I wondered if he had been in a fight. I had an urge to run my fingers lightly over the bruise.” … Why must these insta-love sappy girls always want to touch something on the “hot guys”
“Dark and brooding, he was breathtaking” LOL must have taken LOTS of guts to say that! How many reviews have I heard where people complain about the love interest being exactly that and ALWAYS that
Page 15 “But he was also like the brother I had never had” She’s talking about her boyfriend in this sentence… Anyone else see something wrong with this?
I was going to continue reading but I literally wanted to gauge my eyes out. This was the worst thing I've seen in years ever since I tried reading Marked.
I got to page 29 out of 253. I probably would have killed myself or gotten naked and burned all my books in a witchy dance if I had read the rest.
May 2, 2018
I read this a while and a half ago but it was strange and cheesy. I got it for free on Kindle so I didn't exactly expect much, and I was right not to.
December 17, 2025
Awesome
I loved this book. I love that Tommy and Jess found each other. They are a perfect couple. This is an awesome book.
I loved this book. I love that Tommy and Jess found each other. They are a perfect couple. This is an awesome book.
October 17, 2016
Imagine someone being told who the are instead of getting the opportunity of deciding who they want to be. In the book Timeless Jessica’s parents and boyfriend at the time, Brad, think that they know her. They don’t know her at all though. They think that they she is this girl who cares what people think but she doesn't care at all. In this summarization, I will be discussing the the characters as well as the conflicts. This book is a good read because it has both romance and a crime that is committed.
In this story, there are many characters that are different in their own way. Tommy and Brad for instance, are very different. Tommy cares about Jessica in a way Brad doesn't. Brad doesn't know or understand Jessica as well as Tommy. In the book, Jessica fainted and Tommy brought her to the sick bay. This shows that Tommy is caring because he took care of her when brad was being rude and disrespectful. Also, Tommy projects a bad boy image and Brad is a preppy jock. All of this comes together to show the variations of the different characters.
While reading Timeless there are many conflicts. One of the many conflicts in this book is when Brad's car gets lit on fire and Tommy gets blamed. Tommy ends up getting suspended from school because Brad set Tommy up. This shows conflict because the incident caused a fight at the end of the book. All of this information comes together to show one of the many conflicts in the book.
The reason that Timeless is so good is because of the romantic fling and the misconduct. The reason that conflict is so important is because it takes up most of the story. The characters though, will always be as important as the conflicts are. Those who read this book are left feeling a sense of shock at the turn of events in the ending pages.
In this story, there are many characters that are different in their own way. Tommy and Brad for instance, are very different. Tommy cares about Jessica in a way Brad doesn't. Brad doesn't know or understand Jessica as well as Tommy. In the book, Jessica fainted and Tommy brought her to the sick bay. This shows that Tommy is caring because he took care of her when brad was being rude and disrespectful. Also, Tommy projects a bad boy image and Brad is a preppy jock. All of this comes together to show the variations of the different characters.
While reading Timeless there are many conflicts. One of the many conflicts in this book is when Brad's car gets lit on fire and Tommy gets blamed. Tommy ends up getting suspended from school because Brad set Tommy up. This shows conflict because the incident caused a fight at the end of the book. All of this information comes together to show one of the many conflicts in the book.
The reason that Timeless is so good is because of the romantic fling and the misconduct. The reason that conflict is so important is because it takes up most of the story. The characters though, will always be as important as the conflicts are. Those who read this book are left feeling a sense of shock at the turn of events in the ending pages.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 7, 2013
Omg wow! Never saw that coming! The ending was great it was a great twist. I still do t understand the bad ratings :/
This books is about a girl named Jess. She is a cheerleader and her mom was a cheerleader married a lawyer and they have a huge house. As u can imagine Jess is dating the captain of the football team. She has lots of friends and has her whole life planned out.
That is until tommy showed up. Being the new kid tons of rumors come about. Like how he got here. The story said tommy was a criminal and got kicked out of his old school in New York so he came to California. He looked like Danny from grease. He was a rebel. He saw Jess and fell in love.
Jess's boyfriend brad new nothing about her. They been friends since kindergarten and was about to celebrate their 3 year anniversary when he stared talking about tommy. This made Jess beyond angry. He ordered her snails and frog legs for their dinner knowing well she doesn't like different food. She broke up with him.
U can see where this is going! Jess' dad said she can no longer see tommy. Tommy was set up by brad and now left own but promises to return. Jess changes her whole life and ten a little added drama comes her way and u will be blown away when u read what happends next!
This books is about a girl named Jess. She is a cheerleader and her mom was a cheerleader married a lawyer and they have a huge house. As u can imagine Jess is dating the captain of the football team. She has lots of friends and has her whole life planned out.
That is until tommy showed up. Being the new kid tons of rumors come about. Like how he got here. The story said tommy was a criminal and got kicked out of his old school in New York so he came to California. He looked like Danny from grease. He was a rebel. He saw Jess and fell in love.
Jess's boyfriend brad new nothing about her. They been friends since kindergarten and was about to celebrate their 3 year anniversary when he stared talking about tommy. This made Jess beyond angry. He ordered her snails and frog legs for their dinner knowing well she doesn't like different food. She broke up with him.
U can see where this is going! Jess' dad said she can no longer see tommy. Tommy was set up by brad and now left own but promises to return. Jess changes her whole life and ten a little added drama comes her way and u will be blown away when u read what happends next!
June 13, 2013
"Spoiler Alert"
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This book had potential to be a great story... but there were a few aspects that just irritating about it. The typos and missing words drove me crazy. It definitely should have been proofread by anybody. The story was predictable and presented matter-of-factly, which made it hard to get into. By the last few chapters it finally moved away from annoying angsty teenage girl who has everything in the world but just wants to have pity to a story about a girl's forbidden love that stretches over time. It should have delved into that much earlier in the book because the end was the best part. When Tommy tells her he is a time traveler that is when it all gets interesting. I wish it would have been in there more like a double perspective story or something. Jessica was annoying and selfish saying "nobody understands who I am but you Tommy." She clearly does not understand who she is. However, at the end she became more likeable like Tommy's character. It was an okay book, but it had the potential to be a great book.
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This book had potential to be a great story... but there were a few aspects that just irritating about it. The typos and missing words drove me crazy. It definitely should have been proofread by anybody. The story was predictable and presented matter-of-factly, which made it hard to get into. By the last few chapters it finally moved away from annoying angsty teenage girl who has everything in the world but just wants to have pity to a story about a girl's forbidden love that stretches over time. It should have delved into that much earlier in the book because the end was the best part. When Tommy tells her he is a time traveler that is when it all gets interesting. I wish it would have been in there more like a double perspective story or something. Jessica was annoying and selfish saying "nobody understands who I am but you Tommy." She clearly does not understand who she is. However, at the end she became more likeable like Tommy's character. It was an okay book, but it had the potential to be a great book.
January 31, 2015
I read this book quite quickly. I enjoyed the story line, but did find it increasingly cheesy as the story progressed. I found the basic story good and entertaining, but the dialogue was just too much at times. I've been a teenage girl, I know how our inner dialogue runs sometimes, but I just felt like Jess and Tommy were as bit too much. I can understand "true love" from a teenage point of view, but I found the way they expressed this, overly sappy at times, bit just a reach and frankly unbelievable.
Jessica's constant references to Grease and the fifties really put me off, but this was more personal add in just not into these things, at all. I found myself reading certain parts and thinking "wow, that sounds like.." (insert popular book/movie here)
All this being said I did enjoy the story, until the very end. I just didn't like the twist, where Tommy was from and how he arrived there was almost too much for me. It just want my kind of supernatural I guess...
Jessica's constant references to Grease and the fifties really put me off, but this was more personal add in just not into these things, at all. I found myself reading certain parts and thinking "wow, that sounds like.." (insert popular book/movie here)
All this being said I did enjoy the story, until the very end. I just didn't like the twist, where Tommy was from and how he arrived there was almost too much for me. It just want my kind of supernatural I guess...
October 4, 2013
I usually like young adult fiction, but this book seems extremely juvenile. It felt like I was listening to a child tell a story. The reviewers that are giving this book 4 or 5 stars have to be in middle school at most. The characters are not developed well. Unimportant things are repeated with no rhyme or reason. The book needs editing. It isn't a big deal but it talks about her boyfriend taking her to a fancy French restaurant, and then later she says it is supposed to be a surprise. I wonder if I am the only one who felt like the author was wanting it to be somewhat like twilight. Oh and I have no idea where the suspense was that other reviewers are talking about. Anyway, the story was ok, but almost childish in my opinion. There are much better books to read, even for free
March 24, 2013
jessica has everything..great boyfriend, from a good family, lots of friends, and after all that youd never know she was lonely. then on the first day of school she sees Tommy. he pulls up to school on a motorcycle and in his leather jacket. jessica cant keep her eyes off him and he her. as she grows to have stong feelings for Tommy she risks losing everything for him and she cant turn back once the wheel started to turn. she learns she doesnt know her family at all and her great boyfriend turns out to be a freak and the people she surrounded herself with nolonger want anything to do with her, but shes not lonely.
July 10, 2013
I'd like to think that I enjoy most books and am not overly critical of books. However, this book was awful! It was overly predictable and horribly written.
First of all, in a true love story, two people who just met cannot fall in love in under 5 pages. Not possible. Everything about this story made me want to roll my eyes. I almost did not finish the book, but I kept waiting and hoping it would get better. It does not. And to top it all off, the ending has a horrible twist that comes out of the blue and makes the story even more awful. Do not give this book another thought. Not worth it.
First of all, in a true love story, two people who just met cannot fall in love in under 5 pages. Not possible. Everything about this story made me want to roll my eyes. I almost did not finish the book, but I kept waiting and hoping it would get better. It does not. And to top it all off, the ending has a horrible twist that comes out of the blue and makes the story even more awful. Do not give this book another thought. Not worth it.
January 28, 2013
This is a sweet coming-of-age story about a girl who always did what she was told and tried to fit the mold that everyone else had formed for her. One day she meets a guy that she is drawn to. Liking him doesn't fit into her image and the path she has been set on. She begins to question why she is with her current boyfriend, her future career choices, her choice of friends, and her relationship with her parents. She discovers answers she never expected and finally sees things for how they really are. In the end she finds the contentment her life had been lacking.
February 10, 2013
Honestly I can't be 100% fair because I never finished it. First of all I didn't believe the characters. Jess and Tommy barely know each other and they are already madly in love? Actually, it was the disbelief in the plot and characters that made me drop reading this book. It's too cheesy for my taste and I really don't recommend it. There are much better books with similar plots, so don't waste your time with it.
September 6, 2013
Wow. This was one of the worst books I've ever read (skimmed, almost DNF'd which I rarely do). Every bad cliche wrapped up into one small book, horrible characters, boring awful plot, bad writing, random unnecessary and unbelievable twist at the end... There was no way the characters were in high school - so much immaturity and completely shallow characters.. Needs some serious editing.. At least I got it for free.
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May 5, 2013
Glad this was a free ebook!! I quite enjoyed the first 30% HOWEVER it went downhill afterwards!
Spoilers below!
How can you go from brad bf of 3 years ( on their anniversary ) to tommy in ONE night? I truly do get that she was living a lie etc etc, but come on!! Than the whole oh I'm a time traveler from right here, I come form 1959 argh!! I'm connected to you. I know where you are.
Spoilers below!
How can you go from brad bf of 3 years ( on their anniversary ) to tommy in ONE night? I truly do get that she was living a lie etc etc, but come on!! Than the whole oh I'm a time traveler from right here, I come form 1959 argh!! I'm connected to you. I know where you are.
May 12, 2013
SPOILER ALERT!!!!
the book was amazing and so unreal. I mean, I don't know! the kind of boy that Tommy was, i would say there isn't one in real life, right? XD and Brad, OMGII, he is just creepy and ugly inside! who would have thought he was such a scaredy cat! "don't tell my father, he is gonna kill me" we all wish that your father should kill you boy! :P and I like that the author made Jessica the kind girl and not some bichy rich girl! I think I would have stopped reading then..!
the book was amazing and so unreal. I mean, I don't know! the kind of boy that Tommy was, i would say there isn't one in real life, right? XD and Brad, OMGII, he is just creepy and ugly inside! who would have thought he was such a scaredy cat! "don't tell my father, he is gonna kill me" we all wish that your father should kill you boy! :P and I like that the author made Jessica the kind girl and not some bichy rich girl! I think I would have stopped reading then..!
January 1, 2015
This is easily the worst thing I have ever read. Thank goodness it was free, I would have been furious to waste money on this. The main character is flat and clichéd. The romance covers breaking up with a boyfriend, getting a new boyfriend, saying the "L" word, the bf leaving and coming back to save the day all in 96 pages of terribleness. The references to the 50's and the movie grease is too many to count. I just want to throw the book off a cliff. A cliff with pointy rocks at the bottom.
December 30, 2012
Depending on what kind of books you like reading, makes the difference. I personally enjoyed this book yea there was a few errors but nothing that was major. However was kind of disappointed how tommy says he's a time traveler and goes into a blurb about it and then it pretty much ended wish there was more
August 3, 2013
The editing was questionable but as long as the story line is good, it doesn't bother me. Unfortunately, this book is not the case. The story seemed to start and stall constantly and is very forced and over worded at times. This can be understandable in long books but Timeless is less than 100 pages. *sigh*
February 9, 2013
After reading the description, I really wanted to like this and forced myself to finish it just to be fair. Was very disappointed with the story (abrupt ending with time travel thrown in for no apparent reason), the writing (just bad) and the characters (lifelong friends who know nothing about each other). Nothing in this story made much sense and I really wanted to choke the main character Jess.
March 9, 2013
I really liked this book but i wish it was longer and that we found out about tommy's secret ealier. But it was very enjoyable and i loved the characters in the book. i actually hated brad he was such a jerk im glad what happened to him happened. and i think jess was amazing and i am happy for her.
March 29, 2013
The story wasn't that bad and it was readable. It had great ideas but it would have been better if more details were added in, events were longer then what they were as well as everything not going by so fast. If it were a longer novel it would have been more enjoyable but for me it wasn't that much enjoyable.
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