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Past Changes: A Time Travel Adventure
A mind-bending, time-bending adventure for fans of Blake Crouch (Dark Matter / Recursion) and Emily St John Mandell.
“If you can’t persuade him to stop, there’s only one way to prevent him from changing time any further. And only you can do that.”
These are the words of Chloe Lakeman’s mother when she reveals her secret life to her daughter.
This is not the world Chloe knows. She is an aspiring actress, working in a London bar, living with Nat - her American lover she has known for two years. Or so she thinks.
When Chloe presses a button on Nat’s pendant, it transports her back to the previous day. She discovers Nat can travel through time; and warring factions from the twenty-second century are changing the past to help them win a future war - a war which she is incomprehensibly, inextricably linked to.
But how is Nat involved? Why is he lying to her? And what is the time anomaly which threatens Chloe’s life?
Torn by her mother’s request and her confusion over her new discoveries, Chloe must disentangle Nat’s web of lies and deception from his love and support, and decide which side she believes in.
“If you can’t persuade him to stop, there’s only one way to prevent him from changing time any further. And only you can do that.”
These are the words of Chloe Lakeman’s mother when she reveals her secret life to her daughter.
This is not the world Chloe knows. She is an aspiring actress, working in a London bar, living with Nat - her American lover she has known for two years. Or so she thinks.
When Chloe presses a button on Nat’s pendant, it transports her back to the previous day. She discovers Nat can travel through time; and warring factions from the twenty-second century are changing the past to help them win a future war - a war which she is incomprehensibly, inextricably linked to.
But how is Nat involved? Why is he lying to her? And what is the time anomaly which threatens Chloe’s life?
Torn by her mother’s request and her confusion over her new discoveries, Chloe must disentangle Nat’s web of lies and deception from his love and support, and decide which side she believes in.
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First published September 19, 2022
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November 11, 2022
Eventually my head stopped hurting
A very different take on the time travel idea. The effect of paradoxes and twists to keep you guessing and reading further and further. And then there's the end, or is it ...?
A very different take on the time travel idea. The effect of paradoxes and twists to keep you guessing and reading further and further. And then there's the end, or is it ...?
December 9, 2022
A really great book
A really great time travel story with a difference.
I read this book in one sitting, really engrossed in the story and what would happen to Chloe and Nat.
A really great time travel story with a difference.
I read this book in one sitting, really engrossed in the story and what would happen to Chloe and Nat.
November 11, 2022
Hold On For a Lot of Bouncing Around, This Way and That Way!
When an Author introduces Time Travel, all that The Reader can do is hang on for a confusing ride that will twist you in multiple directions. This improbable story is about a couple who’ve found each other for entirely different reasons, and The Author keeps their relationship deliberately confusing — especially concerning “The Mother!”. The introduction of ‘good’ guys and ‘bad’ guys (and gals, of course) gives the story an angle it probably doesn’t need, but at least The Author doesn’t try to make them the central point of the tale. The writing trended towards 5-stars, but a 4-star Rating is reasonable.
When an Author introduces Time Travel, all that The Reader can do is hang on for a confusing ride that will twist you in multiple directions. This improbable story is about a couple who’ve found each other for entirely different reasons, and The Author keeps their relationship deliberately confusing — especially concerning “The Mother!”. The introduction of ‘good’ guys and ‘bad’ guys (and gals, of course) gives the story an angle it probably doesn’t need, but at least The Author doesn’t try to make them the central point of the tale. The writing trended towards 5-stars, but a 4-star Rating is reasonable.
February 24, 2023
4.5/5 stars
What if you fell in love with a time traveller, and then he turned out not to be who you thought he was?
The time travel wasn't the issue. It was the rest of what he was that scared Chloe.
Sometimes I need a fun, short novel as a palette cleanser between longer tomes. This fit the bill.
What if you fell in love with a time traveller, and then he turned out not to be who you thought he was?
The time travel wasn't the issue. It was the rest of what he was that scared Chloe.
Sometimes I need a fun, short novel as a palette cleanser between longer tomes. This fit the bill.
February 28, 2024
Very good
I don't normally like books that end in a cliff hanger, but I enjoyed this one too much to take away a star for it as I usually do. I'm not going to paraphrase this story as plenty of others will. I'm just going to say read it, you won't be sorry.
I don't normally like books that end in a cliff hanger, but I enjoyed this one too much to take away a star for it as I usually do. I'm not going to paraphrase this story as plenty of others will. I'm just going to say read it, you won't be sorry.
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