Glimpse

The Tesla Effect #1

by Julie Drew

When Tesla Abbott and her best friend Keisha sneak into a college party, they have a frightening confrontation with a couple of linebacker-sized creeps, and Finn, the hot guy who threw the party, is inexplicably hostile. But Tesla is used to things going badly. Her mother is dead and her dad won't talk about it, she has weird, differently-colored eyes, and uncanny abilities with all things mathematical. She assumes the ruined party is just one more day in her disastrous life, until she discovers that her family is under surveillance. Finn and his roommates seem to know an awful lot about the Abbotts, and they, along with a criminal scientist, a gorgeous stranger who suddenly appears, and a network of international spies think Tesla is the best way to get to her physicist father, who is close to a breakthrough in his work on time travel. But Tesla doesn't know anything about her dad's work--or does she? Are her 'gifts' somehow connected to her father's top-secret project? When her father is kidnapped, Tesla must make difficult choices--she doesn't have much time, and what's left of her family could be destroyed forever.

Genres: Time Travel, Science Fiction

372 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 14, 2014

Reviews

[Auraya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I mean wow this author took all the things that are so disgustingly popular these days and made me like them. Its like a new mature and realistic interpretation of love triangles, alpha males and evil other women. Loved it.

I think this was the first time a love triangle actually kind of made sense to me. Instead of them just being "so dreamy and damaged" they are depicted as actual human beings. The heroine is capable of own decisions and makes the mature choice to put the whole love thing on hold as soon as she realises it distracts her. The "evil other woman" turned out to be actually kind of cool and in the end they even became friends... Also on a side note.. Time travel is so cool :D

[Susan Hardin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great fast paced read!

This book is not just for young adults, it is for the young adult in all of us! It is fast moving with lots of twists and turns and a whole different take on the time travel concept. I loved it, couldn't put it down. Anxiously awaiting the next book in the series which is coming in November! Definitely reccommend.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has a strong female central character. The plot line adds mystery and some twists along the way. Part of a trilogy. Good connections to physics.

[Rink Law · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought the ending was quite a cliff hanger. Really makes you want more. And the way she keeps the reader on their feet with all these mysteries is fun and exhilarating

[Josiah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Plot: A-
Writing: C-
Vocabulary: C
Level: Intermediate
Rating: PG (family estrangement, nongraphic violence, stupid romance scenarios)
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