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Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett's unique ability to travel through time and space brings him into Anna's life, and with him, a new world of adventure and possibility. As their relationship deepens, they face the reality that time might knock Bennett back where he belongs, even as a devastating crisis throws everything they believe into question. Against a ticking clock, Anna and Bennett are forced to ask themselves how far they can push the bounds of fate-and what consequences they can bear in order to stay together.
Fresh, exciting, and deeply romantic, Time Between Us is a stunning and spellbinding debut from an extraordinary new talent in YA fiction.
This is a really enjoyable story about family and friends, love and choosing to live the life you want to without regrets. It also shows the connection between people, things and events and how even the most subtle decisions can have a bigger impact than we could ever imagine. It had a little bit of the Time Traveler's Wife feel to it at first and it took me a few chapters to get into, but once I did, I couldn't put it down. Anna and Bennett might as well be from two different worlds when they meet in 1995. She's loyal and kind but stuck in the routine of life and while she dreams about a future of adventures, she doesn't really believe it will happen. Enter Bennett. He's the cute new guy at school with a secret that when revealed, promises to change both of their lives forever. As they begin to fall in love, Anna doesn't focus too much on how their unique relationship affects others but that all changes when tragedy hits. She and Bennett will have tough choices to make, ones that will not only affect their lives, but the lives of everyone around them as well. Anna is surrounded by a loving family and equally loving friends, like Justin and her "Brit" Emma. Emma loves Anna, always having her best interest at heart even if she does make Anna crazy at times. When she is helping Anna through a tough spot, Emma reminds her "who" she is and it was such a touching moment I not only found myself in tears but also thinking, Emma is the kind of BFF everyone should have! I liked that the romance between Anna and Bennett wasn't instant, making it all the more believable. Bennett doesn't take his gift lightly and is always weighing the consequences of, "Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should." That makes him completely swoon worthy. *sighs* He and Anna will both have to make choices for their futures and the way the ending plays out was not what I expected at all. In fact, when I finished, I struggled to keep my composure and FAILED. I'm a sucker for an author's playlist and you can find Anna and Bennett's playlists along with some other cool book stuff at Tamara Ireland Stone's website.
5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Straight after reading what Time Between Us by author Tamara Ireland Stone was about (and after seeing all the extremely positive reviews) I was dying to get reading! I mean, it sounded like the Time Travelers Wife mixed with all the YA goodness I love. I bet you’re wondering if it’s as awesome as it sounds and as awesome as I am building everything up to be and the honest answer is this: It’s pretty freaking awesome if I do say so myself.
Time Between Us is the story of main character Anna Greene who lives in 1995 and (oh snap, son!) that was way before this reviewer was born. Did I enjoy the blast from the past? Oh yeah especially since at multiple times I was thinking “why don’t you just use… like an IPhone or something?” and then remembered that I wasn’t reading a novel set in the present day. Back on track—Anna is running on the track one day when she sees a boy watching her and moments later he literally vanishes from her sight.
After that, Anna encounters the boy who had been watching her—Bennett – and soon falls in love with him, but not after he saves her life. Anna quickly learns Bennett’s dark secret… that he is a time traveler from 2012 and that he cannot stay in 1995 for much longer. Anna and Bennett encounter the problems that come from dating somebody out of their time periods, stretch the limits and laws of time itself and the basic challenges of teenage life.
As I said before, the novel is set in 1995 and I know for a lot of people that could be a bit scary. I know for kids my age, because it’s set in the past, there is the idea of “oh my god, what if they start talking about discos or dinosaurs the life before cellphones and stuff? I totally won’t relate.” Not to worry my young friends, you actually kind of forget that the novel is even set in 1995 because the author doesn’t overuse it, she doesn’t say in every chapter “oh by the way, the year is 1995”. She just implies it through the setting and uses it with the times and dates of certain events.
The romantic interest in the novel, Bennett, was a guy that I personally felt should have had a lot more spine than the MC, Anna. Throughout the plot, Bennett constantly tells Anna why time travelling is dangerous and why he cannot always use his abilities to change what fate had intended. Anna easily causes him to pushover and uses his abilities to her advantage, did I believe that Anna was using Bennett? At times, absolutely! Do I think that if a future novel is produced that Bennett should put his foot down a few times and tell her to shut her face and listen to the guy who travels through time? Hells yes!
I would recommend Time Between Us to fans of either the novel or the movie for Time Traveler’s Wife but want a YA twists and to those of you who lived through the 90′s and want to be sent back in time. Readers will definitely fall in love with the world that Ireland Stone has created.
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Posted November 14, 2012
This book is fun and sad and happy and exciting. Makes you just want more when it ends. Love it! Read now!
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Posted November 28, 2012
I was once asked in a job interview what superpower I would want ... at the time I answered that I would want the ability to stop time (so that I could do all of the things I was too busy to do). After reading Time Between Us, I want to change my answer to have the ability to time travel! I couldn't put down the book once I started reading it and I immediately loved the characters and how the book transported me with them on their adventures.
Just this past weekend my daughter found my book and started to read it as well. I'm looking forward to discussing Anna and Bennett's adventure with her. I also can't wait for Tamara's next book!
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Posted November 27, 2012
Fun, easy read - thoroughly enjoyed it!
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Posted November 27, 2012
I am a busy, working mom. Although I aspire to be an avid reader, I just don't find the time to be. I probably have a half of a dozen books sitting on my nightstand right now, unfinished. So, when I read a book, and I actually finish it, I know it's a good one! I sat down recently to read Time Between Us and honestly couldn't put it down! Perhaps it was the mood it set and the way it took me to another place, which was far less chaotic and less stressful than the one I live in....perhaps it was the traveling that Anna and Bennett did and the way in which Tamara Stone richly described the scenes...perhaps it was the innocent love and friendships that the characters shared that never became too overwhelming nor gratuitous....maybe it was how normal the idea of time travel became to me while reading this book, how magical and wondrous the idea of transporting yourself, of second chances, and of tough choices...maybe it was the way that the story was written so accessibly that I did I not need to think too hard to understand it, yet it penetrated deeply enough to resonate with me emotionally and never condescend me..... Time Between Us was a great and beautiful escape that I believed every minute of and it left me feeling like I wanted more and more.
I ended Time Between Us shocked that I had actually finished a book, for the first time in a long time! I felt a sense of having grown to know two new people in my life - two characters who became real to me and whom I wanted very much to continue to know. Very well done. Can't wait to read a sequel!
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Posted November 27, 2012
I've always yearned to travel, to explore - to have an adventure. Once I was out of college, working and could afford the plane fare, the chains were (mostly) off and I've enjoyed many wonderful adventures with friends, my husband, my kids in the years since. But when I was a teenager, little of this was possible. I was stuck in a rather boring suburban existence, like Anna, so I can understand her angst. Likewise, I can imagine how exciting it must have been for Bennett to discover his gift for time travel and then, for he and his family to learn the dangers that that power can bring (no spoiling!).
Tamara Ireland Stone created interesting, engaging characters to whom I could relate and whose adventures I thoroughly enjoyed sharing. I'm looking forward to book two already!!
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Posted November 10, 2012
i absolutely love this book! i haven't read a good book in a while but this would be it. it made me laugh and cry.
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Posted March 19, 2013
This book was great! The characters were relatable in their personalities and the story flowed well. Easy to understand time travel story and great romance. This book kept me reading and longing to know what happened next! Can't wait to see what the author writes next!
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Posted December 30, 2012
I really liked this book but i felt that it could use some more details. The end was kind of confusing I will not say why because I dont want to spoil it. Overall a fun read
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Posted December 21, 2012
I absolutely loved this story. The entire time that I was reading it, I had no idea how it was going to end, and that was the most exciting part. I adored Anna and Bennet as they tried to navigate the entirety of their relationship across so many different years.
I bought the hardcover of this book while still had the ARC to read, and once I finished this book I was so glad that I went out and spend the money to buy this book in its finished form. I loved how this book made me squeel as Bennet did these nice things for Anna and their romance budded.
I also loved the time travel theory that Tamara Ireland Stone came up with. That Bennet could go no earlier than his birth and no later than the date that he was in. I think that too often people want to write about time travel but not the different intricacies that go into traveling through time.
I think what really did it for me in this book was that Anna wasn't a push over when it came to her relationship with Bennet. When she got mad at him for something he did that she felt was wrong, she stuck with it, she didn't let herself be pushed around because she didn't want to lose him, and she most certainly didn't go catatonic when life ripped them apart.
All in all, my friends, move this to the top of your to-read list, because this is a book you don't want to miss out on.
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Posted November 27, 2012
So difficult to put down. Once I started I just couldn't stop. Then I loaned it to a friend and she had the same problem. Loving a book so much you cannot put it down is the best kind of problem to have. I want to meet Bennett he just drew me in.
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Overview
Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett's unique ability to travel through time and space brings him into Anna's life, and with him, a new world of adventure and possibility. As their relationship deepens, they face the reality that time might knock Bennett back where he belongs, even as a devastating crisis throws everything they believe into question. Against a ticking clock, Anna and Bennett are forced to ask themselves how far ...