Snag Clockwise (Clockwise, #1) Created By Elle Strauss Available As Volume

you ever wonder why despite all the mediocre to awful books I subject myself to in the cause of getting through the endless pile of freebies I picked up forever ago I keep reading them.
. . it's because for every, say,thoroughly underwhelming reading experiences, I stumble across one I actually enjoy, Clockwise, though it took me quite a while to really get into, turned out to be one such experience for me, and I ended up liking it a lot more than I initially thought I would.
This appears to be the author's debut novel, and it does show that it's a work by someone early in their writing career.
There's a clear improvement in the writing itself and the pacing of the story over the course of the book, And as it turns out the entire series is available via KU, I do believe I'll be back for the next part.
Thank you to NetGalley for a free copy of this book in exchange for a fair review,
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Brief Summery: Casey is a time traveler, She travels again and again to the year, never knowing how long she'll be stuck in the past or the troubles she might encounter while there.
When she returns to her present time, though, it's always as though no time as transpired at all, When she accidentally takes Nate, the boy she has a crush on, to the past with her, Casey suddenly has a whole other set of problems.
Can he adapt to living in past Will she be able to get him back to the present And most importantly, could he possibly like her too

: This book was a delight, and I easily finished it in one sitting.
I really didn't know much going into it, except that it involved time travel, A lot of time travel books can be too sci fi and involve time paradoxes in the plot that just confuse me.
That wasn't the case with this one, The author made it very easy to understand the mechanics of Casey's time and the world building was easy to follow,

The plot takes place over the course of several months and involves several trips back to the past, I enjoyed both Nate and Casey's characters better when they were in, I loved how capable and adaptive Casey was to her ever changing circumstances, In the present plotline, it kind of bothered me that Casey seemed to lose a lot of that selfassurance, Her friend Lucinda, who was a loving and supportive BFF, was also totally boy crazy, I can't say that I felt much for Nate, Many times, like Casey did, I was asking myself, "What is he thinking" However, I just saw that the author has a novella with events from his point of view.
I'll probably read it before the second book,

The ending felt balanced, Some questions were answered, and others were not, I'm hoping that book two definitively answers whyand what significance the characters there hold for Casey and her family,

Recommendation: I would recommend this to anyone from middle grade up to adult, It was a great YA,adventure book with a hint of romance, a great diversionary read : It's also free on amazon!

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This book was okay, Not terrific, but not terrible eitherthere were things I did and didn't like about the plot,
One thing I liked was how Casey goes back to the same moment in time every time and it's not just some random thing.
However, speaking of randomness, why the heck is there no backstory There's literally no explanation as to why Casey has her power.
She does meet at least two or three other people with the same power, supposedly, but that doesn't happen until about/s of the way through the story and the reader is just kinda left hanging.
I get that these will probably be discussed in later books, but I don't really like the abruptness of it all,
Another thing I wanted to talk about was the 'love triangle, ' It's true, I normally hate love triangles with a passion, but this one was at least bearable, I can give it that.
The Casey/Nate thing was predictable, but Casey also ends up winning the "affections" of Robert Willingsworth, Even though I hated Robert, I thought his character was wellportrayed for being a white male in thes: arrogant and an overall dick.

I loved the plot twist at the end of the book, but as far as plot goes I feel like most things were just kinda glossed over.
A lot was happening, in both the past and the present, but most things don't really go indepth, They scraped the surface, which was disappointing, The plot itself has a LOT of potential, but I feel like not much effort was thrown into it,
The ending of the story was also pretty abrupt and just kinda, . . meh. It wasn't necessarily a terrible ending, but, like the rest of the plot, it just kinda felt rushed and glossed over, Not the worst ending in the world, but it could've definitely been a lot better,
Overall, I don't regret reading this story, but I don't think I'll be continuing with the rest of this series, I'll be honest, I almost didn't read this book because of its cover, It seemed uninteresting and I only got it because the ebook was free on Amazon at the time,

I am sooooo glad I read it though, This was such a great book, I'm not much of a history buff or one that finds history to be very interesting at all, but this book changed my view on that.


I would love to see this made into a movie but then again the film makers would probably leave so much out it wouldn't be as good.
You know I rate books based on how much I enjoy them, I'm rating this onebecause it's YA and such an enjoyable book for its target audience! What I love about the Strauss novels Ive read so far is that theyre still fully for a YA audience so it's a good fit for someone looking for clean amp sweet plots! Yes, Imand still enjoy it

The plot is actually pretty good: Caseys a time traveler who cannot control her strolls into thes.
She needs to deal with the issues that come with this time of history in order to blend in, as her trips last as long as they please.
The switches between past and present

were great and did not give me any trouble at all so, well done!

I loved Caseys character cause in her present shes still your average high school girl constantly putting herself down, but in the past she becomes this confident and knowledgeable girl
Nate also is your average high school jerk whos driven by looks alone but when he started noticing different things about Casey he realized that you need to get to know someone instead of just assuming, so he redeemed himself.


Thanks to Lee Strauss for providing an ecopy for an honest review!,