This book was one giant bucket of disappointment and amateur writing, so you can imagine my confusion as to why it has received such great reviews by the literary world. I just don't understand.
I'm not going to sugarcoat anything: this book sounds like it was written by a sophomore in high school is just writing their first YA novel. The writing is just that poor. And don't even get me started on plot holes. The supernatural aspect of this book revolved around the fact that Jocelyn is existing between two parallel time dimensions (one post civil wore Chicago, one modern Chicago) and the author doesn't even take the time to delve into how this works. The concept is confusing and really makes no sense and Waddington is more than happy to not appease her readers in explaining how it works. The main character has no personality, really. And her love interest, Jackson, is one giant flaw of character writing. Why does he talk like he's from 1860 when he's just as modern as Jocelyn and she doesn't talk like that? But that's another aspect of the book- everyone talks as if they are 40 year old from 1950. Proper grammar when teenagers are talking, no slang, and unbelievable dialogue. Please don't waste your time with this book.
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