REVIEW: Hourglass [testpost]

Book: Hourglass by Myra McEntire
Release Date: June 14th, 201 by Egmont USA
Pages: 390 Pages
Source: Library Copy

One hour to rewrite the past . . .

For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn't there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents' death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She's tried everything, but the visions keep coming back.

So when her well-meaning brother brings in a consultant from a secretive organization called the Hourglass, Emerson's willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only change her future, it may also change her past.

Who is this dark, mysterious, sympathetic guy, barely older than Emerson herself, who seems to believe every crazy word she says? Why does an electric charge seem to run through the room whenever he's around? And why is he so insistent that he needs her help to prevent a death that never should have happened?

It's pretty hard to rate Hourglass. There's a part of me that loves the idea of time travel and the fresh supernatural element, but there's also the harsh critic side that doesn't completely love everything about this book. In the end, I took both sides into account, weighted it on my rating scale and gave it a 3 stars. What that means is: Hourglass is a pretty good read, but it's almost ordinary, should I say. The 3 stars give credit to its plot and main character (which I loved), but the missing 2 stars reflect on the secondary characters, the love interest Michael, and the boring-ness of the last half of the book.