Tempus

Tempus
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14+
Release Date
May 27, 2011
ISBN
B0051IROM8
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According to Albert Einstein, the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. He might have been right. Seventeen-year-old Jessie McLeod is used to getting glimpses of the past when she touches objects in her dads antique shop, but she's not used to the past looking back. Especially when the past is a gorgeous guy and she is dressed like a slob. Shocked and intrigued, Jessie becomes obsessed with trying to catch another glimpse of that perfect face. When thoughts of him invade her sleep, the dreams seem so real that she wakes with the feel of his lips lingering on her skin. Soon after, however, the one guy she thought she’d never date suddenly asks her out. Either something strange is going on, or all those years of using furniture cleaner finally caused brain damage. Brain damage is easy enough to believe—until the day she turns around and looks straight into the face from her dreams. Completely unaware, Jessie is now in a race against time to remember something important, something life-changing, and the one person who can tell her the truth doesn’t dare to—she must remember on her own. With only a week before senior year, the once self-assured Jessie is now sure of nothing. Well, maybe one thing. Everything’s been turned upside down, and it's all because of that stupid mirror she found in the shop on Monday and the glimpse that changed her future—maybe even her past.

According to Albert Einstein, the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. He might have been right. Seventeen-year-old Jessie McLeod is used to getting glimpses of the past when she touches objects in her dads antique shop, but she's not used to the past looking back. Especially when the past is a gorgeous guy and she is dressed like a slob. Shocked and intrigued, Jessie becomes obsessed with trying to catch another glimpse of that perfect face. When thoughts of him invade her sleep, the dreams seem so real that she wakes with the feel of his lips lingering on her skin. Soon after, however, the one guy she thought she’d never date suddenly asks her out. Either something strange is going on, or all those years of using furniture cleaner finally caused brain damage. Brain damage is easy enough to believe—until the day she turns around and looks straight into the face from her dreams. Completely unaware, Jessie is now in a race against time to remember something important, something life-changing, and the one person who can tell her the truth doesn’t dare to—she must remember on her own. With only a week before senior year, the once self-assured Jessie is now sure of nothing. Well, maybe one thing. Everything’s been turned upside down, and it's all because of that stupid mirror she found in the shop on Monday and the glimpse that changed her future—maybe even her past.

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This book was so good! I loved the characters and story. It had surprises and twists. I laughed and cried. It had one of the most amazing endings ever!

The main character Jessie has an ability to see the past by touching things like antiques. One day she touches something in her dads antique shop and she sees someone from the past that can see her. She spends a lot of time trying to see him again, trying to find out who he is or if he was even real. She also starts dating her first crush in the mean time, but then she ends up coming face to face with a guy who looks like the guy she saw in the past! Hes as gorgeous as she thought he was or even more.

She still has to try and find out if she really saw him in the past or not, and who he is. She also starts having strange flashes of memories that couldn't have happened. She can't really talk to anybody about it because nobody knows about what she can do, not even her best friend.

The whole book is really good, but the standout has to be the ending. It was fantastic. One of the best I ever read. There's a lot of surprises in the book, and the good thing is theyre not just out of the blue. When things happen you realize that you could possibly have figured it out. But you wont!

This is now one of my favorite books.
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