Anna Kay's Reviews > Time's Divide

Re-Read, 11/28/24

I haven't reread this book since the first time in 09/2015, when it was released originally. I think knowing that initially I felt conflicted about the ending of the series and the events of this book on the whole left me open to be less critical. It's also been almost 10 years since that first read and I am definitely a different person, who views story/conflict resolution differently. I do still stand by the fact that it's not the ending I initially expected but I think it's the one that the series needed. I'm bumping my original rating up one whole star and I'm planning on reading the novella and short stories I never got around to last time. Overall, still an all-time favorite series and I highly recommend if you love time travel stories.

Full Review - ORIGINAL (09/2015)

So, I stayed up last night reading this from beginning to end! I couldn't put it down, I had to know what was going to happen...how the Hell was it all going to end???!!! Well, now I know how it ends. And I'm left feeling unsure if I like it or not, to be honest. I've been thinking about this all day, but I'm still not sure. It picked up right where the second book left off, with Kate returning from 1938 Georgia and receiving a note from the "Fifth Column," a faction of Cyrists within the church (founded by stranded CHRONOS historians Abel and Delia) that are working to stop Saul and his inner circle from poisoning the world & killing billions! Of course Kate is suspicious of whether or not to trust Julia, the daughter of Delia & Abel, who is the leader of the group. Also, she's been told not to trust Kiernan, after all he's done to help her bring down Saul. And even though his behavior's been a bit suspicious/weird Kate's pretty sure she can still trust him. After all, he loved his Kate at one point, so he wouldn't do anything to hurt her...would he? A trip to London to see Kate's Mom leads to some troubling interactions and shaky alliances with an older, crazier Prudence. Kate must get the keys before Saul and Prudence ever did, if she's going to stop the genocide they're planning. But to do so, she has to get Prudence's key back so she can travel into the future, a place that has been affected by the timeshifts in horrifying ways. Can Tate help Kate and Kiernan set things right, and will they all make it out alive in the end?



Honestly I have mixed feelings about the ending of this book. I don't know if I'm too sentimental, but in a different way than most people or not sentimental enough. But I was kind of pissed off that instead of (view spoiler)[ changing the timeline back to the way it was before the Cyrists existed and erasing Saul's fake religion from history, and therefore putting everything back the way it should have been, Kate just made it so Saul and Prudence never got ahold of the CHRONOS keys from the future (hide spoiler)] This eliminated a couple people from getting the endings they deserved, with a couple of stupid cop-outs (in my opinion), like (view spoiler)[ Connor never existing (Kate says they like to believe he's back in his own timeline with his kids...*scoffs*), at least as quite the same person, and Katherine's tumor is still slowly killing her (hide spoiler)] Also, Prudence and Tate still had to live with the truth of their offspring and the bad things their genetics had a major part in perpetuating. If Kate had erased the Cyrists, then it would have brought things full circle. I wanted her to (view spoiler)[ go back and get all the CHRONOS keys before Prudence ever even met Saul. It would have given EVERYONE the ending they deserved! (hide spoiler)] It would have been the truly selfless thing to do, even if it did jeopardize Kate's own existence. Plus, if they can tell themselves that blinking out means you're in your own timeline/universe as a justification for (view spoiler)[Connor!!! (hide spoiler)], than why can't she take the risk? I did like that both Kiernan and Trey got their happy endings with Kate, yet to me the whole situation was just so selfish. I've spent the entire day debating the morality of what they did to fix (or not fix) the timeline. The whole thing with Saul and Simon near the end left me feeling cheated as well, because I got the showdown with the Big Bad - just not in the way I was expecting (not in any sense of the word). Overall, to avoid any more potential spoilers, I have to say that it's definitely worth reading. Many people will love this book and the way it ended, but it wasn't the ending I wanted or expected for this series and these characters. We don't always get what we want in life though and this was a kick-ass book that I'll be thinking of for quite some time yet.



P.S. This is how I picture Pru:



**Thanks to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book!**


UPDATE (09/10)

OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! I have been stalking NetGalley, waiting to see if it would become available. Guess who just got lucky? And I have Skyscape auto-approval...and I repeat, OH. MY. GOD!!!



Oh, and for those of you interested in this series, ALL THREE books are currently available for request on NetGalley. I'd highly recommend them! Now excuse me while I go read the novellas so I can get to this one and see how it all ends.





Original "Review"

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