Passenger

I loved this book in every timeline I have been a part of!! This is Etta's story. She is a concert violinist who is about to make her debut amidst a raging case of stage fright. She lives in New York with her mother who doesn't seem to pay much attention to her. But at least she has Alice, her violin teacher, as a mother figure. Then there is Nicholas. A sailor in 1776 working to find independence from all the restraints an African American young man has in those times. This is Etta and Nicholas's love story. What you say? But Etta and Nicholas live over 200 years apart! How can this be? Let me tell you! They are Travelers. They have the power to travel through passages in time. Etta doesn't know this until the night of her debut when she is dragged through a passage and onto Nicholas's ship. In 1776. The evil head of the Ironside family needs her to find a special artifact that her mother has hidden somewhere in time. Of course, Etta knows nothing about any of this and is shocked and dismayed to find out all the secrets her mother has been keeping. If she doesn't do as Old Ironside asks, her own timeline will be forever altered. Nicholas vows to help her, but only to further his own desires. At first any way. As they roam through exotic places in time, they realize they are a match for each other. But can two people from literally different times, find a place somewhere, together? Oh my gosh, the characters in this book are fantastic, well- developed and amazing. The story takes you to places in history and gives you a first hand view of life in each. You can almost feel the salt spray on your face as you stand on the deck of the boat with Nicholas or feel the heat of the desert in Syria as you ride on a camel with Etta. And I love that there is no love triangle in the normal sense, but societies rules become that third member as two racial diverse characters have to find a place where their romance won't get them killed. I can't say enough nice things about this book and as the cliffhanger promises more adventures to follow, I am ready to find my own passage to somewhere else... where I can be left alone to read!! Thank you Alexandra Bracken! Well done! Happy reading and Happy passages my friends!