Thursday, April 3, 2014

The Here and Now by Ann Brashares

First of all, this is a time travel story, it's not going to be like the sisterhood which many people anticipated. For those that like Scifi, or anything about the future, then you'll probably like this book. It's a well written book about what one set of future could of been like, and what could happen in one persons mind. While the first part of the book keeps your attention when you get to the ending it seems a bit drawn out which makes it a bit harder to get to the end. It's inbetween a love story and an action story.
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Our heroine is Prenna, who is from the future with her mom. There are 4 rules you must absolutely not break, and Prenna has a problem with those in power over the 'community'. We get to see the letters Prenna writes to her brother, giving us glimpses of how mystified she was when she got to our time; because the future she's from is rather bleak. They've already been through a plague,the earth has changed drastically than what we know.

We get to watch Prenna grow from a suspicious girl to knowing what she suspected and more. Then there's Ethan, who's kind, honest and patient with our time traveler who is socially awkward. The interaction between the two is like a first crush or love.