Her plotlines are tighter and the subject more compelling. The difference with “Timepiece” is that Myra’s storytelling has improved. There’s a welcoming feeling to her writing that at once feels familiar. Kaleb has no choice to get involved, but at what cost?Īs with “Hourglass,” Myra’s prose is once again gentle and comforting. Landers is on the run, but from what or whom? Then comes a threat: Find Landers and the research he has stolen, or time will be irrevocably altered.
Things appear to go from bad to worse as Jonathan Landers, the man who tried to kill Kaleb’s father, makes an appearance. And he’s not the only one with expanded powers. Now Kaleb is able to see ripples - cracks in time. His mother is alive, but she’s an empty shell. His father survived a murder attempt, but only through the manipulation of time. Kaleb, the boy who can take emotions away. In “Timepiece” readers get to know Kaleb, the son of the Hourglass organization’s founder. Emerson, who has been plagued by these phantoms since the death of her parents in a tragic bus accident. It was with those thoughts in mind that I sat down with “Timepiece,” the follow-up to “Hourglass.” In truth, I had forgotten much of what had happened in the first book, but it all came rushing back as I re-entered Myra’s time-traveling world. I admit not being a huge fan of Myra McEntire’s first novel, “Hourglass.” I found it to be a little disjointed and didn’t feel as if all the elements came together. “ Timepiece: An Hourglass Novel,” by Myra McEntire, Egmont, June 12, 2012, Hardcover, $17.99 (young adult)
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