Infinityglass by Myra McEntire

Title: Infinityglass (Hourglass #3)

Author: Myra McEntire

Publisher: EgmontUSA

Release Date: August 6, 2013

Source: From Publisher

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The stakes have risen even higher in this third book in the Hourlgass series.

The Hourglass is a secret organization focused on the study of manipulating time, and its members--many of them teenagers--have uncanny abilities to make time work for them in mysterious ways. Inherent in these powers is a responsibility to take great care, because altering one small moment can have devastating consequences for the past, present, and future. But some time travelers are not exactly honorable, and sometimes unsavory deals must be struck to maintain order.

With the Infinityglass (central to understanding and harnessing the time gene) at large, the hunt is on to find it before someone else does.

But the Hourglass has an advantage. Lily, who has the ability to locate anything lost, has determined that the Infinityglass isn't an object. It's a person. And the Hourglass must find him or her first. But where do you start searching for the very key to time when every second could be the last?

If you've been around the last week or so, you probably know that I've fallen in love with Myra McEntire's Hourglass trilogy. Well the final book, Infinityglass, has completely solidified that love. It was exactly the kind of ending I wanted for this story, but it was also a whole lot more.

The Hourglass needs to find a way to stop Chronos and Landers. Until they're stopped, time is just going to keep getting more and more messed up. The way to repair all the damage is to use the Infinityglass. But first they need to find it. Until now, everyone thought it was an object, but thanks to Lily, the Hourglass now knows the Infinityglass is a person. And so Dune goes to New Orleans to protect and learn more about the Infinityglass. But once he meets Hallie, Dune realizes that his job might be more difficult than he thought it was going to be.

I've said this many times recently, but I am so beyond happy to have finally discovered Myra McEntire's Hourglass trilogy. With every book I read, my love for the story just kept growing more and more. Since Infinityglass was the conclusion to the story, I had pretty high expectations for the book and I wasn't disappointed. There was just so much that needed to be explained and resolved, I just wasn't sure how it was all going to happen. But it all played out perfectly and I was so happy with how it all turned out. I also really enjoyed seeing the story from both Hallie's and Dune's perspectives. It definitely kept things interesting since each had access to different information. And getting to know two more characters the way I got to know Hallie and Dune was pretty awesome.

Dune was always in the background in the first two books, but in Infinityglass he was front and center. Dune was amazing and I pretty much love him. Don't get me wrong, Kaled is still my favorite, but Dune was like a big teddy bear who was fiercely loyal and incredibly caring. It was just hard not to love him if you want to know the truth. And I loved the playful side Hallie brought out of him. Hallie took me a a little by surprise and I didn't expect to like her as much as I did. There was definitely more to her than met the eye, and because of that, she's kind of hard to put into words. But regardless of all that, Hallie more than deserved to have someone like Dune in her life. Really, they were perfect for each other.

Infinityglass was the perfect conclusion to Myra McEntire's Hourglass trilogy. It was exactly what I hoped it would be. And the epilogue? It totally put a smile on my face and made me laugh.

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 About the book:

The stakes have risen even higher in this third book in the Hourlgass series.

The Hourglass is a secret organization focused on the study of manipulating time, and its members--many of them teenagers--have uncanny abilities to make time work for them in mysterious ways. Inherent in these powers is a responsibility to take great care, because altering one small moment can have devastating consequences for the past, present, and future. But some time travelers are not exactly honorable, and sometimes unsavory deals must be struck to maintain order.

With the Infinityglass (central to understanding and harnessing the time gene) at large, the hunt is on to find it before someone else does.

But the Hourglass has an advantage. Lily, who has the ability to locate anything lost, has determined that the Infinityglass isn't an object. It's a person. And the Hourglass must find him or her first. But where do you start searching for the very key to time when every second could be the last?

Timepiece by Myra McEntire

Title: Timepiece (Hourglass #2)

Author: Myra McEntire

Publisher: EgmontUSA

Release Date: June 12, 2012

Source: Purchased

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A threat from the past could destroy the future. And the clock is ticking…

Kaleb Ballard was never supposed to be able to see ripples--cracks in time. Are his powers expanding, or is something very wrong? Before he can find out, Jonathan Landers, the man who tried to murder his father, reappears. Why is he back, and what, or whom, does he want?

In the wake of Landers' return, the Hourglass organization is given an ultimatum. Either they find Jack and the research he's stolen on the people who might carry the time gene, or time will be altered--with devastating results for the people Kaleb loves most.

Now Kaleb, Emerson, Michael, and the other Hourglass recruits have no choice but to use their unusual powers to find Landers. But where do they even start? And when? And even if they succeed, it may not be enough…

After Hourglass I learned my lesson, so I didn't hesitate to pick up Timepiece right away. And believe me wen I say that I loved it even more than the first book in the trilogy. All I can say is that I am now a big fan of Myra McEntire.

Kaleb thought he had lost everyone and everything he ever cared about. But that was before Emerson and Michael went back in time to save his dad. Even though Kaleb now has his father back, everything isn't back to the way it was. With the timeline damaged, who knows what's going to happen next. Th Houglass needs to find a way to stop Chronos and that means finding Jack Landers. But Kaleb doesn't even know where, or even when, to start looking. At least until Lily walks into his life and changes it completely.

If I thought Myra McEntire's Hourglass was awesome, that's nothing compared to how I feel now that I've read Timepiece. I already loved the story after the first book but I love it even more now. There are just so many layers to the story, details that at first don't make much sense that end up being of great importance. This world where time is malleable is so intricate and the more I read about it the more I want to know. Everything was just so fascinating to me. I also loved that this part of the story was told from a different perspective, even if it threw me a little at first. The story just wouldn't have worked as well if it still had been told from Emerson's perspective. Kaleb needed to be the one who told this part of the story.

I said in my review of Hourglass that there would be a lot of gushing about Kaleb in this review so consider yourself warned. I was totally and utterly charmed by Kaleb even before this part of the story started. As cocky and arrogant as he could be, he also had this vulnerable side to him that often pulled at my heartstrings. I couldn't help but want to hug and hold him. Kaleb had just been through so much and I wanted for something to finally work out for him. Thankfully, Lily came in to help with just that. Because Lily was definitely what was best for Kaleb. Not to sound cliché, but they brought out the best in each other. Lily was strong and fierce, but just like Kaleb, she had that more vulnerable side to her that came out every so often. And through it all, I was of course happy to see the characters I'd grown attached to in Hourglass. 

I am so happy to have finally discovered just how awesome this dries truly is. Like with the first book, Myra McEntire's Timepiece took me on a crazy adventure in a world that I was so reluctant to leave. And immediately left me wanting to pick up the final installment. 

Hourglass by Myra McEntire

Title: Hourglass (Hourglass #1)

Author: Myra McEntire

Publisher: EgmontUSA

Release Date: June 14, 2011

Source: Purchased

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One hour to rewrite the past…

For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn't there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents' death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She's tried everything, but the visions keep coming back.

So when her well-meaning brother brings in a consultant from a secretive organization called the Hourglass, Emerson's willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only change her future, it may also change her past.

Who is this dark, mysterious, sympathetic guy, barely older than Emerson herself, who seems to believe every crazy word she says? Why does an electric charge seem to run through the room whenever he's around? And why is he so insistent that he needs her help to prevent a death that never should've happened?

As I sit here writing this review, I am currently kicking myself for not having picked up Myra McEntire's Hourglass sooner. I got sucked in to the story so quickly and the whole time I was reading I kept telling myself just how happy I was to finally be reading this story.

For the last four years of her life, Emerson Cole has thought she was crazy. Seeing long-dead people around town will do that to a girl. But then Em meets Michael, who proceeds to tell her she's not crazy, she just has a gene that allows her to play with time. Because that's not crazy at all. This knowledge changes Emerson's life. Now she has to race through time, and against it, to save the people she loves before it's all too late. 

So here's the thing: I've had Hourglass sitting on my bookshelf for two years. But it wasn't until three days ago that I finally picked it up. And so I started reading and it took almost no time for me to get completely sucked into the story. Once I started, I just couldn't seem to stop reading. I just wanted to know what was happening, how the whole "time gene" worked. I'll admit that the time travel aspect of the story fascinated me. Every time I was given details about it, I just wanted more. But there was more to story that had me captivated. The action, the mystery, the romance, it was all there. Myra McEntire really wrote something awesome and different in Hourglass and I just couldn't seem to get enough of it. Though I strongly suspect certain people had something to do with it.

Emerson is my kind of girl. She didn't take crap from anybody and she was never afraid to stand up for herself. But beyond loving Emerson's bad ass exterior, I loved seeing her more vulnerable side come out. She's obviously gone through so much but in spite, or because, of it all she was just a strong person. Michael shared a lot of those same qualities, along with a bit of a hero complex and being fiercely protective. And though he could be a little secretive at times, he always had good intentions. The other person I could talk about is Kaleb, but I'll spare you all my Kaleb gushing until my review of Timepiece. But consider yourself warned. 

I'm not going to lie, I'm still kicking myself for waiting so long to read Hourglass. Myra McEntire wrote a highly captivating and enjoyable story, one that left me begging for the sequel. The one good thing about waiting so long to read this series is that I can now read them all back to back. And that's exactly what I plan on doing.