Review: Clockwiser (Clockwise #2) by Elle Strauss

Title: Clockwiser

Series: Clockwise #2

Previous book in this series: Clockwise

Author: Elle Strauss

Genre: YA, fantasy, time travel, historical

Publication date: March 2012

Published by: ESB Publishing

Source: Purchased ebook

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Synopsis:

The last year has been smooth sailing for Casey Donovan. She and her boyfriend Nate are doing better than ever, and things at home are good, too. Everything’s been so calm, she hasn’t even “tripped” back to the nineteenth century.

Then the unthinkable happens and she accidentally takes her rebellious brother Tim back in time. It’s 1862 with the Civil War brewing, and for Tim this spells adventure and excitement. Finding himself stuck in the past, he enlists in the Union army, but it doesn’t take long before he discovers real life war is no fun and games.

Casey and Nate race against the clock to find Tim, but the strain wears on their relationship. It doesn’t help that the intriguing new boy next door has his sights on Casey, and isn’t shy to let her know it.

Can Nate and Casey find Tim in time to save him? And is it too late to save their love?

My rating: ★★★★☆
I absolutely loved the first book in this series, Clockwise, so I was super excited to read this one. But it was a little bit of a disappointment. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed it, just not as much as the first book.

I think one of the reasons why I didn’t enjoy it as much was the Nate/Casey relationship. They were SO cute in the last book, but in this one they are already having issues with their relationship. I get it, things like this happen. But I am so tired of this trope in all the YA sequels! It just happens SO much! Why is this B plot always a thing? It doesn’t have to be! I just loved these two characters together in the last book and seeing them fall in like (yeah, like. Not love. Screw instalove... which this series doesn't have any so yay for that). It was so sweet and this book just made me sad. And to top it off there was a new character introduced, Casey’s hot new neighbor Chase Miller, which ughhhhh. I was afraid we were gonna have a love triangle situation going on (another trope I hate) but we didn’t! So thank the gods for that!

I did love the premise of this book though! That was a lot of fun! No one knows about Casey's ability to time-travel, except her best friend, and now Nate, who she took back in time in the last book. But now she accidentally brings back her rebellious little brother Tim!

“I’m a time-traveler.” I waved my hands a bit as if that would help [Tim] understand. “It’s this odd gift I have.”
His face twisted in unbelief. “Are you on drugs, man?”
I huffed. “No.”
He leaned forward and studied his hands. “Am I?”

And to make things worse, Tim is wanting to enroll in the war, thinking this is all fun and games.

And things get... interesting...

Casey accidentally ditches her brother in the 1800s and brings back someone else to the present! It was insane and I loved it! So now she’s gotta take back this guy and find her idiotic brother before he gets himself killed. Yikes.

As I mentioned before, I ended up enjoying the book, even though it wasn’t as much as the first one in the series. I really needed some more of that Casey/Nate romance, but I really loved the premise of the book! I also really like the characters! We actually got some POVs from Tim so it was interesting seeing things from his POV and his thought process. More and more people keep finding out about Casey ability, so I am very interested to see what will be in store for her in the upcoming books! (More romance, I hope!)

Have you read this book? If so, what did you think about it? If not, what do you think? Does it sound like something you might want to read? Leave me a link to your review or comment below! :)