#BookReview: Stolen Time (Dark Stars, #1) by Danielle Rollins

Synopsis: Seattle, 1913 // Dorothy is trapped. Forced into an engagement to a wealthy man just so she and her mother can live comfortably for the rest of their days, she’ll do anything to escape. Including sneaking away from her wedding and bolting into the woods to disappear.

New Seattle, 2077 // Ash is on a mission. Rescue the professor—his mentor who figured out the secret to time travel—so together they can put things right in their devastated city. But searching for one man means endless jumps through time with no guarantee of success.

When Dorothy collides with Ash, she sees it as her chance to start fresh—she’ll stow away in his plane and begin a new life wherever they land. Then she wakes up in a future that’s been ripped apart by earthquakes and floods; where vicious gangs rule the submerged city streets and a small group of intrepid travelers from across time are fighting against the odds to return things to normal. What Dorothy doesn’t know is that she could hold the key to unraveling the past—and her arrival may spell Ash’s ultimate destruction.



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Rating: 5 Stars
My Review: This was amazing I am so glad that I have the rest of them.  The story, characters, and just everything came together for a one of a kind story that you wont be able to put down. 

From School Library Journal

Gr 8 Up—Dorothy and Ash's love story spans centuries, but is set in motion when Dorothy, living in the year 1913, stows away aboard Ash's time machine and winds up in the year 2077. Plenty of cross-space-time adventure—and flirting—ensues. Rollins's sci-fi romance features a diverse cast of characters, which suits the plot's emphasis on access to all of space and time. Chapter headings clearly indicate whose point of view readers are meant to inhabit, and although perspectives and settings change nearly every chapter, these clear markers alleviate potential confusion. Most of the third-person narration alternates between Dorothy and Ash, with the exception of intermittent epistolary chapters written from the perspective of the mysteriously missing Professor, for whom Ash has been searching space-time for years. Paradoxes feature as heavy plot devices, and occasionally the exposition reads as clunky and ill-defined. Romance is the main focus of this trilogy, although both Dorothy and Ash spend so much time internally remarking on their own beauty, it's unclear whether they'll ever have the time to become an item. This light time-travel novel is fast-paced and sprinkled with just enough science-fiction tropes to satisfy most fans of the genre. VERDICT Recommended for purchase where teens are eager for more books similar to series by Kiera Cass and Alexandra Bracken.—Jessie Hedrick, Westmont Public Library, IL  --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Inside Flap

Seattle, 1913

Dorothy is trapped. Forced to wed a wealthy man so she and her mother can live comfortably for the rest of their days, she'll do anything to escape--including sneaking away from her wedding and bolting into the woods to disappear.

New Seattle, 2077

Ash is on a mission. Rescue the professor--his mentor who figured out the secret to time travel--so together they can put things right in their devastated city. But endless jumps through time have left Ash plagued by prememories of what's to come--a violent death and his heart torn apart.

When Dorothy collides with Ash, she sees it as her chance to start fresh--she'll stow away in his plane and begin a new life wherever they land. Then she wakes up in a future that's been ripped apart by earthquakes and floods; where vicious gangs rule the submerged city streets and a small group of intrepid travelers from across time are fighting against the odds to return things to normal. What Dorothy doesn't know is that she could hold the key to unraveling the past--but her arrival may spell Ash's ultimate destruction.

--Booklist  --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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