This book was pretty dandy. It had the whole we are soul mates and thus must die for each other sequence which beginning to show up in most fantasy YA novels. However cliche the paring may be, the characters add a little spice to the mix up, making the old into something new. I loved the time travellers thing going on, it made it snazzy, to have a different, not usual Fantasy YA novelish, where the norm is Vampires and Werewolves (not that I don't mind a good vampire and werewolf novel, but it's nice to change up once in a while). Honestly, my favourite character is Kaleb because a) he's a swimmer, b)if one can trust Emersons description, then he is completely sexy, c)he's a player, and yet is really compassionate to those he loves or lets close to him, d)he loves his parents, and well I could go on, but I won't. Yeah, it's a great-awesomesauce-triptastic book and I say you should read it, but I say that a bit too often... ah well I guess I only read good books, eh?