Ooooh that was really good. My only gripe is that I wish I was smart enough to have looked through Crewel before I started because too much time had passed since I read Crewel and picked up Altered (almost a year I think?) so pretty much ALL of the details were a big foggy to me. (I have a somewhat horrible reading retention.) 
 The action in this book was GREAT and I was totally in awe of the science behind all of the time-related alterations. 
 I was excited to see Adelice as a total badass in this book since I remember in the beginning of Crewel I felt like she was a bit meek and then totally took a 180 to smart alec and bold. I liked the fierce side of her! 
 The love triangle prevails and I gotta say... Kind of liked where it headed, which surprised me. I'm not sure if other people will like it, but I totally did. 
 I loved the new characters in the book... Dante, Jax, Kincaid, and the awesome yet somewhat hilarious appearance at the end (I honestly can't say anything more because, total spoiler) and another character's involvement at the end of the book too. 
 Perfectly set up for book three and I cannot wait! I'm almost hoping for a split POV between Adelice and another character which I NEVER do but I think that'd be super interesting! 
 Full review originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide: The ONE regret I have about my read of ALTERED...? That I didn't re-read or at least skim CREWEL first! So many things happened in CREWEL, especially the end, that I needed a really spoilery review or... ya know... my own copy of the book (I had borrowed it from Alyssa when I read it so I didn't have one on hand!) so if you're planning on reading ALTERED (which is a good idea!!!), I suggest you brush up on CREWEL first! 
 I really, REALLY enjoyed ALTERED! I had been left just hoping for a tiny bit more of the time/space manipulation aspect and a better visual of it when I read CREWEL and that had really affected my overall opinion. I definitely did not have the same issue with ALTERED! Gennifer Albin stuffed this book full of a whole ton of new abilities, new characters with different abilities, and more science-fictiony things!! I loved all of the new things, PLUS going further into the structure and the nature of Arras, PLUS seeing more of Adelice TOTALLY OWN IT. 
 Adelice totally grew on me in ALTERED. I got a feeling from her in the beginning of CREWEL that she was a bit timid -- which I guess really made sense because that's how the girls in Arras are brought up -- but the more she finds out about herself, her family, Arras, and the rebellion, the more she comes into her own and really starts to take charge. I loved her new attitude and I think it really carried the book along as well! She's faced with a lot of tough choices and there's no doubt that they take a toll on her, but she's really starting to grow up and fall into the role of this great Creweler that she is perceived to be. 
 So normally, I don't like switches in love triangles. Usually when the focus switches to another guy, I tend to get upset because obviously I was made to fall in love with guy #1 first. In CREWEL, we do meet both Jost and Erik and honestly, they felt really similar to me. I finally started to see them breaking apart from each other in ALTERED and... let's just say that I picked a favorite! I didn't really expect to end up liking this sort of love triangle, but I totally did. I loved how the story went and bravo to Gennifer Albin for totally convincing me! 
 I think one of my favorite things in ALTERED was the collection of new characters. I loved Dante (and his complicated history), Jax, Kincaid... Ooooh, Kincaid. He is so complex and I LOVE it. Do you trust him? Do you fear him? So good! The ending was so interesting and I won't give anything away on WHO and WHAT but -- never thought I would say this -- I'm hoping for a split POV in book three. I would LOVE to see a second POV from Character B along side Adelice but I guess time will only tell and I will have to wait patiently!