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MY REVIEW:
This was like reading a modern-classic romance novel. It has all the elements of excitement and intrigue like a modern romance novel, but is filled with the essence of a classical story. I loved this one more than I thought I would, if I’m being completely honest with myself. When I first saw it, I thought it looked cute and I knew I would enjoy the story, but I wan’t really prepared to have my heart invested in the characters as deeply as I found myself doing.
As a HUGE fan of The Butterfly Effect (the one with Ashton Kutcher), the premise of this one caught my attention right away. Caitlin Richter travels backwards in time and must do everything possible not to interfere with things or else alter possibly everything.
A time travel disorder. How can this be real? If I hadn’t experienced it for myself, I would have laughed at her. Told her, as kindly as I could, that what she was saying was impossible.
The Ripple Effect, Cally Jackson
But then she meets a boy – and EVERYTHING changes for her. Toby is a carpenter in the 1980’s and not just any carpenter. Hes sweet, caring and adores Caitlin so very much that he wants to know all her secrets.
But Caitlin has to try and not change the past, which becomes really hard when her feelings for Toby are as strong as they are. A fast paced and fun adventure back and forth through time where what the heart wants is what it wants and nothing will stand in the way.
Note: While this is a romance novel, it is a “clean romance” with only one fade to black scene, but plenty of romance and emotional entanglement between the characters. They were adorable together in every way and I enjoyed every second of my time with them.
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The Time Traveller’s Wife meets The Butterfly Effect in this touching, heart-felt love story.
When Caitlyn Richter turns twenty-one, she begins having strange, unsettling episodes: pins and needles in her hands, a rushing noise in her ears, and a blinding light obscuring her vision. After a bad episode, Caitlyn finds herself somewhere different, with no idea how she got there. To her horror, Caitlyn learns she has inherited a disorder that causes her to travel back and forth in time uncontrollably, and to make matters worse, one small change to the past can have massive consequences for the present.
Caitlyn quickly realises she must do whatever it takes to leave the past unchanged. But that’s easier said than done, especially after she meets Toby Beech, an attractive 1980’s carpenter who wants to spend as much time with her as possible, and who she finds herself falling in love with.
Caitlyn has two choices. She can force herself to stay away from Toby and keep her life in the present intact. Or she can follow her heart and risk the ripple effect wreaking havoc on everything and everyone she loves.
An impossible decision. An ill-fated love.
An incredible story you don’t want to miss.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Cally Jackson grew up in the small country town of Gatton. After deciding at 17 that a Hollywood acting career was sadly out of reach, Cally turned to a career in professional communication with fictional writing as her labour of love.
Cally’s passion for fictional writing first emerged in grade two when she got in trouble for penning her own tale instead of copying directly from a story book as she was supposed to be doing – it was a handwriting exercise, after all.
Cally’s first novel, The Big Smoke, was published in 2012. A decade and two children later, Cally’s next novel, The Ripple Effect, and its sequel, Aftermath, will be published in the second half of 2023. She is also currently seeking representation for Captive, a domestic thriller.
Cally now lives in Brisbane with her husband and children.
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