Alice In Time by Penelope Bush

The Blurb On The Back:

Things are at crisis point for fourteen-year-old Alice. Her mum is ruining her life, her dad’s getting remarried, and Sasha, the most popular girl in school, hates her guts …

Then a bizarre accident happens, and Alice finds herself re-living her life as a seven-year-old through teenage eyes – and discovering some awkward truths.

But can she use her new knowledge to change her own future?

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The Verdict:

Penelope Bush’s YA novel is essentially a ‘do-over’ tale wherein Alice is given a chance to re-evaluate who she is and everything she thinks she knows. It’s a slim plot and while the writing is fine (albeit I’m not sure that a teenager would use the word “horrid” as much as Alice does), it lacks oomph and I felt that the ending was a bit of a let down given how vile and utterly self-unaware Alice is at the start of the book. All in all it’s fine but it didn’t excite me. I would however check out Bush’s other work.

Thanks to Piccadilly Press for the free copy of this book.