On her seventeenth birthday, Katie discovers a locket and decides to wear it for good luck. But when her boyfriend Isaac finds out she cheated on h...
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Jun 08, 2011
Zemira
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The Locket must be the sweetest time-travel book out there!
Some will say it was a total cliché but it had so many twists so you never know what will happen next and you can't wait to see which guy will Kate pick. Will it be Isaac or Mitch? The story will just suck you right in. And let me tell you there were a few huge shockers.
While reading,the book went from 3 to 4 until at the end it reached 5 stars. Those people who know me can tell I don't give 5 star rating unless I really More...
Some will say it was a total cliché but it had so many twists so you never know what will happen next and you can't wait to see which guy will Kate pick. Will it be Isaac or Mitch? The story will just suck you right in. And let me tell you there were a few huge shockers.
While reading,the book went from 3 to 4 until at the end it reached 5 stars. Those people who know me can tell I don't give 5 star rating unless I really More...
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Mar 09, 2011
Reading Vacation's Mom
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Do Over! Who hasn’t done something they regretted and then wished they could turn back the clock for a do over? Katie’s magical locket gives her the ultimate do over opportunity.
Katie has been dating Isaac forever. He’s the popular jock who can be self-centered to the point of being a bit jerky. Katie messes up big time when she kisses their good friend, Mitch. He’s a light-hearted guy who has been like a brother to Katie for many years. These three are typical high school kids – the average gir More...
Katie has been dating Isaac forever. He’s the popular jock who can be self-centered to the point of being a bit jerky. Katie messes up big time when she kisses their good friend, Mitch. He’s a light-hearted guy who has been like a brother to Katie for many years. These three are typical high school kids – the average gir More...
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Jul 26, 2011
Rachel
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This has got to be one of my favorite reads of 2011. Frankly, I think the plot is a little clichéd, but I so love how the story was executed. The summary provides the readers the idea on how the story is going to play out. The Locket begins on Katie’s birthday, October 10. Exactly two weeks after she cheated on Isaac. Katie still feels guilty about it, but she just tells herself to forget about it because it was a mistake and it will never happen again. While she is More...
This has got to be one of my favorite reads of 2011. Frankly, I think the plot is a little clichéd, but I so love how the story was executed. The summary provides the readers the idea on how the story is going to play out. The Locket begins on Katie’s birthday, October 10. Exactly two weeks after she cheated on Isaac. Katie still feels guilty about it, but she just tells herself to forget about it because it was a mistake and it will never happen again. While she is More...
May 10, 2011
Rebecca
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The Locket
The Locket by Stacey Jay focused its plot on a locket that can let people time travel. Katie, who was the lucky girl that found the locket, was thrilled when she found out about its magic. Since her life was perfect with her boyfriend, Isaac, until she kissed their mutual best friend Mitch. Although the locket helped her to travel back in time to fix her mistakes and make her life perfect again, little changes that happened here and there turned out to be disastrous.
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The Locket by Stacey Jay focused its plot on a locket that can let people time travel. Katie, who was the lucky girl that found the locket, was thrilled when she found out about its magic. Since her life was perfect with her boyfriend, Isaac, until she kissed their mutual best friend Mitch. Although the locket helped her to travel back in time to fix her mistakes and make her life perfect again, little changes that happened here and there turned out to be disastrous.
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Mar 04, 2011
Aik Chien
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I wasn't supposed to read this book until 9th March, the day my exam ends. But I couldn't resist it and took a peek... and ended up finishing the whole book in 2 days. Which explains why I'm writing this review now. I want to share the good news - I really like it!
At first, the locket sounded like a great gift from God - it enabled Katie to travel back in time and fix the mistake she made two weeks ago, that was cheating on her boyfriend Isaac by kissing her best friend Mitch. And I More...
At first, the locket sounded like a great gift from God - it enabled Katie to travel back in time and fix the mistake she made two weeks ago, that was cheating on her boyfriend Isaac by kissing her best friend Mitch. And I More...
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Feb 06, 2011
Bailey (IB Book Blogging)
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I have read each one of Stacey Jay's previous books and have adored all of them! The Locket is no exception and although I love her Undead series, I have to say that this is my favorite book of hers to date. The whole idea of being able to fix mistakes that seriously ruined your life is something that i'm sure we all would love. I have had my few share of slip-ups or boo-boo's that I made and I felt horrible afterward. Katie feels exactly the same way when she ruins her seemingly perfect life pl
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Nov 03, 2010
Amy
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What would you do if you could travel back in time and change something you wish could be done again? Would you change it, or would you leave it as part of the past?
Katie finds out that having a way to travel back in time through a locket, might just be her chance to fix a mistake and keep her life perfect. What Katie doesn't realize at first is that changing the past also changes the future of others. When Katie travels back into the past she finds that not only can she change More...
Katie finds out that having a way to travel back in time through a locket, might just be her chance to fix a mistake and keep her life perfect. What Katie doesn't realize at first is that changing the past also changes the future of others. When Katie travels back into the past she finds that not only can she change More...
Feb 05, 2012
Teresa in Ohio
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Haven't we all regreted a moment in time and wish we could erase the moment? And if we could what would be the consquences, would it be a simple as undoing it, or will it alter other things? Katie makes a huge mistake ( at least she thinks it will ruin her life) and when exposed, she discovers a pretty locket and this jewelry changes everything and more. I found this story to be more about undoing mistakes, redeeming one self and more about just because you have always done the thing expected
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Oct 19, 2010
Cindy/Books Complete Me
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The Locket is a story about mistakes and what you would or wouldn't do to correct them. What if you could go back in time and pretend like your biggest mistake never happened? Would you relive all of those moments again and risk changing the lives of those around you to get a second chance?
That's exactly what happens with Katie. One minute she's at a party with her best friend and the next she's making the biggest mistake of her life. When she's given the opportunity to undo her mist More...
That's exactly what happens with Katie. One minute she's at a party with her best friend and the next she's making the biggest mistake of her life. When she's given the opportunity to undo her mist More...
Mar 05, 2011
Jennifer
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In The Locket by Stacey Jay, Katie makes a huge mistake that ultimately ends her relationship with her boyfriend Isaac. Prior to this she finds a locket that belongs to her grandmother and once she starts to wish to take back her mistakes she gets to go back in time and have a second chance. However, this is not without consequences.
I thought the story had a lot of promise, but in the end it just didn't live up to my expectations. What could have been More...
In The Locket by Stacey Jay, Katie makes a huge mistake that ultimately ends her relationship with her boyfriend Isaac. Prior to this she finds a locket that belongs to her grandmother and once she starts to wish to take back her mistakes she gets to go back in time and have a second chance. However, this is not without consequences.
I thought the story had a lot of promise, but in the end it just didn't live up to my expectations. What could have been More...
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Dec 03, 2010
Kate (I Just Wanna Sit Here and Read!)
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THE LOCKET, by Stacey Jay, is a well-crafted story about the dangerous effects that time-travel poses. Everyone has regrets, but changing them for selfish reasons can lead to more and possibly worse regrets.
I am always a bit wary when I come across a "time-travel" story, but I was pleasantly surprised with this one. Although this story was based more on the relationships than the element of time travel, I think Jay really did it right. The subtle differences in environment More...
I am always a bit wary when I come across a "time-travel" story, but I was pleasantly surprised with this one. Although this story was based more on the relationships than the element of time travel, I think Jay really did it right. The subtle differences in environment More...
Sep 17, 2011
Ariel
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This book was a total metaphorical impulse buy for me. I was checking in new books and getting them ready for display, and the somewhat-cheesy cover caught my eye. So, you know, I toted it home and added it to my stack of library books. Last week, when I was sorting through my pile of books by Big! Name! Authors! Of YA and books that deal with Serious! Issues!, I was drawn to The Locket because it seemed a little lighter. And you know what? I was right.
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Oct 16, 2011
Sam, the night owl
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I wasn't impressed by this. The way Katie was obsessed with her relationship with Isaac turned me off. She is always eager to please him so they can be the perfect boyfriend and girlfriend, and throughout the entire book, she insists that she wants to stay with him even though she clearly knows that she has feelings for her friend, Mitch. I found it irritating that she only wants to stay with Issac, because he's her first love, and she doesn't wa More...
I wasn't impressed by this. The way Katie was obsessed with her relationship with Isaac turned me off. She is always eager to please him so they can be the perfect boyfriend and girlfriend, and throughout the entire book, she insists that she wants to stay with him even though she clearly knows that she has feelings for her friend, Mitch. I found it irritating that she only wants to stay with Issac, because he's her first love, and she doesn't wa More...
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Jan 20, 2012
Gayatri
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The Prologue was a bit confusing but they always are. So I continued. The story caught my interest from first page itself. I have always been a fan of love triangle so when I sensed it's coming it piqued my interest more. I loved the characters Katie and Mitch. The plot was amazing and kept me on my toes all the time. I actually finished this book in 4 hours which is truly saying something for me.
The characters are completely believable. Stacey Jay has done wonderful job in writing t More...
The characters are completely believable. Stacey Jay has done wonderful job in writing t More...
Jan 13, 2011
Teri
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The Locket is a story about making changes to a past that you did not like and then realizing the consequences in history of those actions thereafter. I enjoyed the main character Kate and thought also about going back in time to change something. Can changing one mistake lead to a host of others? Did we really like the outcome of the whole affair? Were these mistakes that needed changing fine to begin with?
Through the different time travels in the story we see what is warping and changing More...
Through the different time travels in the story we see what is warping and changing More...
Apr 28, 2011
Cristina
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Wow, this book was an intense roller-coaster ride. From the first chapter, all the way to the last, I was racing through trying to figure out what happens, hoping and praying everything turns out okay. I thought I had it pegged multiple times only to be proved wrong, yet again, that I had it wrong. This book was so frustrating I was almost to the point of throwing it at the wall--or out the window if I could get it open. But that doesn't mean it was bad; the frustration kept me reading in the ho
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Feb 04, 2011
Ann
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I enjoyed this, though I didn't feel that it rose above the many other books just like it. I called all of the major plot points well before they were revealed, but still enjoyed the ride. I think it would have been more interesting if the ugly repercussions of the Locket's power had stemmed from the changes Katie was making, rather than just making random changes to the world. Gimme a Call has a similar theme of changing your previous mistakes, but I felt that the problems that arose in that bo
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Jun 22, 2011
Angie
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"I'd never known love could feel like this, like a nerver-ending fall into blissful possibility and coming home to an old friend all at the same time."
Le genre de bouquin à me faire demander: et si, les voyages dans le temps existaient, quelles en seraient les règles et les effets sur le continuum espace-temps?
J'aime la théorie que rien n'arrive au hasard, et que d'infimes actions peuvent avoir une énorme portée (le fameux effet papillon).
En tout cas, j' More...
Le genre de bouquin à me faire demander: et si, les voyages dans le temps existaient, quelles en seraient les règles et les effets sur le continuum espace-temps?
J'aime la théorie que rien n'arrive au hasard, et que d'infimes actions peuvent avoir une énorme portée (le fameux effet papillon).
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May 03, 2011
Mina
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Life as Isaac's girlfriend was pretty much perfect for Katie until she messed everything up by getting drunk and cheating on him with their mutual best friend, Mitch. Isaac finds out and Katie is devasted. On Katie's seventeenth birthday she discovers a strange and beautiful locket. She puts it on and finds herself going back in time to the night of her mistake. She is thrilled that she has gotten a second chance to change the past, but changing the past comes with a dark price.
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Jun 17, 2011
shelley (crazytrinket)
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Another book that I did enjoyed reading. It is a simple yet fascinating and engaging story. The time travel stuff in here is created excellently.
Katie, Isaac and Mitch are the main characters in the story. They were best of friends since they were kids. Katie and Isaac eventually became a couple. Everything is fine between them until Katie make a mistake of kissing Mitch. She lost Isaac because of that and Katie is so devastated that she’ll do anything to get him back. And the locket t More...
Katie, Isaac and Mitch are the main characters in the story. They were best of friends since they were kids. Katie and Isaac eventually became a couple. Everything is fine between them until Katie make a mistake of kissing Mitch. She lost Isaac because of that and Katie is so devastated that she’ll do anything to get him back. And the locket t More...
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Jul 26, 2011
Savannah (Books With Bite)
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This book is very intense and very fast paced. The reader is able to get into the book fast cause of the great story line. The story line of this book is just filled with non-action, drama, secrets, and betrayals. All the things I love to see in books. As the story lines flows, the reader get more into the story of the locket and what is really does. I like it when a character can time travel and changes things. But I also like how Ms. Jay interpreted the consequence of changing the past. That
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Jul 29, 2011
Rhin
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Next year at christmas, I'm not going to wish for a pony. Or a new iPod. Or a new laptop. Nope, I am going to wish for Mitch.
Seriously, he is adorable. Because of him, I want to give this novel five stars already. But I can't. I'm sorry Mitch, but I just can't.
But let's just start with the praise, shall we? Mitch. Mitch is adorable. He is funny, quirky and overall and awesome character. He made me believe he had ben Katie's friend for years, he made me believe he loved her, a More...
Seriously, he is adorable. Because of him, I want to give this novel five stars already. But I can't. I'm sorry Mitch, but I just can't.
But let's just start with the praise, shall we? Mitch. Mitch is adorable. He is funny, quirky and overall and awesome character. He made me believe he had ben Katie's friend for years, he made me believe he loved her, a More...
Jun 21, 2011
Stephanie
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Nov 29, 2011
P.E. at Tantalizing Illusions
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The Locket was the story of Katie using a locket to go back two weeks in time so she wouldn't repeat a mistake. Of course going back in time isn't without its consequences and Katie will learn the significance of choices and their impact on the world.
Romantic tension all the way through between Katie and Isaac, her boyfriend who cares a bit more about basketball than her, and Mitch, her best friend that may want to be more. I had a good idea of what would happen in the end and so I wa More...
Romantic tension all the way through between Katie and Isaac, her boyfriend who cares a bit more about basketball than her, and Mitch, her best friend that may want to be more. I had a good idea of what would happen in the end and so I wa More...
Dec 31, 2010
Mary (BookHounds)
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I just started reading more time travel romances. This one is a bit difference since the time travel is only a few weeks time in the present. This is a sweet romance that will appeal to teens and adults alike. The main question the book tries to answer is: Will a do-over really change the outcome in what happens in the overall picture and your future?
Katie finds herself making out with her long time neighbor and best boy bud, Mitch while she is dating Isaac. She admits t More...
Katie finds herself making out with her long time neighbor and best boy bud, Mitch while she is dating Isaac. She admits t More...
Aug 31, 2011
Kristy
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Spoilers are going to be littered throughout this mess:
Dear Katie:
This just in, Your boyfriend is an ASS!!!! Sure, he seems Mister All-American jock that is the love of your life, but really he is a self-absorbed prick. I didn't like him from the very beginning. He really doesn't seem to care about your feelings, then complaining how you acted nervous in front of Rachel!!! Ahhh, what a tool. No, that does not excuse your behavior with Mitch. You need to open your eyes to see wh More...
Dear Katie:
This just in, Your boyfriend is an ASS!!!! Sure, he seems Mister All-American jock that is the love of your life, but really he is a self-absorbed prick. I didn't like him from the very beginning. He really doesn't seem to care about your feelings, then complaining how you acted nervous in front of Rachel!!! Ahhh, what a tool. No, that does not excuse your behavior with Mitch. You need to open your eyes to see wh More...
Dec 25, 2010
Sarah
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I’m a pretty big fan of the Groundhog Day idea, and while The Locket doesn’t completely follow that pattern, it stems from the same general idea: What would happen if you got a complete do-over?
Katie makes a huge mistake: she cheats on her boyfriend with his best friend. She’s trying to keep it quiet, and as she gets ready for a special birthday/anniversary date with her boyfriend, she finds her grandmother’s locket and decides it’s the perfect fi More...
I’m a pretty big fan of the Groundhog Day idea, and while The Locket doesn’t completely follow that pattern, it stems from the same general idea: What would happen if you got a complete do-over?
Katie makes a huge mistake: she cheats on her boyfriend with his best friend. She’s trying to keep it quiet, and as she gets ready for a special birthday/anniversary date with her boyfriend, she finds her grandmother’s locket and decides it’s the perfect fi More...
Apr 05, 2011
Melissa
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To be really honest, The Locket was pretty much a disappointment. It really had potential and I did have high hopes for it, but unfortunately, it fell a little flat for me.
On her seventeenth birthday, Katie discovers a locket and decides to wear it for good luck. But when her boyfriend Isaac finds out she cheated on him— with their mutual best friend Mitch, no less—he dumps her, leaving her devastated. And then a miracle happens. The locket burns on Katie's chest and she feels herself More...
On her seventeenth birthday, Katie discovers a locket and decides to wear it for good luck. But when her boyfriend Isaac finds out she cheated on him— with their mutual best friend Mitch, no less—he dumps her, leaving her devastated. And then a miracle happens. The locket burns on Katie's chest and she feels herself More...
Feb 03, 2011
Victoria
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I actually enjoyed reading this book. I thought it was honest and did it in a way that it will help the younger generation learn that mistakes aren't meant to last, and they happen for a reason. After all, who are we without our mistakes. Doesn't everything happen for a reason and shouldn't they. If we changed a mistake that we did, things, people, ourselves wouldn't be the same. I thought the author did an excellent job tying all that in with the story. Plus who doesn't live time warp stuff.
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Apr 08, 2011
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Katie made a mistake, and she wishes she can undo it. One simple kiss, one make out, and everything crumbled. Isaac, her boyfriend, found out on her birthday and broke up with her, and now she's confused and wondering why she allowed her best friend Mitch to kiss her. Katie, who tries so hard to prove to everyone that she's worth having Isaac as a boyfriend, that she can also be a part of the "platinums", that she can be popular. Then th More...
Katie made a mistake, and she wishes she can undo it. One simple kiss, one make out, and everything crumbled. Isaac, her boyfriend, found out on her birthday and broke up with her, and now she's confused and wondering why she allowed her best friend Mitch to kiss her. Katie, who tries so hard to prove to everyone that she's worth having Isaac as a boyfriend, that she can also be a part of the "platinums", that she can be popular. Then th More...
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