This review was originally written for Lucybird's Book Blog

The Time Keeper has everything you would expect from Mitch Alborn, a bit of sadness, a bit of thoughtfulness, a feel good ending and the ability to move.

At first I wasn't that keen. It wasn't bad. I just felt that more could have been made of how 'Father Time' invented time. In fact I barely even saw it as him inventing time.

One the more modern side of the story got going however my interest increased. I had a bit of a love hate relationship with the teenage girl. She was naive, and a bit of a drama queen, but I understood her. She seemed like a real teenager (and not the 'popular' type girls you so often get in books and films.

I didn't like the old man at all though. He was so self-centred, even when it came to the ones he supposedly loved.

I think maybe it was good to have a hate element to those two characters however, it made the feel good element better.

What was best however was when Father Time came to our modern world. It was interesting to see the world through his eyes, and it was when the book really got going.

If you're a fan of Alborn you should enjoy this one, and you may be interested if you are a fan of historical fiction too. If you're not sure at first it is worth the perseverance.