Welcome to my stop on the tour for Butterman (Time) Travel, Inc by PK Hrezo. This is a NA Time Travel Adventure Romance.
This tour runs Feb. 10-21st with reviews, author interviews, and a few guest posts and top tens. It also includes a great giveaway. Be sure to check out our tour page with additional info and list of tour stops.
About the Book
Author: PK Hrezo
Series: Butterman (Time) Travel, Inc, #1
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (self published work)
Release: Nov 5th 2013
Source: Blog Tour Copy
Pages: 310 (ebook)
It’s the year 2069 and even though eighteen-year-old Bianca Butterman is heir to the family biz, she may never see the day her time-craft license becomes official. When a government agent starts nosing around the operation, Butterman Travel, Inc. gets stuck with a full audit—part of a government take-over scheme to shut down all private time travel agencies. Enter former boy band superstar, Tristan Helms, desperate to retrieve a lost item from his past and willing to pay triple fare for a time-trip to get there, and Bianca has to find a way to complete the job and return home before the government gets wind and shuts down the family biz for good.Welcome to Butterman Travel, Incorporated, a full service agency designed to meet all your exclusive time travel needs. We’re a family owned and operated business with one hundred years of experience. A place where you can rest assured, safety and reliability always come first.Anxious to attend some special event from the past? Or for a glimpse of what the future holds?You've come to the right place. We’re a fully accredited operation, offering an array of services; including, but not limited to: customized travel plans, professionally piloted operations, and personal trip guides. *Terms and conditions do applyUse our Web conferencing to contact our front line reservation specialist, Bianca Butterman, who will handle all your inquiries in a professional and efficient manner, offering a tentative itinerary and free fare quote, so you can make the most of your time trip.We look forward to serving you at Butterman Travel, Inc., where time is always in your hands.
Have you ever considered the things you would do if one day you could travel in time? Past, future, wherever and whenever your heart desires, with a simple gesture of hand and BOOM!! you are there, mingling between what was already done and what has yet to come. If you are as fascinated and intrigued as I am, Butterman (Time) Travel, Inc will surely be a treat for you.
Bianca Butterman is a time travel expert despite her age and unorthodox fashion taste. Because of the family legacy and business operation, she has had more than normal shares of time travel adventures. And now, it’s her turn to lead one on her own, though the carelessness of the passenger is somewhat unsettling. After all, time travel is not something you can mess with without repercussions and a diligent travel guide does not always garner a safety trip when the passenger comes unprepared. Tristan Helms, in this case, is probably as unprepared as it comes.
While neither of them gave the other a good first impression, it is through their journey back in time that we get to know more about Tristan - the real Tristan, underneath all the flashy camera lights and stiff yet flawless smiles. As unseemly as it may be, Bianca and Tristan actually share a deep and indescribable connection regarding music. They bond quickly on their similar devotions and for a brief second Bianca almost likes him now. But danger is catching up with them too, a seed that was planted the moment they stepped into the time vessel. With both their pasts and futures at risk, is Butterman, Inc.'s slogan really true that time will always be in your hands?
I enjoyed the company of both Bianca and Tristan immensely, though since the book is written using first person narrative, I was more privy to Bianca’s thoughts than Tristan’s. She is such a snarky and humorous girl as well as having a great deal of determinations. It is absolutely amusing to read the dialogues between her and Tristan. I cannot help but smile at their subtle patronization toward each other. When all things went south, Bianca was the calmer and decisive one out of the two trying to figure out a way to keep them out of trouble. Tristan, on the other hand, was more cheery and carefree no matter how bad the situation became. Although his live-in-the-moment attitude annoys Bianca from time to time, it is undeniable that they are perfect for each other. She will always be there to keep him on track, and he will always be there to ease her worries.
The orchestration of the plot is plainly outstanding as well. Hrezo managed to present a quite distinctive and inspiring story with lots of twists and turns. Although some of them appeared more predictive than the other, I was never bored following Bianca and Tristan’s adventures; on the contrary, I was rather hooked right from the beginning. However, the pacing did slowed down a bit in the middle of the story, but not for long. I wish there were more illustration of the advances in technology in 2067. From the few ones in the book, the future society lacks originality. A bolder imagination would better suit my expectations.
There is one thing I would like to complain about - the poor editing effort shown from the book. Throughout this 300-page novel, there are countless errors with spelling, word positions, grammar inconsistencies, and so on. It became progressively more irritating towards the end. Another round of editing would be beneficial to improve reader experience.
Time travel has slowly become one of my favorite sub genres nowadays and Butterman (Time) Travel, Inc. makes a great addition to the pile. I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to see more and more authors set foot in this domain. If you have not tried anything related to this theme, how about we change that … right now?
While neither of them gave the other a good first impression, it is through their journey back in time that we get to know more about Tristan - the real Tristan, underneath all the flashy camera lights and stiff yet flawless smiles. As unseemly as it may be, Bianca and Tristan actually share a deep and indescribable connection regarding music. They bond quickly on their similar devotions and for a brief second Bianca almost likes him now. But danger is catching up with them too, a seed that was planted the moment they stepped into the time vessel. With both their pasts and futures at risk, is Butterman, Inc.'s slogan really true that time will always be in your hands?
I enjoyed the company of both Bianca and Tristan immensely, though since the book is written using first person narrative, I was more privy to Bianca’s thoughts than Tristan’s. She is such a snarky and humorous girl as well as having a great deal of determinations. It is absolutely amusing to read the dialogues between her and Tristan. I cannot help but smile at their subtle patronization toward each other. When all things went south, Bianca was the calmer and decisive one out of the two trying to figure out a way to keep them out of trouble. Tristan, on the other hand, was more cheery and carefree no matter how bad the situation became. Although his live-in-the-moment attitude annoys Bianca from time to time, it is undeniable that they are perfect for each other. She will always be there to keep him on track, and he will always be there to ease her worries.
The orchestration of the plot is plainly outstanding as well. Hrezo managed to present a quite distinctive and inspiring story with lots of twists and turns. Although some of them appeared more predictive than the other, I was never bored following Bianca and Tristan’s adventures; on the contrary, I was rather hooked right from the beginning. However, the pacing did slowed down a bit in the middle of the story, but not for long. I wish there were more illustration of the advances in technology in 2067. From the few ones in the book, the future society lacks originality. A bolder imagination would better suit my expectations.
There is one thing I would like to complain about - the poor editing effort shown from the book. Throughout this 300-page novel, there are countless errors with spelling, word positions, grammar inconsistencies, and so on. It became progressively more irritating towards the end. Another round of editing would be beneficial to improve reader experience.
Time travel has slowly become one of my favorite sub genres nowadays and Butterman (Time) Travel, Inc. makes a great addition to the pile. I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to see more and more authors set foot in this domain. If you have not tried anything related to this theme, how about we change that … right now?
My Rating: ★★★★ (4 stars)
(A copy of this book was kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.)
About the Author
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PK Hrezo is a native Floridian whose life could easily be a Jimmy Buffet song. She shares her home with her firefighter husband and their two children. When not creating characters and their worlds, PK can be found at her other job of rearranging passenger’s itineraries for a major international airline. The only hobbies she loves more than traveling, are reading, writing, and music, and when the four are combined she exists in total bliss.
She blogs regularly at PK HREZO: Fearless Fiction.
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Thanks so much for having me here today, and for your review! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting a tour stop!
ReplyDeleteOh, the poor editing would really annoy me. I was just reading a book published by one of the Big 5 and I was SO shocked at how many silly typos I found! (Things like "it's" instead of "its". That's basic stuff, peoples!) Still, this sounds like a really unique concept.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it sure is! You should really check it out or read a sample or something. Although the editing bothered me, I would very much regret it if I never read this book. Bottom line, it's worth it :)
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