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Thank you to NetGalley, Jenny Morris, and Harlequin Trade Publishing for this free ARC in exchange for my honest review.

The Plot:
Thea has a deadly superpower. After touching her friend, Ruth, and seeing a date and time pop up, she knows that she can see the exact moment someone will die. And that time for Ruth was running out in just a few hours. After Thea witnesses Ruth's accident, the man responsible offers his condolences. In a strange turn of events, Thea touches the man and sees his time. Fueled by anger and grief she accidentally takes his time and transfers it to Ruth.

Now she must decide how to use her power. Should she intervene with other people's life expectancies? How does she decide who deserves extra years vs who deserves to have them stolen away?

My Thoughts:
I really enjoyed this book and I loved the premise. Thea's gift is quite the conundrum and I was also having the ethical dilemma during my reading. There were many different scenarios of person throughout this book as Thea makes her decision. What happens when she rushes an opinion? Is it only her opinion that should categorize a person? Is that person capable of fixing their mistake?
Thea also has her own personality traits that would merit losing a few years according to her guide.

The two things I wanted to see more of were Thea making her own choices and not letting her cohort use it for his own nefarious means. Also I really wanted to see a guide, kind of like Zombieland's. Throughout the chapters were small passages that may have been in the guide but I wanted to see the cold hard rules number by number.

Overall, great book and I'm excited to see what's next!

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This was an odd book for me. The book left me disturbed. The author has a good writing style. I just personally didn’t like the book. I didn’t like how I was left feeling. I do think when an author pulls strong emotions from a reader, whether good or bad, it is a sign of talent.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced free copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I received a copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

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Thea comes into the ability of playing god, ending someone’s life or giving them extra years to live . when she touches someone she can immediately see how much time they have before they die. She discovers her best friend Ruth is going to die within the next few hours and accidentally ends someone’s life and gives their remaking time to Ruth complications and ethics come into play as she grapples how to control this new gift.

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