Book Review Blurb: Overstrike by C.M. Angus

This one offered a novel take on the multiverse and almost-time-travel. I liked it, but frankly a few times I got a little lost in all the characters and perspectives and timelines and had to backtrack to make sure I was staying in the story. The underpinning idea is very intriguing though, and seeing how it would play out is what kept me reading even when I occasionally got frustrated trying to keep it all right in my mind (an ironic statement if you know the book and the characters’ struggles to do the same!). While I found it a little tough to follow sometimes, that feeling did contribute to the overall sense of the story – a weird gestalt that I both liked and didn’t. There’s a fantastic construct for the end/next book though, and I’m curious about how that will work itself out but do hope things tighten up a bit (either in the book or in my mind) to help me stay in the action instead of occasionally losing the feel for it as I try to keep up…

Thanks to the good folks at Elsewhen Press for my obligation-free review copy.