John Hazen

Disclaimer: I received this book for free from LibraryThing in return for an honest review.

Joseph Vance has a gift that has been passed down in his family for generations. All the first-born child in his family have the ability to transport people back in time for a do-over of a wrong decision they made. His family calls it making a Correction. But after one Correction costs Joseph his family he has to make a choice, one that will determine the future of Corrections.

This book sucks the reader in from the very beginning. It tells the history of the Vance family up to the present day. I did find the second half to drag a bit but overall it was a compelling and enjoyable story.… (meer)

The story had an interesting premise about second chances, and the magical realism was a draw. I enjoyed the exploration of the “rules” surrounding correcting those with children, self-corrections, and personal gain, but struggled with later parts of the story when abstaining from certain self-corrections seemed to go against the protagonists’ own nature. Something was just missing there for me. As an ARC, this story could use a good edit to trim it down a bit and certainly to work on the dialogue from older centuries that read as far too modern, but otherwise it was a fun read.… (meer)