The 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare: Alex Wayfare #1 by M.G. Buehrlen
For as long as 17-year-old Alex Wayfare can remember, she has had visions of the past. Visions that make her feel like she’s really on a ship bound for America, living in Jamestown during the Starving Time, or riding the original Ferris wheel at the World’s Fair.
But these brushes with history pull her from her daily life without warning, sometimes leaving her with strange lasting effects and wounds she can’t explain. Trying to excuse away the aftereffects has booked her more time in the principal’s office than in any of her classes and a permanent place at the bottom of the social hierarchy. Alex is desperate to find out what her visions mean and get rid of them.
It isn’t until she meets Porter, a stranger who knows more than should be possible about her, that she learns the truth: Her visions aren’t really visions. Alex is a Descender – capable of traveling back in time by accessing Limbo, the space between Life and Afterlife. Alex is one soul with fifty-six past lives, fifty-six histories.
Fifty-six lifetimes to explore: the prospect is irresistible to Alex, especially when the same mysterious boy with soulful blue eyes keeps showing up in each of them. But the more she descends, the more it becomes apparent that someone doesn’t want Alex to travel again. Ever.
And will stop at nothing to make this life her last.
Ummm, WHOA. I can’t even count how many buttons of mine this book is pushing right now. Time travel? Check. Historical fiction? Check. Reincarnation? Check. A boy who mysteriously shows up in all of her past lives? Check. This book just sounds so excellent. I have a soft spot for time travelers, and this mythology sounds pretty interesting, too. I like the reincarnation angle. It’s a twist on what I normally see in the admittedly small sample of books I’ve read that deal with time travel.
BRING IT, MG Buehrlen. BRING IT RIGHT NOW.
THE 57 LIVES OF ALEX WAYFARE comes out March 4, 2014 from Strange Chemistry
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This really sounds so good! I requested it on NetGalley a few days ago and I hope I get approved 🙂 Great pick!
Sounds like a good one! I love historical stuff so this one seems interesting to me. Great pick 🙂