Glitch: Book Review

A gene that enables time travel, an illegal letter from a future self, and two kids who have been enemies their entire lives. What could go wrong?

   Regan and Elliot have been training to become Glitchers - time travelers who preserve the past to protect the future - their entire lives. Regan has always struggled to live up to the high expectations placed on her as the Commander in Chief's daughter. She can spot a ‘Butterfly’ in any test simulation, but struggles to remember the historical facts every Glitcher needs to know. Elliot is a genius when it comes to remembering facts, but doesn’t do well jumping into situations he hasn’t spent weeks, or even months, preparing for. His goal is to become the youngest active Glitcher and the future Commander in Chief. 

   The two of them are happy to spend their lives hating and avoiding each other, until they receive an illegal letter written by Regan’s future self. The letter tells them they have to work together to prevent something terrible from happening in the future. Finding themselves suddenly thrust together as a team, the two of them follow the mysterious set of clues left for them until they discover why Regan’s future self risked everything to leave them the letter. 

   The unthinkable is about to happen, and Regan and Elliot are the only ones who can prevent it, but to do so, they’ll have to break every time-travel law they’ve ever been taught.  

Laura Martin's book Glitch is an adventure of unlikely friendship that leaves you asking the question, if you had the opportunity to change history, would you do it? 

My recommended age range: 11+

My rating: 4/5 

Amazon's Rating:  4.7/5 

Notes for readers, from a reader: I thoroughly enjoyed the story, plot, characters, and theme of this book, and highly recommend giving it a read. The book is written in first person, but bounces between Regan’s and Elliot’s point of view. Be sure to watch at the beginning of the chapter for whose POV it’s in. The font in the copy of the book I read was not dyslexia friendly, so while I was able to read it, I had to go back and reread sentences to make sure I read them correctly. If you have dyslexia, or are a parent looking for a book for your dyslexic child, I would recommend finding an audio version, or reading it aloud.