Guys check out this cover, is it not wonderfully attractive? :D I know they say don't judge a book by it's cover but a nice one definitely doesn't hurt.

Anyways! This is a YA time travel story in the same vein as Octavia Butler's Kindred. It's tight first person POV which really only works when you've got a good protagonist to carry it. Luckily this does! I really liked Genna and got invested in both her lives: present and past. I was a bit sad at each changeover actually, Elliott does such a good job with her world building and characters that I was really into both stories she told. I like how the time travel aspect gives you a chance to see how racialization is an ongoing process, it's much easier to understand why Genna's mother dislikes her baby sitting for Hannah when you see what a similar nanny situation means for her in 1863. 4 stars