REVIEW: Invictus - Ryan Graudin*

Invictus - Ryan Graudin
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group    
Format: E-Book
Pages: 464 Pages
Rating: ★★★★★
UK Release Date: 21st September 2017

*I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review

Goodreads Blurb

Time flies when you're plundering history.

Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time-traveling Recorder from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in Rome in 95 AD, Far's birth defies the laws of nature. Exploring history himself is all he's ever wanted, and after failing his final time-traveling exam, Far takes a position commanding a ship with a crew of his friends as part of a black market operation to steal valuables from the past.

But during a heist on the sinking Titanic, Far meets a mysterious girl who always seems to be one step ahead of him. Armed with knowledge that will bring Far's very existence into question, she will lead Far and his team on a race through time to discover a frightening truth: History is not as steady as it seems.

Thoughts

I love a good time travel story so when I heard Ryan Graudin was releasing one, well that was me sold. I loved Wolf by Wolf, it was one of my favourite books of last year so I wanted to see how she did with moving from historical fiction into sci-fi.

The story focuses on Farway, who was born out of time while his mother's ship was coming back from 95AD, this makes him somewhat of an anolomy as he does not have a birthdate.

I found this book to be so gripping (I read it in 2 days, I just couldn't put it down), I found the characters to be really likeable, and I especially loved Saffron, the Red Panda (so cute).

With something like time travel you assume that the book is going to get confusing, but the writing just flowed so well, even when it got somewhat scientific I could still follow what was going on.

I absolutely loved this book, and when I got to the end, I ended up screaming as I wanted more. It was a great ending, but I just loved the books and characters so much I just wanted more adventures with them.

Overall a fantastic book, go pick up a copy, you will not regret it.