Title: Yesterday (Yesterday #1)

Author: C.K. Kelly Martin

Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult

Published: September 25, 2012

In 2063 unemployment was rampant, the environment was shot, and bio-terrorism was a real thing. Freya had her memory wiped, new memories were implanted  and she was sent back in time to 1985. Then her old memories began slipping through especially after she saw a boy from her past named Garren.

I thought the problems in the future were well thought out. They cascaded from one thing to another until there was no good solution to what was happening. The beginning point was not necessarily something which was easily fixed, this made it more believable because it wasn't something the people in charge could easily remedy by going back in time. I did get a little stuck on the time travel method. The author had come up with robots that did all the domestic jobs, cures for all the major diseases, the psychological problems concerning schools completely online, but she could come up with a more believable method of time travel?

My main hangup in the story was when Garren and Freya first went into hiding they ended up robbing a house and became squatters for a little while. Putting aside the criminal and moral negatives the thought seemed a little creepy to me.

I felt as if the author thought, "What were the big pop culture aspects of the 80's and how many of them can I fit into one story?" At one point I questioned out loud the lack of Madonna in the story, about thirty pages later she was mentioned. I felt a little vindicated.

I am honestly saying the story wasn't bad and it was engaging at least for the most part. I am not sure I care about any of these people enough to read the second book to find out what happened to them though.

Overall I gave this book 3 stars out of 5.