I tried to ignore them and just enjoy the ride, but it was hard – my brain kept interrupting with questions that the book never satisfactorily answered. I had problems with this book's premise right from the start.

Together, they try to find a way to break out of their loop, but will they be able to do it when everything around them seems to be forcing them to Shreveport, where Roy has killed them every single time? He's not sure how she feels about him, but he knows that he wants her to survive. Even so, he recognizes Maggie and knows, the instant he meets her, that he cares about her. After that, everything starts over again.īenjamin's memory of previous repetitions of their loop isn't very good. Benjamin's lasts for a few days, during which he meets Maggie, Maggie shoots Roy, he and Maggie run from Roy and the cops until they can convince an adult to bet on some horses for them and win them a lot of money (Maggie knows which horses will win), and the two of them are killed by Roy in Shreveport. Time usually moves linearly, but sometimes, for unknown reasons, it starts to loop for certain people. It's published by Hyperion and should be available on April 30, 2013.Īlthough Benjamin keeps having mild deja vu, it's not until he meets Steve, and then Maggie, that he learns he's stuck in a loop. I picked up an ARC of it at a conference. The Loop is sorta kinda a YA time travel thriller - it's not exactly time travel, but it's close.

The Loop by Shandy Lawson