Title: Your Life Has Been Delayed
Author: Michelle I. Mason
Publisher: Bloomsbury YA
Release Date: September 7, 2021
Pages: 304
Past and present, friends and crushes collide in a YA debut about a girl who takes off on a flight and lands 25 years later.
Jenny Waters boards her flight in 1995, but when she lands, she and the other passengers are told they disappeared . . . 25 years ago. Everyone thought they were dead.
Now contending with her family and friends fast-forwarding decades, Jenny must quickly adjust to smartphones and social media while being the biggest story to hit the internet. She feels betrayed by her once-best friend and fights her attraction to a cute boy with an uncomfortable connection to her past. Meanwhile, there’s a growing group of conspiracy theorists determined to prove the whole situation is a hoax. Will Jenny figure out how to move forward, or will she always be stuck in the past?
**Thank you so much to NetGalley and Bloomsbury Publishing for sending me an Advanced Reader's Copy in exchange for an honest review!**
In 1995, Jenny Walters boards her plane but when she lands, she's 25 years in the future. This immediately sends an uproar throughout the media because everyone thought the passengers on that plane had died.
Nothing so simple.
When Jenny gets back to her family, she has to get used to everything that has happened since 1995: technology, the internet, phones. And it doesn't help that the media is watching her like she's some kind of alien.
The letter and numbers blur before me. It's like my brain can't handle the information.
But there are other problems in her life. Her best friend Angie, her parents, the media, and a cute boy Jenny crosses paths with. Multiple times.
"I get it, Mom. But if I want to live in the now, I have to move forward." Even if part of me wishes I didn't.
Star Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3)
Even though I haven't time-traveled by plane, the COVID-19 pandemic had a similar effect on many people that I think we can all kind of relate to how Jenny was feeling.
The romance in this book I was not too big of a fan of. It seemed kind of shallow and it felt like the only reason Jenny liked the boy was because of his looks (you'll understand if you read the book).
Overall, Your Life Has Been Delayed was a fun read. I liked the support group that Jenny and the other passengers attended. I felt that it gave them a sense of comfort, something we can all use if we had to go through their situation. Looking forward to her next book!
About the Author
Michelle I. Mason is the author of Your Life Has Been Delayed and the forthcoming My Second Impression of You (September 2022), both from Bloomsbury YA. Michelle spent ten years as a PR manager promoting everything from forklift rodeos to Hotel Olympics before deciding she’d rather focus on made-up stories. When she isn’t writing, she’s probably reading, watching too much TV, cross-stitching, baking amazing brownies, or playing the violin. Michelle lives in St. Louis with her husband, two kids, a dog, and two cats.
Title: Your Life Has Been Delayed
Michelle I. Mason is the author of Your Life Has Been Delayed and the forthcoming My Second Impression of You (September 2022), both from Bloomsbury YA. Michelle spent ten years as a PR manager promoting everything from forklift rodeos to Hotel Olympics before deciding she’d rather focus on made-up stories. When she isn’t writing, she’s probably reading, watching too much TV, cross-stitching, baking amazing brownies, or playing the violin. Michelle lives in St. Louis with her husband, two kids, a dog, and two cats.
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