I wanted to take a minute to talk about why I loved this book (even though I didn't really expect to).

The dual timeline / POV thing wasn't something I really understood or appreciated for the first half of this book, but now that I've finished it, I believe it is that dual timeline that made the book for me.

Tess is a time-traveling activist. Everything she does is over the top and has incredibly high stakes. Beth is just a girl, growing up in the nineties, attending college, and dealing with relatively common problems (relationships, friendships, family).

Tess is what makes this story exciting, but Beth is what makes this story meaningful.

We follow Tess as she works to bring back women's rights, but Beth is why it's necessary. It's Beth who has to seek out the illegal abortion that Tess works so tirelessly to legalize. Beth is the one who must emancipate herself from an abusive father while Tess works to emancipate the world from abusive men.

It's a truly stunning combination.