This was a unique story with an interesting concept and delivery, with quite a lot of representation.

Our main character Elle, has The Gift and she gets to use it on her twelfth birthday when she leaps to the Time Square Centre in 2048. There she meets many leapers and a few annuals, as well as gets involved in a mystery regarding missing leapers.

The plot is unique. I liked the idea of children who are born on February 28th, being able to leap or time travel as well as being able to influence the future by making changes in the past. However, I felt the story wasn't clear in the delivery of the plot and sometimes it felt fuzzy. Also, the mystery element is unclear many times and the climax happens very fast, causing an unfulfilling feeling. 

The writing in this book wasn't my favorite. There is quite a bit of repetition, consecutive short sentences and facts which weren't critical to the plot. The world building was minimal making it hard to understand some things. I'm not sure if that's a representation of Elle's personality, but I felt like it took away from the plot and overall reading experience. Although I will mention that a lot of the facts were new to me and quite interesting.

The characters in this book are all lovely. I loved how the author doesn't make or change the character's personality immediately. The events of this book happen in a short time span, so while there is growth it isn't substantial. I enjoyed how each character was different and although we focused on a certain set of characters, the side characters had a small presence as well. Also I wish the names weren't so uncommon. I'm really bad with names in real life so the uncommon names used in this book made me confused. They were a unique concept but I didn't understand the significance of them.

Overall, this was a good book but I'm probably not the intended audience for it. The representation was really good and well balanced making it quite unique. The story isn't over yet and there are some unanswered questions, so I hope we receive those answers in the next book of this series.