Time travel stories have never been my go-to because I always feel like the story lines of the two times just don't mesh, but I loved how well the author did with it in this story. It was a good story line overall and I can't wait to share the book with others.

In 2020 New York, Tori’s life unravels amid a pandemic, her parents’ divorce, and the discovery that a decades-old jewelry heist sent her grandfather to prison. When she’s mysteriously transported to 1980, she meets teenage Bobby—who turns out to be her future father—and together they try to recover the mystical gemstone at the center of their family’s downfall. But with dangerous criminals on their trail, Bobby and Tori must race against time to rewrite their future.
This had an interesting concept, but I don’t think it was executed well. It was part love story to the eighties and part heist adventure. While I could empathize with parts of Tori’s character, I was annoyed with her a lot of the time. I didn’t quite understand why she immediately wanted to change the past.

There were also long sections of just dialogue, and it became difficult to figure out who was talking. Then, there would be sections of information. So it felt as though the narrative was unbalanced and it was hard to follow.

I’m not sure who I would recommend this to. Maybe readers who are looking for an 80s heist with sci-fi elements.

Let me begin by saying this book is not the typical book I would normally read—I usually stick to crime and thriller books. This title was promoted as a mystery and while it was that I still felt like it was lacking. I feel like it was written more for a younger audience and I just didn’t enjoy it like I thought I would.

There was a lot of jumping around since the major arc or the story is in the time travel of the main character back 50 years, however it just made it very confusing to follow. as a child of the 1980s though I did enjoy the references sprinkled throughout.

Overall I would rate this 3 stars—it just lacked in keeping my attention and in being a true mystery to me.

This was a fun YA time travel caper. I liked the characters and the focus on the father-daughter relationship. The parts about the theft didn't hold my attention as much and I found myself skimming most of those chapters. I enjoyed the book overall though. It was refreshing to read something that focused on the characters and family bonds without a hint of romance.

I read an ARC of this book from NetGalley. All comments are my own.

Time travel can be a tricky thing to execute well and these authors did a great job. Its the very start of the pandemic in NYC and Tori is being told her parents are divorcing. She is to move with her Mom as she's packing overhears a conversation about a jewel heist from 40 years ago that destroyed her grandparent and dad's life. As she researches on her phone about the biggest of the stones stolen she's transported to 1980 to her bedroom but is really her Dad's bedroom. She meet's her Dad and so starts the adventure to stop the heist. I enjoyed the adventure and the connection Tori has with her Dad and the ending and think teens will really enjoy it as well.

A fun but ultimately forgettable story of a girl time traveling from March 2020 back to the 80s to help her own father foil a diamond heist that ruined her family's future. This is a fun concept, but I didn't care much about the characters, and the heist wasn't that exciting, so the whole story fell flat. I wanted this book to be a lot more enjoyable than it was.

Time travel meets Six of Crows style jewel heist? SIGN ME UP. 😍👏
This was delightful. A teen girl gets transported back in time to the 80s and ends up meeting her dad as a teen and teaming up with him to stop a jewel theft. It’s clever, funny, and a sweet reminder that parents weren’t always the way we know them to be.

I received an advance copy from the publisher, all opinions are my own, and a review was not required.

Tori is having a horrible day. She and her mother are moving out of her childhood home. She blames her unfeeling father, he's not the most open, loving man. By accident she finds out that her grandfather, she never met, had been arrested when her dad was her age for stealing jewelry from the museum he worked for.

Tori rushes into her room in despair. When she finally decides to come out she finds herself in her apartment, that is not her apartment, with a strange guy that's her age confused why a strange girl is in his house. After some of the confusion subsides for both of them, she realizes that she must figure out why she has been pulled back in time to when her dad is her age, and why the cool friend becomes such an uninvolved man.

I enjoyed the journey with Tori, and the mystery she has been pulled into. I have recommended this book to a couple of my students and plan to read as a group; activity! This is a fun five star book!

I was given the opportunity to read this book by NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.

Such a fun read! I'm a child of the '80s so it was hilarious to see it all through Tori's eyes! I loved the banter between the characters and seeing the story from different viewpoints. This novel is the whole package: great storyline with entertaining characters, time travel and a heist.

Tori finds herself going back in time to 1980 and helping her teenage father (he’s a teen at the time, years away from being her father) stop a jewel heist that ruined his family.

Overall, I thought this was an enjoyable read! It was pretty quick to read and fast-paced. I don’t know that we needed the POVs from characters other than Tori, but maybe that is my perspective as an adult, as they did really lead the reader to who the Snake was. I thought it was obvious right away, but again, maybe the target audience for this one wouldn’t. It is a little perhaps paradoxical at the end with when Tori gets back to 2020 because theoretically her memories should have changed too? But maybe teen readers would not pick up on that.

I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I'd give Stealing Time ★★★★☆ (4/5). It’s a fun time-travel adventure with heart, humor, and a solid heist. Jumping from 2020 back to 1980, Tori teams up with her teenage dad to stop a jewel theft and change their future. Fast-paced and entertaining, though some parts felt a little rushed. Still, a great read!

This was a fun read, combining the heist construct with time travel made for an engaging and fast-paced story. It came together a little tidily, and I found the pacing a little uneven, but on the whole it was entertaining and quick read. My favorite part was probably reliving 1980, and seeing it from the perspective of a contemporary child. I have an 11 year old, and was myself a child of the '80s, and found the back and forth between parent and child to be particularly resonant!

Interesting book. Enjoyed the time travel aspect. Characters were interesting. Would read more by these authors. Thanks netgalley for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

If you are a fan of the movie Back To The Future, 80’s culture and books about heists, you will enjoy this book.

It’s March 2020 in New York and Tori is miserable. Her parents are divorcing, they are in the midst of the pandemic and life at home has been completely sucky.

But after overhearing her father on the phone with a Times reporter about a heist and the Desert Sun diamond, Tori does a deep dive on the internet and learns how this heist destroyed her family.

In the midst of packing her stuff and trying to learn more about this heist, Tori suddenly wakes up finding herself still in her room, but also not her room.
She has travelled to March 1980 and is currently in her father’s bedroom. Trying to explain that she is his daughter and from the future leads to all sorts of confusion as they try to figure out what comes next. Perhaps preventing the theft that destroyed her family will get her back to her own time?

But with her cell phone not working in the 1980’s and the internet not in existence yet, Tori is unprepared for how different New York is in the 80’s.

With short chapters, this was a total fun and quick read.

Thanks to NetGalley and AuthorBuzz for this advanced copy for review

Thank you AuthorBuzz and NetGalley for the DRC of Stealing Time! All opinions in this review are my own.

Stealing Time is a mix between a heist story and Back to the Future. Tori travels back to 1980 to stop a diamond theft that forever alters her family's history. While I know I am not the intended audience for this book, at times the writing is very simplistic, especially the dialogue. The book reads like an early young adult or middle grade novel, but then will also have a bunch of swearing in it at times. Overall, despite the writing and references to covid, this was a fun read.

Tori and her parents live in New York City, in the apartment where her father grew up. Unfortunately, her parents aren't getting along well, and Tori and her mother are about to move to Boston, with her mother's parents. Tori opens her bedroom door, and suddenly, she's in the same apartment, but 40 years and 2 days in the past, during a pivotal time in her father's life - when her father was 12. Together, Tori and Bobby, her father, seek to change the events of the past so that her grandfather won't be blamed for a crime he didn't commit, but they have two big problems: can they make the changes in time, and can they figure out how to return Tori to her own life?

This is a fun, light-hearted story that deals well with the contradictions inherent in time travel, as well as the relationships between family members. Readers of all ages will enjoy it, and particularly the middle school students it is aimed at.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book provided by Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Time travel plus an Ocean's Eleven style heist...all packaged in a love letter to the New York of old--a little grittier, a little hopeful.

This will appeal to teens who enjoy a good heist story, with plenty of complexities and twists to keep mystery lovers engaged.

Well this was super different! 4.5 stars. I love books with elements of time travel and that’s exactly what this was… with the addition of trying to stop a jewelry heist that would affect her family. So the main character goes from 2020 back into the 80s, which is funny because no one has cell phones or internet. Definitely entertaining! Thank you to the publishers, author, and NetGalley for the ARC!

Thank you for the ARC. I just wasn't a big fan of this book. I did enjoy the time travel portion and getting to relive a little of the '80s. I liked the daughter/father interaction and them talking about the differences of their times. Some of the book felt rushed while other part drug on.

This was a fun time travel book that included a jewelry heist. Tori lives in March 2020 and travels back to March of 1980 when she learns of a jewelry heist, where the Desert Sun is stolen, that ruins her family as her grandfather is found guilty. When Tori meets her dad as his teenage self, she learns teenage Bobby is more fun than grown up Bobby. Learning that preventing this heist will send Tori back home, she wants to do it more so to save her family. I loved the family aspect of this book and the 1980s nostalgia. It started off slow, but once I got about halfway, I couldn't put it down and figure out how everything falls into place.