Tori is struggling with moving from NYC during the Covid lockdown and the divorce of her parents. As she is getting ready to leave, she suddenly finds herself in her bedroom, but Bobby claims it is his! All of a sudden she is in 1980 and living in the apartment with her father (Bobby), and her grandparents. The mystery evolves as they try to stop a jewelry heist that landed her grandfather in jail for 40 years.
This is a fun ride! I loved re-visiting 1980 through the eyes of teenage Tori who now is having to learn how to live without a cell phone or computer! The friends and family members she meets are unforgettable. The hijinks are laugh out loud worthy. A book to read when you want to escape from reality.
Thank you to Net Galley for this e-arc book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed this book and how it puts together Tori's family. She figures out with her dad (who was a child when time traveling) what was going on. I hope there is a sequel in the works.

**Thanks to NetGalley for the digital copy in exchange for an honest review!**

This was not my usual genre, so it was just okay for me; it felt like homework that I was only reading because I’d committed to it. The writing style was mostly straightforward and not terribly memorable, but every now and then the authors would throw in some more flowery prose that felt a bit out of place because it wasn’t consistently that way?

I love a good heist story but we spent so little quality time with the gang that I couldn’t remember who any of the characters were until the very end. There was no fun feeling of your popular heist flick with a ragtag group going through fine detailed planning etc. All the chapters focusing on them were pretty boring and I felt myself skimming to get back to Tori and Bobby.

Pacing was okay. The end felt super rushed and predictable, yet the time travel aspect wasn’t explained or explored enough for my taste.

Things I liked:
—1980s nostalgia
—the unusual father/future daughter relationship between Tori and Bobby

In this story we follow Tori as she realizes she has to go back in time to stop a jewel heist from happening that her father did as a teenager the same age she is now. She needs to stop this heist from happening it ruined his family and she wants to change that .
Over all this was a quick & unique story to read
Thank you netgalley

I loved the concept of a time travel jewelry heist involving three family generations. It took me a while to get through it with the writing. It could have used more editing to whittle down the grating personalities and flesh them out a bit more.

First off, I would like to start off my review by thanking NetGalley and Linden Tree Press for sharing an ARC of “Stealing Time" by Tillia Klebenov Jacobs.
I enjoyed this book a lot. The main character, Tori, is transported from 2020, back in time to the 1980. She finds herself in her apartment, but it looks nothing like it. To her surprise it is her father's bedroom. She has to figure out why she has been transported back in time and figure out how to get back home.
It was a fun, lighthearted story overall and I enjoyed it. I would absolutely recommend it to my friends and family.

I ended up DNFing this book. It was extremely slow and I didn’t connect with the characters. I think the concept was there, but the execution lacked a little.

I don't normally read books like this. But I really had a good time with this one. I think I want to pick up more time traveling books!

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!