Hazel and Echo work for an organization fighting climate change, Project Kairos and their expedition travel to different timelines to make small butterfly effect changes, but something goes wrong. Both women experience amnesia, Hazel is the last human in a desolate future, Echo is transported to Athens 514 BCE, Anna is a teenager in 2020 stuck inside due to the pandemic. Working simultaneously to make changes and get back to their own timeline before disaster strikes.

I really enjoyed this story. Climate change fiction with time travel was a good combo! I really liked each of the characters and their timelines. The story came together in the end and it made me a little teary, not for the humans, but for the Tinys – little robots that helped Hazel in the future. I liked the abstract creative way of approaching fixing climate change, or face disastrous consequences making Earth inhabitable for its residents. Solving the puzzle and little clues to the characters’ connections were my favorite. Although one timeline revolves around the pandemic, I thought it fit the story.

The book jumps between 3 POVs and I absolutely adored the narration by Billie Fulford-Brown, Frankie Porter, and Shakira Shute. Their accents and delivery were very engaging and brought the characters to life. I especially liked the emotion range for Echo!

Thank you to Macmillan Audio for the advance audiobook copy, out now!

Title: The Forest on the Edge of Time
Author: Jasmin Kirkbride
Genre: Sci-Fi, Time Travel, Climate Change Fiction
Rating: 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️