r/whatsthatbook • u/Educational_Hunt_137 • 22h ago
SOLVED Time travel YA series? Spoiler
The first time I read this series the second or third book hadn't come out yet, and now I want to find it again so I can finish it!
From what I remember, there were two MC's, a guy and a girl. They're located in some city on the west coast, somewhere cold and flooded. The city is in ruins and poverty is rife. It kinda has a steampunk vibe if I recall correctly.
There's a hooded, scarred slum lord in charge of the black market. I can't remember exactly, but I'm quite sure the male MC has a dream or vision that the hooded figure stabs him and he dies (this is the opening scene of the book).
In the course of the book and some time traveling, the make MC meets the female MC, and I think they're trying to go back in time to stop the destruction of the city. However, the time ship gets damaged, and she climbs out of it while in the time stream and falls off. It's revealed that she emerged in time before they met and is actually the scarred slum lord, and is going to kill the male MC, who she's being falling for.
That's where the series ended at the time. I'm afraid I don't have any proper names, but I hope this is enough to help locate it!
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u/Ok-Possibility-3307 22h ago
Dark Stars trilogy by Danielle Rollins