When he awakes in his original time, he discovers that he has successfully founded his own string-theory company, and is happily married to a rediscovered sweetheart from his distant past and has two sons.
The older Justin decides to return to his own time in the future, leaving behind a large sum of money. Unfortunately for Justin's plan, he finds that his older self is even less successful than his younger one, and his girlfriend leaves him, much sooner than she did in the original timeline. As such, he convinces his younger self to lay low while his older self (who happens to have aged very well) courts his girlfriend. As Justin never recuperated from this loss, he decides that this time-machine is his chance to redo his relationship with her with more success. It was at this age that he began dating his future wife who later divorced him. Using this device, he travels back in time to visit himself when he was 21. The question is why and what will you do next Writing Prompt. You are a contract killer but you choose not to kill one person. However, these timers are fake and the government is actually hiring contract killers to meet the countdowns. In this story set in the near future, 40 year old computer genius Justin Kloster invents a time-machine based on string theory and virtual reality. SP At birth people are given timers counting down to their last breath. Overall, I give Counting Down with You 4.0 out of 5.0 stars and recommend it if you like diverse YA romances.Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
I did enjoy Karina’s poems and the build up of her relationship with Ace. The ending was also a bit lackluster with the issue of whether Karina will tell her parents about Ace being left unresolved. This is a pet peeve of mine if you don’t care enough about yourself to fight for what you want, then why would you just because you’re in a relationship? My third issue was that neither Ace nor Karina grew a spine until after they got together. But my favorite character Karina’s grandmother she was so warm and understanding, like a comfy blanket. Second, as I mentioned above, aside from Ace and Karina, the characters were two-dimensional. That said, it didn’t detract from the story that much. First, the overuse of adverbs led to a lot of telling. Overall, I like this book, but it did have some issues. They are the definition of toxic parents, and I wouldn’t blame Karina if she cuts contact with them once she goes to college. But the other characters were a bit one-note, and I couldn’t stand her parents. It took me a while to get into this book, but I’m glad I stuck with it Ace and Karina are adorable together, and I was so rooting for them. They catch feelings for each other and in the process learn to fight for themselves and what they want. Things are complicated when she’s forced to tutor bad-boy Alistair “Ace” Clyde, and he asks her to fake date him for three weeks.
Seventeen-year-old Karina Myra Ahmed tries to live up to her Bangladeshi parents’ high expectations, but she feels suffocated under all their rules, so when they take a month-long trip to Bangladesh, she decides to use their absence to cut loose. Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan is a YA romance that deals with anxiety disorders and filial piety.