The Future of Another Timeline

I got an ARC of this book from Bookish First. Somehow, from the first look that I read of it, I thought this was going to be a bit more entertaining than it turned out to be. I usually read books to escape from real life, but this book kind of dragged real life back in. I was a fan of the time traveling and I wished there was more explaining and finding out where the Machines came from, who built them, or how they came to be. The Tess parts of the story were interesting at times and I liked learning about some of the alternative history (the blurbs of real history at the back of the book were cool too) but I kept dropping out when it kind of got too, dare I say preachy? Plus she got to break the rules of time travel and she turned out okay, unlike the example that was mentioned as what happened when the rules were broken. The solution to her issues at the very end kind of seemed like a cop out to make it end happily for all the parties involved. I think I liked Beth's part of the story better, even if it did not involve the time travel so much, except on the peripheral. It felt better written, though again, I usually read books to escape reality and this was a big dose of it. This book was alright but I probably won't read it again, or recommend it. The cover is cool though.