TIME WILL TELL
Sierra Jensen Collection: Volume Three, Book Eight
Robin Jones Gunn
Multnomah Publishers
Fiction
ISBN: 9781590525906
146 pages

Sierra Jensen has just finished the summer of a lifetime. After taking big trips to Europe and California, Sierra’s return home to start her senior year of high school doesn’t seem to be an exciting prospect. In TIME WILL TELL, the eighth installment in Robin Jones Gunn’s Sierra Jensen series, she is faced with a number of challenges that make life far less than perfect.

Sierra learns that her once best friend Amy is upset with her and totally avoiding her. She is not even given the chance to find out what’s wrong, let alone reconcile. As she fruitlessly attempts to save the friendship, her family is involved in a drama of its own. Something big is happening to her older sister Tawni, but no one will tell her what’s going on.

Frustrated and lonely, Sierra seeks solace in her now growing relationship with long-time love interest Paul. He is attending school in Scotland, and the two write each other increasingly personal and romantic letters. With Paul on the other side of the world and Amy refusing to speak to her, Sierra realizes just how important good friends are.

Things begin to look up when a new friend emerges from a very unlikely place. Sierra also starts spending more time with Randy, who is having a dramatic start to senior year himself. He has defied the rules of their private school and grown his hair out long. While this may seem inconsequential, it has turned the school upside down, with student body and administration at odds with one another.

When Amy finally agrees to talk to Sierra, a family emergency abruptly ends her attempted reconciliation. With things off to a rocky start, will Sierra be able to enjoy her senior year? Will Amy give their friendship another chance? And what is the big secret her family is hiding from her?

In TIME WILL TELL, readers will be glad that the spotlight is back on Sierra Jensen after quite a bit of focusing on Gunn’s other protagonist, Christy Miller. Some might find the book to be a bit overly dramatic, particularly in the amount of attention and emotion dedicated to Randy’s decision about whether or not to cut his hair. This aside, the author manages to produce another well-written novel in an enjoyable series that will definitely please fans.

    --- Reviewed by Jennifer Crosby

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