The Locket, by Stacey Jay

On the worst night of her life, after her boyfriend finds out that she cheated on him and leaves her on the side of the road in the pouring rain, Katie wishes she had never kissed her best friend Mitch. When she opens her eyes, the locket she borrowed from her grandmother has transported her to an alternate universe, one where she has the chance to redo that fateful moment of betrayal. However, the magical world of redo isn't exactly like the world that Katie came from. There are some subtle and some not-so-subtle differences in this redone world, as well as consequences that Katie never counted on. At some point Katie has to ask herself, is it really worth turning back the clock?

The concept of turning back the clock and going to an alternate universe is not a new one for Stacey Jay, and kind of seemed like a book-long version of the end of Juliet Immortal. However, I did think that unlike Juliet Immortal, it was done incredibly well here, with all the tiny details lining up (or rather, not lining up) and the complicated topic not being squished into ten pages. I especially liked how she made the plot develop, with the events of the alternate universes getting progressively worse and worse. It kept the story moving, and was sufficient background for Katie to determine which boy she loved, as she was put into odder and odder situations with them.

I have only one complaint about this book. Katie got the locket from her grandmother, and based on the pictures in the locket it is assumed that Katie's grandmother used the locket to make everything turn out as they did in the universe Katie originated in. I just want to know what happened. I think that would make an amazing prequel, and it would provide a lot more insight into the mysterious titular villain of The Locket.

4.5 stars.

On her seventeenth birthday, Katie discovers a locket and decides to wear it for good luck. But when her boyfriend Isaac finds out she cheated on him - with their mutual best friend Mitch, no less - he dumps her, leaving her devastated.

And then a miracle happens. The locket burns on Katie's chest and she feels herself going back two weeks in time, to the night she cheated with Mitch. At first, Kate is delighted to be a better girlfriend to Isaac this time around. But as other aspects of her life become inexplicably altered, she realizes that changing the past may have had a dangerous effect on her present.

Can she make things right before the locket destroys everything - and everyone - she loves?