How To Lose The Time War

This was lovely, and probably more cleverly constructed than I realised at the time. I’m sure if you plotted out the timeline it all fits together beautifully this is a lyrical romance between two people on opposite sides of a war, travelling through time to accomplish largely unstated military , but actually communicating their increasing feelings for each other. The war itself is very much just a backdrop and a vehicle to explain the time travelling and this is only really science-fiction in the sense that it uses one of the genres main tropes as a story mechanic. This is really a love story that plays out over infinite time. Beautifully written and surprisingly moving, a fairly short book that does not overstay its welcome, every scene is both necessary and delightful. A very clever piece of work indeed.