Bad Love Strikes by Kevin L. Schewe MD

Bad Love Strikes

by Kevin L. Schewe MD

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I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own. 

Synopsis:

In October 1939, Albert Einstein warns President Franklin D. Roosevelt that Nazi Germany is actively pursuing an atomic bomb and urges him to make sure that the United States develops the bomb first. Roosevelt heeds the warning and launches the “Manhattan Project” in June 1942.
In October 1942, Roosevelt tells Einstein that prudence calls for the U.S. to have a back-up plan to the Manhattan Project in case Hitler gets the bomb first. Roosevelt commissions Einstein to secretly construct a usable time travel machine code named the “White Hole Project.”
In June 1974, an adventurous group of teenage friends, who call themselves the “Bad Love Gang,” discover a tunnel leading to the White Hole Project. They learn how to use the time machine and become the first known humans to travel back in time and return. Their mission is to save Jews and Gypsies from the Holocaust in November 1944 by using a U.S. Air Force B-17 bomber that was known as “The Phantom Fortress.”

Review:

Bad Love Strikes is about a young gang of teenagers in 1974 who stumble across an abandoned time-traveling machine. Of course they have to try it out, so the teenagers decide to travel back in time to 1944 and rescue a group of Jews and Gypsies from the Holocaust. With a lot of planning and a little luck they may just pull of the adventure of their young lives.

Told with a mix of sci-fi elements and historical facts Bad Love Strikes is an easy read that can be finished fairly quickly. We get to accompany our young gang and watch their plan unfold with a surprise or two. The story itself was interesting. The writing was easy to enjoy. The characters were fine, they just seemed like average teenagers. They didn't really grasp my attention to bond with one way or the other. I really enjoyed the playlist that was added into the book as it really helped create a visual. When a song was mentioned off the playlist I could just imagine the music in the background of the story being created and it made the experience so much more awesome.

My biggest issue with this book was the lack of conflict. The Bad Love Gang is able to pull off their mission flawlessly without any real issues. There is a certain part minor conflict is created but it is dissolved quickly and easily and the mission resumes as normal. For me, it was just lacking that edge of your seat factor you would expect when invading Nazi territory. 

Overall, I thought the story was enjoyable. I think individuals looking for an easy going sci-fi would most likely enjoy this book. The ending seemed to set up for a possible second book and if there does end up being a second book I would most likely read it.