What is the author's style in the novel, Timebound?

At the start of the book Kate uses a very modern and relatively simple vocabulary, reflecting her younger age. This makes sense since the book is targeted primarily at a young adult audience. Kate’s vocabulary changes towards the end of the book when she makes the trip to 1893 Chicago. Kate has to change the way to speak to reflect the fact that she’s in the past. Kate struggles with the language at first, and because the book is told from a first person perspective she can directly translate the slang for any confused readers.

Despite being a book about time travel, the plot of Timebound is told in an easy to follow fashion. The author manages to clearly spell out when the timeline changes or the times where any of the characters travel to another point in history. This is important because throughout the book there are several versions of Katherine as well as Kiernan introduced. Small time skips occur during most of the chapters, but the author always identifies these right away, mentioning that it might have been one day since Kate got a journal, or that several weeks have passed while Kate was practicing with the CHRONOS medallion.