The Expats / Chris Pavone / 327 pgs.

"An international spy thriller about a former CIA agent who moves with her family to Luxembourg where everything is suspicious and nothing is as it seems"----Provided by publisher."

The book was not that suspenseful and even a little thin, as most of the character's problems would be resolved if they would just confront and talk to each other.  The "should I say something or not?" inner dialog got a little tiresome after awhile.  If I wanted this kind of action I would read a paperback romance novel.    

What did draw me in, was following the main character's new life in Luxembourg.  Since she quit her high stress job with the CIA to be a homemaker in a new country, it was refreshing to read about her struggles and feelings of loss over her job and former self.

Tempest / Julie Cross / p. 339

After his girlfriend Holly is fatally shot during a violent struggle, nineteen-year-old Jackson uses his supernatural abilities and travels back in time two years, where he falls in love with Holly all over again, learns that his father is a spy, and discovers powerful enemies of time who will stop at nothing to recruit him for their own purposes.

The book is a little confusing because the rules for time travel change throughout the story.  I was also listening to the book on audio, so I kept forgetting which timeline Jackson was in and I didn't have the book in front of me to check back a few pages to remind myself.  Still, it was an enjoyable story as long as you suspend belief for awhile and just go with it.  The ending was also not what you would expect, which made the book all that more interesting. 

Recommend for teens, the only warning is that Jackson and Holly are in an intimate/sexual relationship, which is not described in detail; but parents who feel it's inappropriate for a YA novel should just skip this one.

There is also a sequel coming out called Vortex in January 2013!  And the movie rights to Tempest has been optioned by Summit Entertainment.