An Acceptable Time (Time Quintet #5)

The lightning and quivering ground in the opening scene pulled me right back into Meg's world—it’s a satisfying end to the quintet that started with *A Wrinkle in Time*. I’d forgotten how much I enjoy L’Engle’s way of blending time travel with real emotion.

The final chapter of this series wraps things up beautifully, and L'Engle's prose still gives me chills during the lightning-strike opening. I read the whole Time Quintet in order and this paperback held up well to being shoved in my bag for a week of commuting.

The lightning and quivering ground at the start really pulled me right into Polly’s world, and the way L’Engle weaves time travel with such a personal, emotional stakes made this final installment impossible to put down. If you’ve followed the series from A Wrinkle in Time, this one brings everythin