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What to Expect:
�� Second Chance
�� Personal Growth & Self-Discovery
�� Complex Family Dynamics
�� Flashbacks/Ghostly Visions
�� Trauma from Childhood Bullying
�� Familial Guilt
�� Grief & Loss
�� Terminal Illness
�� Mental Illness
�� Romance Subplot
�� Duet Audio
�� Dual First Person POV

My biggest issue with this book is that the cover does not match the book. At face value, I was expecting a cute rom-com for book lovers and what I got instead was a never ending stream of heavy topics with a side of romance. The sheer number of difficult topics frankly made my head spin and the writing felt disjointed as the author jumped from one to the next.

The timeline isn’t completely linear and there are some flashbacks included, but there are also portions of the book where the FMC had conversations with her deceased best friend in the present as if she was still alive and sitting next to her in her flat. I often struggled to understand if a given scene was in the past or present in these instances. Her delusions are so complete that she can physically see her sitting in the chair beside her. This bothered me a bit because the MMC’s mother had some pretty severe mental health issues so you would think the author would have at least included therapy for the FMC along with all of her other serious topics, but she chose to write her visions like magical realism instead.

The whole time I was reading I wondered what in the world the MMC could have done that would have been so bad, but yea that was pretty bad. Somewhat understandable, but bad. The made for tv bullies in this book are awful, but still, that would be hard to forgive especially because that decision would have had a long lasting impact on her life and her family. As far as his guilt over his dad’s career choice goes? That logic was pretty thin in my opinion. If his mom had bullied him and blamed him for being born all his life, I guess it’s possible he would feel that way, but it seems excessive.

Maybe I would have had a better time with this if I had a more realistic idea of what to expect going in, but then again, maybe I wouldn’t have picked it up at all. 🤷🏼‍♀��

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Pre-read: Thinking about how much my book subscriptions are influencing my reading choices as I start this�� I wouldn’t usually read something with a rating this low, but I already own it, so I might as well read it.

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