3.99 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Super fast easy read! Wish the confession didn’t happen the way it did but it’s fine!
hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I picked this up on a whim from a Walmart after getting stuck in the mountains and I was so pleasantly surprised by this. I think some dialogue from characters feels less than natural but aside from that I was impressed by how well-rounded each character was. This story felt cohesive and less completely focused on the romance, which I actually liked- it felt like the point of the book was for the heroine to grow, and the romance + friendships + job changes all fit into that.

The #1 reason I liked this book- once we went back in time I was really nervous the character was going to fuck everything up, “learn her lesson,” and then get to go back and undo the second chance and ~realize things were the way they were supposed to be the first time around~. But that doesn’t happen, and she’s stuck living w her choices, and I am so glad the author went that route.

I’ve been avoiding romance recently bc everything feels like booktok, AI-generated nonsense, but this one gave me hope for the genre and I’m glad I picked it up!!
medium-paced

i know it’s still january, but i can already tell this is my favorite book i’ll read this year. 100000x stars.

i love sadie so much, i love jacob so much, i love owen, zoe, kasumi, jose luis, literally EVERYONE so much. the writing was breathtaking and i need to read every single book by melissa wiesner ever writes
emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes