A review by stephsnextread
The Love of Her Lives by C.J. Connolly

4.0

How would your life be different if you made one small decision differently? The Love of Her Lives explores all the possibilities through Millie’s point of view. Millie accidentally discovers a way to move to alternate realities of her life, and she continues exploring the multiverse in hopes of finding a reality that she likes better than the one she has been in so far.

The author’s note mentions that this book was partly inspired by The Midnight Library, and I definitely see some similarities, but it is also entirely its own book. I really enjoyed the story alternating between flashbacks to important moments in Millie’s life and various alternate realities of her life. Millie is in love with her (married) co-worker, and she hopes to find a reality in which she ends up with him. Will it be all she ever hoped for? Or would she be happier with one of the other partners she had throughout the multiverse? 

I have found myself thinking about this book many times since finishing it. I find it so interesting to think about how life would be different with just one different decision, and this book is the perfect avenue to explore that through a fictional story. Thank you to NetGalley, Joffe Books, and C.J. Connolly for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.