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A review by heather626
Five First Chances by Sarah Jost
3.0
Imagine Groundhogs Day but instead of repeating the same day over and over, you get to repeat the same two years over and over. Louise can't decide which is worse, to have loved and lost or not to have loved at all. In Chance one, Yuki, her best friend, suffers a huge loss. Her friend Ben dies a devastatingly young age. Lou can't wrap her head around it. This loss makes Lou question her own choices over the years and suddenly she finds herself, magically, back in time. She gets another chance to do things a different way. And this continues to happen throughout the book.
Sarah Jost is a new author and Five First Chances is her debut novel. I think Jost is off to a very good start! I love the premise for this book and was hoping to find a little something else in her writing. I think the five chances was a little long and I think Lou would have made drastic changes with the knowledge that she had gathered from the repeated trips back to the future. I can appreciate the character growth Jost showed with Louise (Lou) as the book progressed. I'll be honest, I thought she was kind of sappy in the first part of the book, a poor lost soul, running to find her future. I would love to read additional work by Sarah Jost, especially if she continue to bring a little magic touch into her work. Special thanks to NetGalley, Sarah Jost, and Sourcebooks Landmark for the advanced digital Copy in exchange for my honest opinion. 3.5 stars for me #NetGalley
Sarah Jost is a new author and Five First Chances is her debut novel. I think Jost is off to a very good start! I love the premise for this book and was hoping to find a little something else in her writing. I think the five chances was a little long and I think Lou would have made drastic changes with the knowledge that she had gathered from the repeated trips back to the future. I can appreciate the character growth Jost showed with Louise (Lou) as the book progressed. I'll be honest, I thought she was kind of sappy in the first part of the book, a poor lost soul, running to find her future. I would love to read additional work by Sarah Jost, especially if she continue to bring a little magic touch into her work. Special thanks to NetGalley, Sarah Jost, and Sourcebooks Landmark for the advanced digital Copy in exchange for my honest opinion. 3.5 stars for me #NetGalley