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You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley
4.0

Wow this was an intense read that gave me all the feelings, with a shocker of an ending that had me in tears. This was a quick read, that I absolutely devoured because I just needed to know what everything meant, much like the main character. This book definitely made me think of the choices I make and how life could be completely different if I had made a different decision. It even made me revisit some dreams I recently had that I thought were odd, trying to figure out what exactly they were trying to tell me.

All her life Mia dreamed of being a mother, of having a child of her own, having just suffered her third miscarriage and finding out that her husband, Harrison, genetically are uncompatible to conceive might mean her dream never comes true. That's not all she's dreamed about, she's dreamed about a man she's never met, at various places and she feels such a strong connection to him. Until one day she sees him in real life, but how is this possible and what does it all mean. As if this couldn't possibly get anymore weird, Mia finds out Oliver also dreamed of her, nightmares to be excate where most of the time Mia dies. As Mia tries to come to terms with what meeting Oliver means, and her husband proclaiming he no longer wants a baby. She comes to a crossroads stay with her husband or experience life with Oliver. Mia makes her decision and sticks by it, and then right infront of her eyes the scene from her dream appears, the day that will forever change her life.