A review by shelfcarebyken
Some of It Was Real by Nan Fischer

3.0

This was unlike anything I’ve read before. Sylvie is a psychic-medium that hosts live shows to connect audience members to their loved ones on the “other side”. When Thomas catches wind that Sylvie researches some of her clients to ensure success, he sets out to expose her as a fraud in an exposé that would certainly secure his career. After attending one of her shows and asking her to participate in an interview, the two set off on a weeklong trip to her next show venue that involves discovering secrets of both of their pasts and figuring out what is real.

I will say that this wouldn’t have considered this to be a romance. Instead, it’s more of a contemporary fiction book with a little bit of romance in it. Once I realized the focus wasn’t entirely on the romance and more on the mystery of it all, I was more on board with it. I liked the progression of both Sylvie and Thomas’ character arcs and was discovering all of their familial histories. I wish the ending would’ve gone further about what happened between Sylvie and Thomas since this was technically a romance. This book is definitely unique, but I don’t think it is for me.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Berkley for an advanced copy of this ebook!