Ugh, what a read! I finished it in one night. I just had to know how it ended, and boy did it not disappoint. It was an emotional roller coaster (which I normally am not a huge fan of), but Colleen Oakley really is an incredible writer. Her characters are so well written, and I felt connected to Mia from the beginning. Please read this book now if you are a fan of anything Colleen Oakley has written, or if you enjoy a good cry every now and then.

I actually very rarely read contemporary, but Colleen Oakley books are the exception to the rule. Her writing style is very straight forward wich makes it easier to read. I liked how gut-wrenching this book was.

This lovely novel tricks you into thinking it's a simple story about a woman who has reoccurring dreams about a man she's never met, only to meet him and discover that he's dreaming of her. However, this book is so much more than that, and I don't want to say too much, because the ending of this book is so emotional and so perfect, and I don't dare say anything that could spoil it.

The characters are well developed, and I appreciate how everyone is flawed (including the main character Mia), but there are no "bad guys." These are real people grappling with fertility issues, coping with difficult issues (Mia's miscarriages; Harrison works as a surgeon), identity (Mia, an artist, is having a hard time making her career work). It's not clear who we should be rooting Mia will end up with: her husband Harrison or the dream man Oliver.

Really enjoyed this read. Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy.

Wow! That was a really good book. My first time reading this author. It is a very good love story with a twist I didn’t see coming. I highly recommend this book.

First time reading this author and I really enjoyed it. I liked her portrayal of the ups & downs of marriage and how you can become distracted with the "what ifs". Heart wrenching at times - I did shed a tear (or two). She also raised interesting talking points about the psychology of dreams.

Three my heart broke into tiny pieces, my emotions everywhere but all the angst and sadness are for nothing, I ache for the characters so much stars!

This is the first in my life that I got confused what I felt about a book and went back and forth between giving five or three stars. It’s like black and white but there were no grey areas about this book. But then I decided to give three stars.

This is not about writing. Actually the author so giftedly touched my soul, heart, mind at the same time. But then she ripped everything and tossed them to the garbage. I felt like somebody slapped me so hard after finishing this book and wanted to climb to the highest mountain and started screaming `WHHHHHHHHY! WHHHHY DID YOU DO THAT! WHY YOU WERE SO MERCILESS TO YOUR CHARACTERS!` Since J.K. Rowling killed Dumbledore or David E. Kelly killed Billy on “Ally McBeal series”, I haven’t want to yell at an author/screenwriter for so long!( Okay, I also wanted to yell at GOT’s writers, but for another reasons. I think yelling is not gonna enough for them!)

As soon as I read the blurb about Mia’s dreaming about a man she’s never seen before made me think I was going to read a book like Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “ Maybe Another Time” or Kristin Harmel’s `Life Intended”. I thought it’s a romance about two people reach each other by dreams and fight against the all obstacles to find their HEAs.

But this is all different. Firstly; our two heroes, husband Harrison and dream guy Oliver are amazing! At some parts they’re even greater than Mia who is suffering from three miscarriages and about to lose her mind because every time she closes her eyes, she sees Oliver. They coincidentally meet at the market. Then they saw each other at the hospital where Mia’ s husband works. Oliver’s sister is also the patient of Harrison.

Mia gets shocked as soon as she finds out, Oliver also sees her in his dreams, too and he tries to save her life but he cannot achieve that in any of them!

In the meantime Harrison fights with his inner demons because of the guilt he carries so long after he lost his patient. He blames himself for deciding a risky operation which affects his relationship with his wife, Mia. They start to drift apart. Mia wants to try having a baby but Harrison is not ready, he still deals with the loss of his patient and suffers from depression. Their problems and vivid dreams bring Mia and Oliver closer each day.

Even though she has questions about her marriage and undeniable attraction to Olive, Mia does the right thing and always chooses her husband over him. When she finds out, Oliver and she spent time in same circles and common friends, the day she met her husband, she could have also meet with Oliver but he got stuck at his work place, she still stayed strong, restrained her feelings for him.
Then she realizes no matter what she always chooses her husband over him! So I thought `Okay great so we got our closure! Nope, not so fast! Don’t jump to the conclusions because there are more to come. And they’re all HEAVY, NASTY, NERVE BENDING, TEAR JERKER STUFF!`

The thing about telling the story for several different POVs (we already have three main characters but as soon as I see the POVS of Caroline and Whitney, I got confused but finally I realized the author did it purposely for the ominous part of the book! Yessss, there is a bloody, nail biter, `OHHHH NOOO WHAT DID YOU DOOO!” part close to the ending!)

Let’s talk about ending! I hate it! Because any alternative universe options for these three characters will bring us more and more ugly cries, more screams like “ OH come onnn, there must be a solution to fix it”!

Mia is honest, noble, lost but at least finally she knows what she wants in her life. But no matter what she wants, her heart is going to be broken!

I’m sorry for Mia! Sorry for Harrison, also so sorry about Oliver!

I was expecting a book about our different choices end with different consequences, finding your soul-mate, learning more about the secret world of dreams but instead of that, I got frustration, depression, deathly consequences, broken hearts!

Nope, the author might be so talented to feel so passionately for those characters but I never ever forgive the writer for being cruel to them! At least some of them need their HEAs!



Nope, the author might be so talented to feel so passionately for those characters but I never ever forgive the writer for being cruel to them! At least some of them need their HEAs!

Wow. This book tore me apart and put me back together so many times. These characters felt so, so relatable. Their stories intertwined beautifully.

Happily married, Mia is living an envious life. An artist who is free to pursue her career passions, married to a doctor who adores her, and recently moved to an idyllic small town, she seems to have it all. Except she desperately wants a child. And she also keeps having inconvenient dreams about a stranger. A stranger who she happens to meet through her husband... and he has been dreaming of her, too.

The author takes us on a beautiful emotional roller coaster with this one. I loved how she explored the role of fate versus that of choice. How much power does fate have over us? Only as much as we allow it to?

The characters are nuanced and believable, and the writing is beautiful. The plot was highly original and extremely well-executed. I really enjoyed this one, and think it will appeal to fans of Jodi piccoult and Diane chamberlain.

Who wouldn't want to believe that your soulmate is out there, just a dream away... and he's looking for you, too? Mia has a handsome husband who loves her, and recurring dreams about a man she's never met-- until the day he shows up in the True Value hardware store. Both Mia and her husband, Harrison, are dealing with heartbreaks serious enough to threaten any marriage. The appearance of Oliver, Mia's "dream" man presents a puzzle and a series of unanswerable questions. In the end, all the pieces come together in a terrifying scene both Mia and Oliver recognize from their dreams, but are powerless to stop. An intriguing, romantic, heartbreaking-- and hopeful read.

I loved this book! I had my ideas on how it would end, I was not totally right and it kept me guessing throughout the book. I loved the relationship between Mia and husband. I also understand her pull towards Oliver so you felt for all three characters. The ending was a bit heartbreaking and I wish it could have gone different way, but I still loved it all together.