This is one of the cutest, most clever novels I've read and I absolutely adored it! Gemma breaks up with longtime boyfriend, Stuart and drowns her sorrows with sister Kiersten by eating donuts and drinking. Best friend Dax is always a shoulder to cry on, but something odd happens when Gemma's eccentric Aunt Livi convinces her to allow a spell to be cast. And things get caught in a time warp; that's the only way to describe it! And really, who wouldn't like to live in an alternate reality some of the time? It's charming and sweet, often bittersweet but just the kind of book that makes me smile!
Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!

Is it a spell for forgetting or 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦?

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 follows Gemma who didn't see her breakup coming. She thought it was going good, monotonous but good. Taken aback by the recent news, she's drunkenly tries a spell to forget ever meeting her ex. Only the spell doesn't work as planned and she wakes up in another lifetime where her bestfriend's got no idea who she is and the moon setting needed to undo the spell is not for another month so she's got time to befriend her "bestfriend" and steal a kiss to reverse her fate. Only this time around, they aren't stopping at the friendzone but treading the edge of love.

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This was the most oddly wholesome book and surprisingly spicy for a romantic comedy (only the best ones are).

All the characters and their inter-relationships were gold in this story.

Gemma's sort of predictable in the real lifetime but she learns to let loose in the alternate one. She decides to no longer stick to only what she know and brave the wild unknown. This results in is a stronger, impressive version of her.

"𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘋𝘢𝘹 𝘔𝘤𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦," 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮.
"𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘎𝘦𝘮𝘮𝘢 𝘔𝘤𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦," 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.
"𝘚𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦?"
𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴. "𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵."

And Dax? That man is whipped for her in either lifetime. Bestfriends or strangers, their relationship exceeds the limits of space. And have I mentioned that booty?

Something I also adored was Gemma and her sister's relationship, they both have their ups and downs but one thing remains constant: that their bond transcends the multiverse.

𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘐𝘯 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘸

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3.96 / 5✩

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯.

This was such a fun book, I loved it! The premise was very interesting to me because I love these type of "What ifs" stories, so I was hooked. Gemma and Dax were so cute together and I could feel the love between them, my only small (minimal) complaint is that I wish we had seen more of them as friends in the original timeline. But to be honest that didn't even bother me much because I loved seeing their bond grow throughout the book. The romance was good and Gemma's development was great, I loved seeing her grow and realize how bad her previous relationship had been.

All in all I had a lot of fun with this book and I can't wait for everyone to read!

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC

Mostly here for it. At the 50%, our slow burn was tooooo much slow burn. It flipped from tantalizing to frustrating.

Chapter 13 - the end was missing from my ARC??? And in the acknowledgments the working title was used.

Overall, I was underwhelmed. It started off really well, but the second half just didn’t hit the mark for me. It felt exhausting, like, can we get on with it already.

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin for the ARC.

A very charming Sliding Doors-esque friends-to-lovers romance.

Gemma lives in Hamilton (Canada) and has just been dumped by her boyfriend of four years. While wallowing in self-pity, she wishes to forget all about the relationship. When she wakes up the next day, she is shocked to find she has a different apartment (a major downgrade!), her dream job (yay!), and that her best friend has no idea who she is (oh no!). While adjusting to this new scenario, Gemma begins to learn more about herself and what makes her happy. She also starts to love this new parallel universe. Would it be so bad if she stayed?

This was such a fun read. There is great chemistry between the leads and fun supporting characters. Gemma is easy to like and Dax is wonderful. I enjoyed learning more about curling as well! Recommended to anyone looking for a funny, emotional, open-door romance that explores “What if…”

Thank you very much to Random House and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy.