Thank you NetGalley for the ARC! I really liked Jacob and the sibling relationship between Owen and Sadie <3 very cute and enjoyable. the last 40% of the book definitely picked up, in my opinion, and tied the whole book together.

This has been a surprisingly hard book for me to review. “The Second Chance Year” is a sweet and charming romance. The title basically tells you the premise of the book: after an exceptionally bad year, Sadie is given a second chance to relive said year and see if she can change the outcome.

There were a lot of things that I liked about the book. I thought Sadie as a character was really interesting. She is someone who has strong beliefs and can be outspoken, but she’s also more sensitive than she lets on. In changing the outcome of her year, she has to change herself, and how that affects her relationships with her friends and family is really well done

The relationship between Jacob and Sadie was sweet. Jacob was adorable. For me, though, I wish there was more. I don’t mind that this was a slow burn and not very steamy, but their coupling felt rushed and lacked the romance that I so desperately wanted.

This review was hard because while there wasn’t anything really wrong with this book, it isn’t one that’s particularly memorable either. I thought it was cute and entertaining, but it was hard to find things I could really gush over. Overall, it was just ok.

**Thank you so much to NetGalley and Forever Grand Central for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!**

Sometimes what we want is not always what is meant for us! This is a modern day romance with a touch of redo. Sadie navigates her world while given a second chance to achieve her desires.

Here you will find:
- Professional Kitchen environment
- New and old friends
- Closed door spice
- Workplace Harassment

Overall a good romance book, where the romance was not the main star, but was nicely weaved in. With career path and friendships take the lead.

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for the ARC. These thoughts are my own.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy. I enjoyed this book! It looks like your typical NYE rom-com, but it was definitely deeper than that. I enjoyed Sadie’s year of self-discovery and finding herself again after a terrible year. I’ll be recommending this one.

This was a cute read and I always enjoy a story where someone gets a do over and decides if what they thought they wanted was really it. Is it predictable? Yes, but I enjoyed going on the journey with Sadie when she wakes up on New Year's Day repeating the year over again. The year she is redoing didn't work out in her favor, she lost her job, broke up with her boyfriend, and lost her apartment, so she thinks she can fix it all by reliving the year. But as the fortune teller warned her and she soon learns, not everything you think you can fix with a do over is what you really want in the end.

I adored Jacob, Sadie's brother's best friend and who she was living with prior to her do over. I loved the interactions between him and Sadie, but at times I wanted a little more from them. I liked how their relationship grew organically even though Sadie was changing the course of the future with both her and Jacob's story.

I absolutely love alternate timeline/universe stories, I feel like it's such a relatable and common day dream, whether it's because you made a mistake or you want a do-over or you just wish something went different for you. Everyone has had the thought "what if" you could have a do-over? Readers meet Sadie, a pastry chef who has had a bad string of luck, she lost her job, her apartment and her boyfriend and is struggling to see what is next for her. She meets a fortune teller at a New Year's party and is offered one wish...she wishes that she can re-do her horrible year. Unfortunately for Sadie, she learns the phrase "be careful what you wish for" and realizes that the grass isn't always greener on the other side. Through new (and old but newly re-discovered) friends, Sadie learns what she truly wants in life and also what is truly important to her.

I love Melissa Wiesner's take on harassment and sexism in the workplace as a women, because again it is so relatable, every women has had a moment where she is scared to speak up or be "the loud one" out of fear of repercussions of their actions, even if what they are standing up to is wrong.

The romance between Sadie and Jacob is adorable and as sweet as all of the baking puns sprinkled throughout the book (couldn't help myself). The scene with the CD had me tearing up! You do not want to miss this relatable, quirky rom-com!

The Second Change Year is a perfect book for fans of Sophie Kinsella or Lianne Moriarty. It has time travel (always my favourite) and it a story about discovering and being true to yourself. A great, fun, light read.

Who doesn’t wish that they could have the option of a do over, or a chance to see what would have happened if we had just made a different choice. In this story Alex is miserable on New Years Eve because she has lost her job, and her boyfriend, and her apartment and is living at her brothers friends house. At a party she gets dragged to she meets a fortune teller and systems she could go back and “fix her life”. Much to her great surprise she gets a chance at a do over of the last year of her life. She goes back and changes all the things she thought would make her life better, but things don’t exactly turn out like she’d expect. A sweet romantic comedy with amazing side characters, and so much charm. Do pay attention to the author note at the beginning that there is sexual harassment in this story. A touching story with so much heart. I received an ARC, and this is my honest review.

I love a second chance romance so the title hooked me right away. The idea of being able to replay a year in your life knowing what you know and being able to change it. It’s a very promising idea and this book shows the good and the bad that come along with it.

Sadie has been dumbed, fired and been staying on the couch of her brother’s friends. When a fortune teller grants a wish of letting her relive her year, after just kissing Jacob, her brother’s friend Sadie is at first excited. She now knows how to react and not react to life events around her. She can get the promotion and stay with the guy she thought she wanted. However, knowing how the past year went she can’t let go of something’s or someone’s.

I really liked Sadie and Jacob was a total sweetheart. I loved both of their journeys and how the book didn’t exactly make it easy for them, but none of it was over the top in obstacles. The pace was great and I really liked this book.

Thank you NetGalley and Forever publishing for the ARC.

It's New Year's Eve, and Sadie has had a "very bad year." She's lost her job, her boyfriend, and is currently living in the spare room of her little brother's best friend's apartment. When she meets a fortune teller who can give her a do-over of the last year, she jumps at the chance, and wakes up the morning of January 1st...of the previous year. The more Sadie tries to change her past, the more things go wrong, and soon, it's the end of the year again, and Sadie's right back where she started.

Watching Sadie's journey through the past was both heartbreaking and enlightening, as she tried so hard to please everyone around her, that she lost herself in the process. Her parents were the actual worst, and her boyfriend Alex was a bit of a coward, so I was happy when she created her found family at the coffee shop, along with her dream job. I was cheering Sadie and Jacob on the whole time. and I only wish we could have gotten a few chapters from his point of view, just to get to know him a little better.

If you could redo something would you? That is exactly what Sadie wants to do after the year she has had. Her boyfriend broke up with her. She was fired and no longer can get a job in her industry. She takes a chance after meeting with a fortune teller but as she is redoing her year. She is starting to see the red flags that were raised, and how changing her year can also change the future.

I really loved this one! It felt like a 2000s romcom— it was so sweet and I loved that the main character had multiple points of conflict in her life, not just the romance. Jacob’s character was just absolutely everything— I loved him!! I also really enjoyed the world building that was done at Higher Grounds. Overall, a wonderful read I would highly recommend if you’re in the market for a feel good, happy read.

I’m a sucker for books that play with time in some way, so I was excited to pick this book up.

It follows Sadie, a young woman who finds herself on New Year’s Eve lamenting that everything has fallen apart for her in the last year. She finds a fortune teller and asks for a do over of the prior year. Her wish is granted, and she works to fix everything that she did wrong in her life.

I enjoyed following Sadie as a character. She’s a pastry chef and so many of the desserts that she was making made me hungry. The book was an interesting study of Sadie’s character as well, since she changes herself quite a bit to keep the status quo.

The romance was super swoony and my main complaint about the book is that I wanted more of him. They were great together and I loved all their scenes. I could have used more.

The message of the book was really great as well, and though it does handle some difficult topics, the book didn’t get overly heavy or bogged down.

Definitely a cute story that I would recommend.

I absolutely adored this book and often wonder, if I could do things over. This is the perfect book to show you, this is not the best choice. I adored Sadie and her wit. She had such a closeness with her brother that it made me cry. Something I wish I had. I loved Jacob. He was such a good guy. A side character, Mrs. Kaminski was also a favorite of mine. This is a quick read and one you don't want to miss if you ever think of a "do over".

Oh, so fun!! This was charming and I loved every single minute of it. I couldn’t’ get enough of the characters! The were absolutely lovely. This was a beautiful exploration with witty banter and antics galore. Loved my time with this one!

What would you do if you were offered the chance to do-over a very bad year? After losing her job, her apartment, and her boyfriend, all thanks to her somewhat opinionated self, a fortune offers Sadie Thatcher with the gift (or misfortune?) of going back in time and trying to fix the very bad year she has just had. As Sadie re-does the year, trying to fix her past 'mistakes', she wonders if it was really worth getting a second chance at the past or if the present was where she belonged all along. If you're looking for a little romance, a little fantasy and some humour in between, you'll want to pick up Melissa Wiesner's latest novel, The second Chance Year.

In just a few weeks, Sadie’s life has fallen apart. Her boyfriend left her, she lost her job and her apartment, and is now sleeping at her brothers best friends apartment and doing all she can to become one with his couch. When her bestie drags her out to a new years party, she finds herself in front of the fortune teller asking to start the past year over. When she wakes up one year in the past, Sadie is determined to turn this bad year around.

I think we can all think of a time in our lives where we wish we could go back and do it over. I know I sure do! I loved this story and my heart went out so hard for Sadie. She was such a strong and confident character, and I hated seeing her put herself second and let people walk all over her, just to turn her year around. I adored the cast of characters at Higher Grounds, and wished I could hang out with them all. I also enjoyed the romance aspect of this book, but appreciated that it wasn’t the sole storyline in this book. We see Sadi grow so much and I loved every second.

Very cute romance, entertaining, and easy to read. Sadie gets the chance to relive "her very bad year" where she feels she made all the wrong choices and she knows she can do it right a second time. I enjoyed the writing in this book found the characters likeable and relatable and was rooting for all of them. I always enjoy a book with magical realism and little bit of an alternate timeline and I liked the way this book handled that. I would definitely read more by Melissa Wiesner and will recommend this one! 3.75 stars rounded up to 4. I want to thank NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Feel good book, but with substance. Well written. The author is very witty and funny. I'd love to read another book by her. Definitely recommend.

The Second Chance Year

3.75 ⭐️

What a cute New Year’s themed romance story!

Sadie has had a horrible year with a bad breakup, losing her job, and losing her apartment. At a New Year’s party she wishes to redo the year, but can’t stop thinking about a kiss with her brother’s best friend that happened in the previous timeline. As she goes back to correct her mistakes, she realizes that not all of them were mistakes.

I really liked Sadie and Jacob, but almost wanted even more time with them together in the story. Sadie was so good at learning in this, and I love a good character growth story.

Thanks to @netgalley for this eARC!