This story will make you FEEL it all! Jola shows so much resilience and I was rooting for her to find love and peace. I appreciated how this book handled the pandemic—often times when a book mixes that into the plot I struggle to get through it, but it felt necessary to this story. The themes of love and friendship and relationships were done very well and made me reflect on my own and how I show up for the people in my life.

Thank you to the publisher for providing this book for review purposes via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

I was attracted to this book because the plot reminded of a film I watched, where the wife had been in an accident and lost her memory and her family because they didn’t like her husband, used that as an opportunity to split them up. She never got her memory back but they did get back together. I really enjoyed this book, I can’t imagine what it would be like to wake up after an accident and discover you’ve lost years of your life, I really felt for Jola as she didn’t remember that her fiancé Diego had died and she didn’t remember the man she loves Ben. I loved Jola’s family, she has a huge family and friendship group but I felt it through the pages how much they love her. I loved her protective older brothers and her found family and how determined they were to help her try and remember. Ben was so sweet and so patient with Jola despite how hard it must have been that she didn’t remember him, even though it felt like he was competing with a ghost at times.

I felt moved to tears at points as the story was so touching, this was more than a book about a women regaining her memory after an accident, it was a book about family, friendships and a second chance at love. I’m so glad I paused reading the book I was meant to start and read this instead as I’ve come away with a warm glowy feeling inside.

Thank you to the author and NetGalley for granting my request to read this book and provide my honest opinion.

Some books just crash into you with the certainty that they will imprint their storyline into your soul—books you will continually think about… this right here is that book!!!!!

At 30% in, I knew this was going to be a five-star read. I was that certain, and it didn’t disappoint. One of the things I loved was the writing—the way the words were crafted, the fluidity in which they move and settle deep into my bones. The way this book was written sounded like a lyric to a song (I know, I know 😅).

Another thing I loved was how the author perfectly captured grief in its purest form. Grief doesn’t go away overnight; some days you’re good, and some days you’re not. This book shows that everyone is allowed to grieve in their own way. It shows that you don’t just “get over” grief. It also perfectly captured love—particularly love after loss. Love doesn’t cancel out love, and this book emphasizes that point!!! It isn’t a betrayal to the one you lost.

The sense of community in this book!!! Friends, family, solid support systems!!!!

And more importantly, can we give it up for Ben’s proposal!!!! I must admit I got a little teary-eyed (in public). I had to pause and gather myself before continuing reading.

Overall, this was a book I didn’t want to end. I wanted to stay with Ben’s and Jola’s love story for a while, to really soak myself in their reality!!!! This book was amazing, if I do say so myself!!!

Thank you once again for the e-ARC!

oh this book hit me in the soul. i was in. i was iiiiinnnn with this book from the get go. i was yearning for Ben to somehow fight for the one he loved and also for her to see Ben. see him dammit.
but poor Jolade. imagine waking up and everything you believe is true is not. and worse still what you have erased is the fact the man you think you love on waking actually died a while ago. and the man here for you now? well you dont know who he is...do you?
i loved the love in the book. all those who surrounded Jolade was so lovely to see. her support system was such a gorgeous read. i could feel everyone's needs and determination to get her to remember and felt like i was a loved one too willing her on and finding it so hard when she couldn't.
i was fearing Ben might give up. he was competing with ghost so how do you even do that. and i came to care about these lot so much i just needed it all to work out.
there was something so real in the telling of this book that the feelings touched the readers hearts too. and you couldn't almost plonk yourself among this lot and be going through it with them.
its an emotional book but somehow in the best kind of way that these kind of touching books do so well.
the way G.T wrote this book is also stunning. you know when a book just flows,feels beautiful, is just smooth that you can just flow through it like a ripple in water. this book was like that.
this book felt like it was telling us all it could be ok. and that it gives you hope for people who care. it gives you strength to want to be there for others and also feel like people in this book had each other. the family type feeling was just gorgeous. it uplifts the reader to read of such a group.
this is one of those stories you know has somehow tinted itself a little mark on your heart. you know you'll somehow always remember it and also really hope you never forget it!
just delightful.