by Gillian McAllister

A Science Fiction, 2022 by William Morrow, 416 Pages

What I Didn’t Like:

This is labeled as a mystery/thriller. I get it, there are mystery/thriller elements to it. But, essentially, this is a time travel story. Wouldn’t that make it science fiction?
I didn’t particularly like any of our characters at first. Because of that, I found it hard to root for any of them to succeed in the beginning and I wasn’t sure what I wanted. That does change.
Once you know one secret, some of the others are easy to guess. This sort of ruins some of what was likely supposed to shock the reader.

There’s an attempt made to weave a bit of science into this story, which I always love. Plus, when you add in the logical approach to understanding the “rules” behind the time loop, I’m hooked! I adore stories that play with time travel.
I actually GASPED at a twist and long time fans of my reviews will know it’s REALLY hard to surprise me. I just didn’t see one of these coming! They had me fooled, for sure.
That ending is perfect. Exactly what I like in an ending: give me some resolution but let the idea take root and stick with me. Let it grow in my mind until I dream about it. This is one of those endings.

Time travel or time loop fans (think The Butterfly Effect or Groundhog Day). This is a great tweak of that trope that works.
Contemporary family mystery story fans. This involves a wife and mother unwrapping a mystery surrounding her own family. You’ll love it!

So many readers will like the way this one comes together and that ending will have book clubs everywhere chatting about what comes next!