I went into this book entirely unprepared for it.

I knew it was a love story, a good one judging by how often it showed up on my FYP. What I didn't know that it was also a story about grief, and after losing my grandmother not long ago, that was the theme that hit me the hardest. It didn't surprise me to read that Ashley Poston had lost her own grandfather while writing this book; there is a visceral authenticity to the grief Clementine feels for her aunt Analea that I related to.

Iwan and Clementine are a sweet couple. The speculative element of the story was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed watching them connect in the past and reconnect in the present. Iwan was a sweetie and Clementine was just enough of a disaster to be relatable without being insufferable. I'd recommend this book to romance lovers, with a special caveat to those in mourning that this is a book best read by yourself where you can safely shed a tear.