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Sherry Bural
May 22, 2026
Verified Purchase
Whoa, that was intense . And real . I lost my sister 18 years ago, from cancer- we had time to say goodbye, something I’ve always been very grateful for. I thought of that many times throughout this book. The feels were all over the place -working through grief is never easy. Falling in love during the grieving time was more difficult which makes sense. I thoroughly enjoyed reading a different kind of a love story.
What a touching, beautiful, story! An excellent example of twin empathy. It took me a couple minutes to figure out Beth's pain when she wasn't hurt badly. I enjoyed the plot of the story, hard as it was in parts.
Such an impactful book, one of my best reads 2026
This was one of the most depressing books I have ever read, I had a knot in my stomach the whole time while reading and I who read fast and normally finish a book in a day, had to pause and read the 2nd part of the book the day after. I had planned to also listen to the audiobook when available, but there isn’t a chance I will cope with that, this is not a book I can revisit in a near future.
With that said it is an amazing book, if I feel like that while reading the writing is exquisite and so powerful. It was however so hard to get through the book when every chapter started with a time when Andy was still alive and then back to Beth after the accident without her twin, her absolute best friend and her support all her life. Fia comes in after a while, I would have loved to have so much more of her early on, but I get that the reading experience would not have been as strong then. This is for sure not a romance, but a love story between Beth and Andy.
JFC what an incredible written book. Will it make you cry? Yes it will. Will it be worth it? Yes it will. Did I put the book down several times and watch baby goats in pajamas videos? Yes, yes I did. But I couldn’t wait to pick the book back up. The flash backs added so much to this story, not only were Beth and Andy twins but they were yin and yang. And having that understanding of Beth and what she needs made me root for her and Fia. The over all arc of Beth becoming her better self like Andy always wanted for her just worked for me.
