Today I’m joining the blog tour for The One Before The One. My review is written with thanks to Rachel Gilbey at Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting me on the tour and to the publisher for my copy of the book.

Blurb:

Liv is given the chance to live one life-changing week over, but can she change her future…? And does she want to?

When Liv’s boyfriend Kit disappeared on a hike, seven years earlier, she thought her life was over. But with the help of their family and friends, she’s pushed her way through the grief, and now, miraculously, she’s found a way to love again.

Until the morning of her wedding, when Liv steps through a doorway, and finds herself, somehow, back at the flat she shared with Kit: seven years earlier, six days before he left. Now, Liv has a chance to live those six days over, and change everything. If she gets this right, she can find out why Kit leaves and stop him.

But can she save him? And if she does, how will she choose, between the man she loved then, and the one she loves now?

Review:

I’ve read a few of Emma Cooper’s books before, and although I’m not usually a huge romance reader, I love how she subverts what I would expect from the genre to create some really interesting plot lines. The One Before The One is no different and it drew me in from the beginning and held my attention until the very end.

The heroine of The One Before The One is Liv, and there are large sections of the novel that are narrated by her. I loved the opportunity this gave me to get to know her. I really liked her character – she is loyal and kind, intelligent and has a warm sense of humour and I could easily see myself being friends with her. I couldn’t stop reading to make sure she got the ending she wanted.

The One Before The One has two different time frames: 2016 and 2023. I found it fascinating to look more closely at Liv’s relationships at these times. At first, I did find the timelines slightly confusing, but once I got my head around it, I found it to be a really inventive and engaging way of telling Liv’s story.

It’s really difficult to describe the plot in detail without giving away spoilers, but I loved that it went in a direction I wasn’t expecting at almost every turn and I’ll be thinking about this story for a long time to come.

The One Before The One is available from Amazon.

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