Do you write in the stars with permanent ink or is everything alterable?
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It's another one of those books about having a second chance with the love of your (past) life. While those often follow the same path, I liked it that the story by Emma Heatherington is kind of unique (although the framework did remind me of "One Day in December" by Josie Silver). I also really appreciated it that I wasn't 100% sure how Charlotte will decide until the very end. Will she choose the safe option? Or the adventurous one? Will she go with her heart? But what is it that her heart wants? Will she try to fulfil her dream of becoming a musican? Will she do what the people around her hurts the less? Will she remember what her friend once said to her: "Just because things could have worked out differently, doesn't mean they'd have been better!"? (This advice is applicable to many situations in ones life, actually.) But another one said: "No matter how long you feel you have travelled in the wrong direction, you still have the choice to turn around."
But there were also things that made the book not perfect for me:
- All the musing of Charlotte about her past, present and future are too often repetitive. Here some editing would have definitely helped the story to move along less tedious.
- We never get to see Charlotte and Tom as a couple, the time they do spend together is only told retrospectively and we only get small glimpses. This did not necessarily help me root for them getting together, and it also made it harder to understand why they are both obviously so madly in love with each other.
- The epilogue is cheesy times three! Way too over the top.