Friday, December 27, 2019

You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley

A special thank you to Edelweiss and Penguin Publishing Group for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Artist Mia Graydon is married to Harrison, a doctor, and the couple have just relocated to small town in Pennsylvania. Her life looks like the perfect dream—only she's having other dreams, ones that reoccur with the same leading man.

Excited for the next chapter in their life, Mia and Harrison hope to start a family. But when a chance meeting has Mia coming face-to-face with Oliver, the stranger from her dreams, who confesses that he has too been dreaming about her, she starts to wonder if fate has other plans for her.

Colleen, you are amazing! What a truly remarkable story. Dreams have always been a fascination of mine and make for an interesting premise. Mia is faced with choosing the man she married, or the man of her dreams, literally, but which one has captured her heart?

Told from multiple perspectives, this is a deep dive into matters of the heart—it is exploration of love and loss. Oakley tackles some heavy issues, but she infuses her writing with humour and is truly funny. Her characters are flawed, real, and just plain likeable.

You Were There Too is a fresh, contemporary, and modern take on the romance novel. It is a study on the power of love juxtaposed against the allure of fate. Heartbreaking and raw, I devoured it in one sitting. Thank you, Colleen, for the perfect way to spend a chilly afternoon.

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COLLEEN OAKLEY is critically acclaimed author of Before I Go and Close Enough to Touch. Her novels have been translated into 18 languages, optioned for film, and have received numerous accolades.

Oakley resides in Atlanta with her husband and four children.

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