This wasn’t my favorite Jodi book in the collection, but it still delivers enough to be 5 stars. Her book is extremely researched again and I found myself enjoying the foray into another subject I haven’t thought to study before. The love story aspect was well written and the drama/stakes seemed real. I would love to have heard more of Merets point of view. She should have a follow up book on her perspective and maybe the tennis world? The characters were compelling and the pace of the novel was good for me.

Still processing this book. So many things I loved about this book. Dawn, the main character, and her relationships with her mother, her brother, Brian, Wyatt and her daughter. I loved reading about her first love of Egyptomology. (Who knew there was such a thing?)
I was so intrigued by her profession as a Death Doula. A beautiful way of helping people deal with death.
And of course, the love triangle was really good.

But.....I struggled to hang with this book. The details of Egypt and digs and hieroglyphics.....kind of wore me out. Brian and his love explained as a neuro physicist. Half the time I didn’t even know what he was saying.

There was just so much going on.
And the timeline.....I know now. But it felt very confusing.

I am glad I stuck it out. Because it is a good story. But....there is no good way for this book to end.

And I kind of feel cheated!

4.5 stars. I just don't know if I can give it 5 stars because I have finished reading the book and I STILL don't know how it ends. Well worth your time spent reading. Jodi Picoult has, once again, created a story that kept me interested from start to finish.

Good story. Made you think.