this was not what I was expecting this novel to be at all! I knew it was more of a YA style coho mixed with a mystery, but I will say that it completely hooked up from page one!

there are a lot of amnesia trope books out there, but the way that colleen and taryn were able to write this one made it seem fresh and unique! I loved the bottom line chemistry between charlie and silas - and I was rooting for them the entire time 🥰

my favorite element of the plot was the mystery surrounding the magical realism of the two MCs! however, the ending and last 25% were super disappointing to me, and basically didn’t answer a single question …

I’m all for soul mates and fated mates, but the “solution” to figuring out their amnesia was a little too easy and cookie-cutter for me 😩 and the fact that we never really figured out why this was happening to them

and can we talk about ✨ that traumatic event ✨ that happens to charlie that just … never gets talked about ever again? and the revelation that happened after that … that just was forgotten about?  

it just felt a bit disjointed, and while I was sucked into the mystery of part 1 and part 2, part 3 just felt like a totally different novel altogether. 

rating: 3 stars
wine pairing: columbia valley rosé