My favorite duo does it again!!! At first, I was thinking I was reading a romantic version of Happy Death Day but and it is one of the most romantic, heart touching, original books I've read in a long time. Thank you ladies for knocking it out of the park and giving me another incredible, unique reading experience!

Thank you so much for my copy - I read 30% of this but while it is a groundhog's day set up, it was tough to get into and quite repetitive. I really appreciate my copy but could not finish my book.

From the moment I opened this novel I was captured by the storytelling Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke created.  This novel follows Dom after his ex-fiance Mia tragically dies on a first date years following their estrangement.  Dom awakens the next† morning to find she is still alive and he has a chance to repeat their date.  This novel brilliantly asks the question of "what if" following a terrible accident.  Dom finds himself reliving her death each day.  You will love this novel especially if you have lost a loved one and have found herself asking a similar question.

This wasn't the most original of plots but it was still engaging and entertaining.  I did like the characters, but at the same time I wasn't fully invested in their relationship.

How to Save a Life has a unique premise: Dom reconnects with his ex-fiancé Mia, the woman he has pined after for a decade. Mia says it must be fate that they ran into each other, and Dom believes he’s finally getting a do-over with the love of his life—but on the night of their date, Mia tragically dies. Dom is devastated—until he wakes up the next morning, and realizes that he’s reliving the same day. Over and over again, he tries to save Mia, and every day, she dies as he watches helplessly. But he’s determined to find out not only how to save her, but how to keep her in his life forever.
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I’m not sure how to categorize this book, because it’s not a romance even though it explores love. The story is more focused on Don’s emotional journey as he learns who he is, and comes to terms with his past actions with Mia and decides the person he wants to be in the future. I found it to be an absolute page-turner and finished it in a day!


Thanks to @amazonpublishing and @kccpr for sponsoring our July #BLCVIPBookClub. This is a great discussion book.

Liz and Lisa are one of my favorite writing duos. I love their books and this one was no exception; in fact, it might be my favorite of theirs. It really took a premise and went deep with it in a way that really surprised me. I don't often cry at books but this one did make me tear up. Well done, and thanks to Net Galley for the chance to review this advanced copy!

Imagine being stuck in a Groundhog’s Day where you relive your first love’s death over and over, unless you can save her! 😱 ⁣
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I was very intrigued by the premise of this book. Don feels like he’s getting a second chance at true love when his ex-fiancée Mia shows up in his life again. Unfortunately their carnival date ends in tragedy when Mia dies in a freak accident. Don finds himself in the hospital, inconsolable and wishing things had gone differently. His wish comes true, when he finds himself in a loop of the fated day. Can he alter events and save Mia?⁣
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We go through numerous re-dos with Don, each time finding out a bit more about Mia and why she’s suddenly returned. I enjoyed this aspect of the story though the mystery reader in me probably spent way too much time trying to figure out each new way she would die. I couldn’t help it though - it was fun to try to guess her mode of demise! 🤣 ⁣
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I didn’t really get why Don was so stuck on Mia. 10 years had passed and it felt like he was obsessively stuck in place. I wish we had more of a backstory for their relationship that supported this huge inability to move on - it felt forced and I just couldn’t get on board with it. ⁣
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Overall, this was an interesting premise although the story was a bit of a slow burn as it unfolded. I enjoyed how it all turned out but I don’t exactly know how I’d categorize this book. It wasn’t a rom-com, suspense or second chance romance in the traditional sense. I think it was more about learning to let go, making peace with the past and finding a way to move on. ⁣

I had been looking forward to reading this for quite a while. It was a great summer read. Liz Fenton's writing style sucked me into the story quickly. It was very reminiscent of the movie, Groundhog Day. Dom is given a chance to reconnect with the lost love of his life, Mia. Very heartwarming story, and I will look forward to more books by Liz Fenton in the future. 

*Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy

I’m not sure how to rate this one. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it was not what I was expecting. This author duo has quickly become one of my favorites over their past few books. A good thriller is my true north, my comfort food, and these two are so good at providing that.
How to Save a Life was not that, but the story grabbed me and didn’t let me go until it was finished. I loved the repeating days narrative and thought it was a clever way to slowly tell the back story of Don and Mia. I had no idea how this was going to end. Since it was marketed as suspenseful and thrilling, I was kind of holding out for something more, but even so the ending did not disappoint.

How to Save a Life was the perfect summer read! When I first read the description of this one I wasn’t sure it was for me, but I’m so glad I gave it a chance and picked it up. It was a good one!
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Since this is a “Groundhog Day” type read I was afraid that it would become repetitive but it doesn’t and each Thursday I was rooting for Dom to save Mia’s life.
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I also had The Fray’s song stuck in my head every time I picked this one up.

Thank you so much for the copy of How to Save a Life. I was intrigued by the cover and synopsis for this one. I tried to pick it up a few times, but I was not able to connect with the story line and characters. I think it was the the 'groundhog day' feel of it that I just could not get in to. 

Unfortunately, it did not work for me. I'm sure that others will like it and I have seen several favorable reviews for it. Thank you again for the opportunity to read How to Save a Life. 

Thank you to Lake Union Publishing and NetGalley for my copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. I will not be sharing my thoughts/reviews outside of Netgalley in a review

I listened to this via audiobook and really enjoyed it that way. This was really an interesting concept, a different take on Groundhog Day if you will, and I thought it was very well done. It did take a little bit for me to get into, but once I was in, I couldn’t stop until it was finished. I had to know how Dom was going to get himself out of this!

The premise is Dom that is continually living a Thursday over and over and he cannot make it stop, one that involves his ex-fiance dying at the end of the day. Mia recently showed back up by chance in Dom’s life in a coffee shop, and as he never really got over her, he feels like it is fate and they are meant to have another go at it. When she dies on their date, he wishes he could have a do over to save her, and he gets his wish, over and over. He is desperately trying to figure out why he is stuck waking up to the same Thursday each day, and no matter what he does Mia keeps dying. He needs to figure out how to move forward from this so they can both get to Friday. Along the way, Dom learns things about himself, about Mia, their relationship, and other ancillary events that happen that day.

I liked this one a lot, it was not a light read, but that was just fine, and if you haven’t read anything yet by Liz and Liz, you need to fix that, I really love their books. However, be warned that this one might have you shed a tear or two if you didn’t already gather that from the premise, but it was absolutely worth it. And yes, you will have The Fray in your head while you read this….

Thank you to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for the egalley to review!

I have read a few other books by these authors and enjoyed them, so I was looking forward to this one. It’s a “Groundhog Day” type of premise, complete with a male protagonist stuck in a “time loop.” It’s a good story worth reading, although it wasn’t exactly fun and fluffy if that’s what you’re looking for. I was actually in the mood for a less serious story, but it turned out to be one that explores life and how (and why) we live it. It’s emotional and it’s main character is a male with insecurities (which some readers may find unbelievable - like one of my friends did), but I liked it in the end. (Note: I received an ARC from NetGalley and then won a  free copy of this book as part of a giveaway on the authors’ Facebook page.)

This book is a movie in the making. Dom bumps into his ex, the one that got away, the one he never got over. He asked her out and she said yes! What could possibly go wrong? Well..
 She does and not once either!

Groundhog’s Day meets Happy Death Day meets Always Be My Maybe in Lisa Steinke and Liz Fenton’s latest novel, How to Save a Life. Lisa and Liz never fail to bring something entirely new and different from what they’ve done before each time they write a book, and this is no exception. Emotional and cathartic—this is a great read!

This book is hard to describe in genre—I think I’d call it contemporary fiction with suspense as the subgenre. I love how Liz and Lisa continue to surprise and stretch their writing boundaries with each book. This is very different from their other books, most notably because it is much more of an emotional read than a psychological thriller. It actually made me tear up several times! It has all of the gripping, hard-to-put down qualities of a thriller, but it is a book about the heart, love, loss, and moving on. It is about learning to let go of the past and live in the present. And most notably, it is about how experiences and people can fundamentally change us for the better.

I wasn’t sure how they’d get into the head of a male narrator since I tend to think writers do better with their own gender than the opposite when narrated first person. They nailed it! Dom is a great mix of serious, rigid, thoughtful, and sensitive. In execution, they nailed him as a character! The only way I could tell this book was written by two incredible women was that Dom identified one of the characters as wearing a “black bandage dress”! (How many straight, single men in this world do you think know exactly what a bandage dress is??)

When Dom happens to run into the one-who-got-away ten years earlier, he can’t believe it. He has been looking for Mia in every woman he meets. It was a mistake to let their engagement go, and he isn’t over it. As the story progresses, Dom begins to relive the day of their first date after the ten year gap over and over again, unable to stop the loop. Even worst, despite everything he tries to do to change the outcome, Mia dies at the end of the day each time.

I don’t want to say too much about the outcome because it is so wonderful experiencing what Dom goes through as a relives the same day over and over. I loved seeing him try to find and piece together clues to save Mia and break the cycle. I also loved how Dom changed by each of these experiences, as he breaks his routine life to try to understand how to save his love.

Beautiful with a lot of thought-provoking moments and lessons, and enough suspense to keep you glued to the book until the very last page!

Thank you to Lake Union Publishing for my copy. Opinions are my own.

I started out really liking this novel, but unfortunately it was rehashed groundhogs day, minus the groundhog. It even has the selfish protagonist giving and taking care of a homeless man. I kept expecting him to utter, watch that first step, it’s a doozie!

This one started out slow for me but picked up. I did end up enjoying it but it wasn’t my favorite. It seemed slow and repetitive. The ending helped and I appreciated the lesson that was learned, but it drug on and just wasn’t the book for me. I love these authors and have loved their other books and will continue to read them, this one just fell a little short for me.

Wow this was a good and tough read. This is very similar to the movie Groundhog's Day. I enjoyed it but felt it was pretty graphics for the poor character that to keep reliving each day over and over again. I really enjoy the authors Liz and Lisa, they always have such interesting ideas!

Love, love this book. A little different as it goes from past to present. From dreaming to reality. Very interesting love story of Dom & Mia and the love they had for 10 years. Are they going to finally get to the real love they deserve? Read it and find out. These authors are also excellent reads.

After meeting his former love Mia ten years after their breakup, Dom finds himself reliving the day in which she tragically dies. He tries everything he can to change the outcome of their date.

This was an interesting premise. I can't imagine being Dom and watching someone you care for die over and over. The book had enough suspense to keep me reading. You could feel Dom becoming more and more frantic. However, I had a hard time buying into Dom and Mia's great love. You only get Dom's perspective. Maybe hearing from Mia or showing some flashbacks from when they were together would have helped. There were several good supporting characters and I liked Amanda's role. The story had both smiles and tears.

Thank you to Lake Union Publishing and NetGalley for my giveaway win.