This is an author totally new to me, so went into this book open minded.

Ultimately it is a story about love, about coping with mental illness, but there is also a supernatural/sci-fi edge about rifts in time and different realities. It is very hard to put this book into a category and I think to do this would do the story an injustice.

This book drew me in from the first page and really held my attention until the end.

Beautiful book I can really recommend.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my review.

A fabulous, engaging read from start to finish. Keith Stuart has a real gift for creating complex, imperfect and wonderfully real characters and plotlines so compelling you'll be up all night to finish just one more chapter...
The Frequency of Us is no exception, bringing a uniquely character- and relationship-driven angle to a story that encompasses historical fiction, sci-fi and quantum physics, but at its heart just feels like a story about people.
Highly recommended.

Amazing book, it takes you along on a journey into the concept of a multiverse that's shared with the characters in the story. Their dawning realisation that such a concept could exist is matched with your own as the possibilities emerge that this could happen to each and every one of us.

Will lives in Bath, during the war a bombing raid his whole live changes. To the present day and Laura is sent to care for an old man called Will. He has a story to tell, what is true, is there something more.....this is a staggeringly brilliant book and one that I couldn't put down. To go further would ruin the story but beautiful and amazing would so recommend

I am a big fan of Keith Stuart, having loved A Boy made of Blocks and Days of Wonder. Set in Bath, the story is told in 2 time frames. During WW2 Will meets and falls in love with Elsa, an Austrian refugee, and they move in together. One night, Will is injured in an air raid attack and when he returns home from hospital Elsa has disappeared, along with all traces of her. Years later with Will now in his late 80s, Laura James is sent by the care agency to assess him. As he begins to open up to her, Laura is determined to find out about Elsa - did she really exist or is this just the wanderings of a very old man. What follows is so unexpected that it really blew me away! You have to suspend a bit of belief, but it's a cracking story! Thanks to NetGalley for a preview copy.
Copied to Goodreads.

Laura is struggling with her mental health following a difficult childhood. She takes a temporary job as a carer to Will, living alone in a crumbling house.
I have really enjoyed this novel. I love the evolving relationship between Will and Laura.
However the ending left me wondering for ages about what ifs and how a parallel time line would work.
Lovely

Thanks for the opportunity.

I needed a book I couldn't put down and found it "The Frequency of Us" by Keith Stuart ticked all my boxes. Set in both present day and WW2 Bath I was fully there. I wanted to be Will, I wanted to be Laura, I wanted to be Elsa, I laughed with them, I cried and worried with them but mainly I really cared what happened. Demonstrating love can span the ticking complexities of time. Beautifully written and interesting factually too, I now need to visit Bath to enjoy the setting.

An incredible book by a talented author. I have enjoyed all of Keith's books but this might be his best yet. The characters, the attention to detail, the combination of themes that really shouldn't work but just come together beautifully, just make this novel a wonderful immersive experience.

Wow! I absolutely loved this book and demolished it in 2 days. It was such an amazing story. The two characters were easy to like from the moment you meet them and the twists and turns of the story kept me interested throughout. I was desperate to find out what happened to Elsa and solve the mystery and found the ending very satisfying! I would recommend this book completely.

Well I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Wasn’t what I was expecting but it had me transfixed. A story that ebbed and flowed from the 1940s to 2008. I loved Laura and Will very believable characters and from the 1st page I just wanted to know what happened! Already been recommended.

I was not sure what to make of this story - it took a while to grab me and I am not sure whether or not I was convinced by the story.

I enjoyed the characters, the developing relationship between Will and Elsa before 1942 and the current relationship between him and Laura - his carer who is determined to explore his back story and who is fighting her own demons. I was intrigued by the links between Laura’s and Will’s experiences and wanted to see a resolution - I just was not sure by the resolution when it came.

It is certainly worth a read - it is captivating in its own way.

I began this book with no expectations either way, having not read any previous work by the author. But the blurb made the plot sound interesting and I was hooked on the story with the opening chapter.
The story begins in 1942 with Will Emmerson living in Bath with his Austrian girlfriend Elsa who has travelled across Europe to escape Nazi persecution in Vienna. Will works in wireless engineering and a young neighbour of his appears one night, the second night of the German bombing of Bath, to use Will’s radio to contact his father. When a bomb goes off in the garden Will awakes but find there is no trace of either the young neighbour or his beloved Elsa.
After the opening chapters the story switches to 2007 and Laura James arrives to care for Will, now an ailing old man who lives alone in same house in Bath. Will can be a difficult character and has never really recovered from the 1942 night of the bombing and we soon learn that Laura has her own issues being insecure and anxious and being afraid of her father.
As Laura learns about Will’s past she tries to piece together what has happened to him and learn the truth.
The story is in dual time frames – 1942 and the events leading up to the night of the bombing and 2007/8 when Laura is looking after Will. The plot twists and turns, doubling back on itself so one minute you are with Laura and convinced that Elsa is real and the next that is it all some sort of fantasy of Will’s.
The characters of Will and Laura are well drawn. Laura particularly comes across as real – we feel her anxieties, and highs and lows and fully sympathise with her. Will is cranky and confused but of course we think we understand the reason for this as his life has been turned upside down.
The attention to detail in the writing – the costumes, particularly those worn by Elsa, the places in Bath, the music and the art are very well done and draw in the reader to the time and place.
The story held my attention throughout. The crackle of electricity, the stopping of the clocks, the bright lights all the little details added atmosphere and tension until the final page.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Little, Brown Book Group UK for the chance to read this. I shall look out for more works by Keith Stuart.

I will post the same review on Goodreads on 25th March 2021 when the book is published.

I can't even begin to explain how much I loved this story! I love the idea of time travel and parallel universes so this book was just perfect for me. Add to that, the setting being WW2 as well as present day and you cant get better! The characters are all fabulous and authentic. Excellent!

Wow, that was different, a great read I was hooked, just makes you think about all those 'what if' moments in your life. Great characters, amazing book.

I wanted to read this book as I had enjoyed the author's debut novel so much.
This was a very different read, but a book that I couldn't out down. I found I cared about Will and Laura, the main characters; for me it is quite unusual to become so involved in the characters lives. I would definitely recommend this book as a book worth reading.

I received an ebook copy through NetGalley, directly through the agent. Thank you for the opportunity to let me read this.
This review may contain minor spoilers. (Will defiantly try my best to be vague as possible).

This was a marvelous story that was charming throughout. I found a close connection to the characters, engaging in their personal stories and the interaction between them. I was clear for me to distinguish which perspective was being shown, but there were a few time I would have wanted clarification; such as, having the characters name alongside the chapter.
Sometimes, I found the pacing to be a little slow in places, but I was hooked by the plot, especially as I spiraled with the feelings and connections in the last third of the novel.

It was a brilliant novel to showcase mental health. I feel that this is something important to mention in my review. Without going into any spoilery detail; it was an important aspect of the novel and showcasing that even as the characters overcame anything regarding mental health, it was not magically gone or cured, with lingering affects that mental health can cause.

I defiantly recommend this book to anyone who has read the authors previous novels. The research gone into this novel shows greatly with surprising twists and turns in the plot.

I would like to thank the author, the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read an ARC of this book. This was a very different book, it had a number of different elements but it was compelling and I didn’t want it to end. I will be recommending this book to my friends.

I am now officially addicted to anything this guy writes. Keith Stuart you did it again. If you are expecting your average WW2 book then you are going to be astonished. If you loved Time Travellers Wife, and have a penchant for WW2 novels set in England, this will blow your socks off. I have just finished it and feel a little wrung out, I feel I have a little book hangover and what is most disappointing is that I might have just read the best book of 2021 and its only my third book of the year (12 January 2021).

The setting is Bath in both 1942 and 2008, the descriptions of this city are wonderful, I loved that the author actually used street names and genuine places. It makes you want to revisit and do a tour of the city with fresh eyes. I had no idea this city was bombed. I defy you not to fall a teeny weeniest bit in love with Will and Elsa. Will is the out-of-depth engineer and Elsa, the Austrian flamboyant jewish lady who has already sacrificed so much before we even meet her. You will love her sassy vulnerability and his dithering self questioning. They were meant to be, like strawberries and cream, like fish and chips, like Romeo and Juliet. This is a love story that defies time and place; sometimes spooky, sometimes filled with angst, but always filled with love. A story to fall in love with.

I loved this story. Laura and Will are able to help each other in so many ways. Wills love for Elsa is sad in so many ways but beautiful too. She is the only person he has truly loved. The whole story is beautifully written and a really good page turner.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

I seemed to have a love-hate relationship with this story. I loved it at first; the first pages really took me by surprise, then the pacing slowed down, and some weird things happened, and I fell out of love for a long time. And at about 70% of the story, I fell in love again; I even got goosebumps reading a story I sighed about earlier. End the ending? Well, I’m not sure if I love or hate it. It definitely left me baffled.



I choose this book because of the premise, a man who lost his Austrian wife in WWII and a woman in the present who is depressed and has anxiety attacks and becomes the old man’s caretaker. But this story is more. It’s about radios, memories, and imagination, always doubting what is real and not.



The writing style is active and captivating, a little too wordy for me at times (very descriptive). The premise and the elaboration are undoubtedly original. It has a couple of plot twists; I guessed one of those at about 15-20% of the story, and I was a little proud of that one 😂. I won’t say much about the content because I don’t want to spoil anything. If you like a story with dual timelines and read about an 87-yo and a 29-yo who bond in a special way with a couple of plot twists, this could be a nice read for you.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3746183311

My review will be published on March 7 2021