this head and heart question for Rebecca certainly got into my head and heart. i loved every moment i got to spend with this book. so much so im smiling once again writing this review about it. there is so much more to this book than being a rom-com. it had that added sparkle to it.
Steph writes so that the actual deep moments for Rebecca somehow still have a tilt of lightness or joy to it. she somehow doesn't take away from the deeply thought provoking moments but never overwhelms or overburdens. more like makes you think in the best kind of way books like this a magic little vehicles for.
this is one of those reads that has you caring far too much and becoming far too invested. and so you are almost tense with thinking how Rebecca would fair and just what choices she might end up making! its my heart on the line too now Rebecca, luv.
i dont know how some authors just seem to weave giggle and wit through their pages. even when something funny isn't occurring there is that skipping, lightness, chuckle element to it. i loved this book for giving me that. it was just what i needed. i felt completely cared for by Steph and this book to give me just the kind of feelings i needed from todays read.
this was a story about love but in many of its forms. we had the working of family, friends and those at work all at play here. all those aspects went on a journey through Rebecca and the two men in her triangle. and this felt important because all the relationships you have in life be it tricky, mess or brilliant can have ups and downs and can completely dictate how you relate to love, or even how you think you should be loved.
Rebecca, Matt and Alex you certainly put me trough the ringer. and i got so emotional attached to where this story would go, how Rebecca would come out at the end of it that i got quite tense and worried for all concerned at some points. what was the right choice? was there even a choice? was this a test? was this an allowance for memories over future? oh Rebecca you tugged at my heart as you went though the decisions with your own.
i loved this book. and what i absolutely appreciated and loved this book all the more because of is that there wasn't a niggle of a cheating or love triangle in that sense. no morally grey areas. and that was a slight niggle for me when i first read the blurb. but im so glad Steph didn't stear it that way.
this is a gem of a read. from that cover to the content of the pages it ticked all the glorious boxes a book like this might.

What is better than a second chance romance book? A second chance romance book that has the chemistry of this book 🤍

The emotional aspect of this book was done incredibly well. You were taken on a journey with the characters where you felt every emotion alongside them which is something that is incredibly hard to write but Steph nailed it. This book will stay with me for a long time and left being no what ifs.

I adored everything about it and can’t wait to re read it once it’s been released.