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like to thank NetGalley and Harper Collins UK for approving me for an ARC of this book,

I have to begin with a huge applause to Kristin Atherton for the fantastic narration, As a listener she drew me in and I felt that the voices she gave to Thora and Santi were brilliant, She captured their personality and made them recognisable, All the different accents were delivered flawlessly and her ability to portray the emotion and different aged voices was exceptional,

When I had finished this book I sat and pondered my review for a few days, What could I possible say about this story that showed how much I loved it, The entire concept was unique, well developed and unlike anything I had ever read before, The first part of the story we see Thora and Santi in may different lives, being many different things to each other, As a reader I was confused about what was going on but in a good way, I felt like one of the characters in their story trying to fit together the puzzle pieces and nothing could explain what was happening,

Once we hit part two things started to become clearer and I loved the way it was all heading, Santi and Thora tortured themselves and each other showing many different sides to them, I loved their imperfections and the ongoing debates, I often found myself siding with Santi but I think that is because Im an optimist at heart,

The final part of the story was packed with emotion and drama that gave me the perfect finish, I was addicted to the story and stayed up very late to finally learn the reason behind Thora and Santis fate, As characters I loved them and felt fully invested in each of their stories, Out of the two I felt that Santi sometimes got the raw end of the deal, he seemed to have some very hard lives but kept the optimism that things would get better.
The ending ultimately broke my heart and left me speechless,

As soon as I finished this epic story I went back through and reread a few chapters again, It was amazing to see all the little breadcrumbs that had been left behind and carried forward in each of the stories, When describing this book to my husband I related back to some movies that wed both seen, This was Interstellar meets Inception meets The Time Travellers Wife a story of life, our choices, fate and all the in between,

Two people, Infinite lifetimes. One impossible choice.

Thora and Santi are strangers in a foreign city when a chance encounter intertwines their fates, At once, they recognize in each other a kindred spiritsomeone who shares their insatiable curiosity, who is longing for more in life than the cards theyve been dealt.
Only days later, though, a tragic accident cuts their story short,

But this is only one of the many connections they share, Like satellites trapped in orbit around each other, Thora and Santi are destined to meet again: as a teacher and prodigy student a caretaker and dying patient a cynic and a believer.
In numerous lives they become friends, colleagues, lovers, and enemies, But as blurred memories and strange patterns compound, Thora and Santi come to a shocking revelationthey must discover the truth of their mysterious attachment before their many lives come to one, final end.
Meet Me in Another Life is a combination of General Fiction, Literary Fiction and Science Fiction,

I wanted to read this book, because I love the idea of fate and I thought that this book would be an epic romance, But honestly this book was so different from what I was expecting,

Thora and Santi keep meeting each other in different lives, But romance is not the focus, In some worlds they become friends, In some they become colleagues, In the rare case they become lovers, And sometimes they are enemies,

The beginning was very bizarre, And I honestly had no idea if I was reading contemporary or fantasy or what, In each chapter they meet each other no matter what time/dimension/universe they are in,

The book is divided into three parts, It almost reads like a bunch of short stories, Each story features the same two characters, But they are different ages in each story, This is a creative idea, But I thought that there would maybe be three stories with the couple falling in love in each dimension, But that is not what this story is at all,

It is unique and different, But things only start to make sense towards the end, Each story was good. But I'm not really a fan of short stories, And that is what most of this book felt like, I really wanted an epic love story, But in most of these stories they are not even a couple,

As the book goes on it definitely seemed more like a novel, And it was interesting to see how the two characters acted, However, the explanation at the end was super weird and not very satisfying,

Thanks to edelweiss and William Morrow for allowing me to read this book, I see a lot of hate for this story in the reviews and while I can understand where it comes from I loved it for the reasons that people hated it.


The inconsistent timeline was my favorite part of this book, It made me

feel like I was reading all of these ministories on how people can be connected to each other, It made every chapter new and fresh and fun for me,

So, while I understand how people could not enjoy this story, I both liked it and didn't like it, I can't put into words without spoiling what made me unlike it so much, But this book is definitely the sort of book that you love or you hate it, This is one of the strangest books I've read in recent years, The cover text and the marketing for this book had me thinking I was picking up a sortof romance with maybe a little timetravellike twist thrown in, but it's a book that doesn't fit into any one genre.


And I actually like genrecrossing stories every now and again, but this just dragged for me, Thora and Santi, the two protagonists, basically have the same argument over and over and over, And while I liked Thora at the beginning of the novel, the further we got along the more she became the worst version of herself and I actively hated her at one point.


The twist was rather well done, I thought, if only because I hadn't seen it coming at all, But I struggle to find the point of this book, I'm left with so many questions that I'll never have any answers to, Science fiction can reach out to the and at the same time hold tight to the human heart, The many layers of mystery in this beautiful love story lead to a breathtaking ending,

First, I should say that the British publisher sent me a copy of this novel and asked me to provide a blurb if I liked it.
I did like it, and my blurb is the first paragraph of this review, The British edition goes on sale July, If youre in the US, the book has been on sale since April,

Second, I cried at the ending,

Third, I wont tell you why, Because spoilers, big spoilers.

Fourth, if you like science fiction, as you read this novel, you may wonder at some point if it is science fiction, Thora and Santi keep meeting in life after life, which doesnt seem to make much sense, Trust me. It really is science fiction, and it all makes sense in the end,

Fifth, if you like literary fiction, heres your chance to see that science fiction can also be characterdriven and utterly moving, Just like the past and the present, the future will be human and humane,
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