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The Atlas Keeper: A Novel
For fans of Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale and The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, a young woman finds a magical atlas that can transport her both backward and forward in time
Every life follows a path. Elsie has just found the map to hers.
Elsie Campbell’s life has stalled. Since her mother’s death five years ago, she’s lived in her sister’s basement in the same small town where she was born. She has no real friends, no romance and spends her days crunching data for her dad’s mapping firm. And now, as her sister marries, she’s about to lose her home.
The day after a solar eclipse, Elsie hikes to the lookout where her mother died. There she finds an atlas filled with maps and astrological charts that have the power to send her to twelve turning points in her life. In visiting the past, Elsie makes surprising discoveries about herself. But she can also visit the future—which leads to unexpected consequences.
When the atlas leads her both back to her old boyfriend and toward a new love, Elsie finds herself at a crossroads where she must choose between a familiar and nostalgic road or an uncharted path. Can she really change the course of her life? And should she?
Every life follows a path. Elsie has just found the map to hers.
Elsie Campbell’s life has stalled. Since her mother’s death five years ago, she’s lived in her sister’s basement in the same small town where she was born. She has no real friends, no romance and spends her days crunching data for her dad’s mapping firm. And now, as her sister marries, she’s about to lose her home.
The day after a solar eclipse, Elsie hikes to the lookout where her mother died. There she finds an atlas filled with maps and astrological charts that have the power to send her to twelve turning points in her life. In visiting the past, Elsie makes surprising discoveries about herself. But she can also visit the future—which leads to unexpected consequences.
When the atlas leads her both back to her old boyfriend and toward a new love, Elsie finds herself at a crossroads where she must choose between a familiar and nostalgic road or an uncharted path. Can she really change the course of her life? And should she?
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320 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 25, 2026
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Gail Anderson-Dargatz
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GAIL ANDERSON-DARGATZ’s first novel, The Cure for Death by Lightning, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and won the UK’s Betty Trask Award, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the Vancity Book Prize. Her second novel, A Recipe for Bees, was nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award and was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Spawning Grounds was nominated for the Sunburst Award and the Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award and short-listed for the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award for Fiction. Her thriller The Almost Wife, a national bestseller in 2021, was followed by The Almost Widow in 2023.
Gail also writes young adult and hi-lo books for the educational market. Her book Iggy’s World was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and shortlisted for the Chocolate Lily Book Awards. The Ride Home was short-listed for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, as well as the Red Cedar Fiction Award and the Chocolate Lily Book Award. Bigfoot Crossing was a 2023 Junior Library Guild (JLG) Gold Standard Selection and commended as a CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens. Spotting Dottie and My Life Off-key were both selected for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Fall 2024 Best Books for Kids and Teens list in the categories Middle Years Fiction (Hi-Lo) and Teen Fiction (Hi-Lo). Spotting Dottie was selected as a 2025 Bank Street Best Book of the Year in the Adventure and Mystery category.
Gail taught for nearly a decade in the CW MFA program at UBC and now works as a mentor and developmental editor. She lives in the Shuswap region of British Columbia. For more, visit her website: gailanderson-dargatz.ca
GAIL ANDERSON-DARGATZ’s first novel, The Cure for Death by Lightning, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and won the UK’s Betty Trask Award, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the Vancity Book Prize. Her second novel, A Recipe for Bees, was nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award and was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Spawning Grounds was nominated for the Sunburst Award and the Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award and short-listed for the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award for Fiction. Her thriller The Almost Wife, a national bestseller in 2021, was followed by The Almost Widow in 2023.
Gail also writes young adult and hi-lo books for the educational market. Her book Iggy’s World was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and shortlisted for the Chocolate Lily Book Awards. The Ride Home was short-listed for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, as well as the Red Cedar Fiction Award and the Chocolate Lily Book Award. Bigfoot Crossing was a 2023 Junior Library Guild (JLG) Gold Standard Selection and commended as a CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens. Spotting Dottie and My Life Off-key were both selected for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Fall 2024 Best Books for Kids and Teens list in the categories Middle Years Fiction (Hi-Lo) and Teen Fiction (Hi-Lo). Spotting Dottie was selected as a 2025 Bank Street Best Book of the Year in the Adventure and Mystery category.
Gail taught for nearly a decade in the CW MFA program at UBC and now works as a mentor and developmental editor. She lives in the Shuswap region of British Columbia. For more, visit her website: gailanderson-dargatz.ca
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August 28, 2026
"You’re going to get to know yourself in a way you never have before. It’s going to be a crazy ride.”
I've read stories within this genre, and with similar tropes before and it wasn't always my cup of tea.
This however? Was great! I loved Elsie's character so much, she was real and raw and funny and truly seems like she just wanted to feel loved and accepted and fit in without fear of losing that.
I'll be honest I'm not a Marcus girlie and he was giving me the ick most of the book, but Zander as a pairing for her was perfect. The different relationship dynamics through the book were comforting and fresh.
Thank you so much to Gail Anderson -Dargatz and Harper Collins for the E-ARC!
I've read stories within this genre, and with similar tropes before and it wasn't always my cup of tea.
This however? Was great! I loved Elsie's character so much, she was real and raw and funny and truly seems like she just wanted to feel loved and accepted and fit in without fear of losing that.
I'll be honest I'm not a Marcus girlie and he was giving me the ick most of the book, but Zander as a pairing for her was perfect. The different relationship dynamics through the book were comforting and fresh.
Thank you so much to Gail Anderson -Dargatz and Harper Collins for the E-ARC!
August 27, 2026
Canadian author Gail Anderson-Dargatz has written many novels tinted with magical realism, and I have read most of them. In this one, the magic is literally contained in a beautiful old atlas, based on the astrological symbols in the night sky. These, in turn, are enhanced by the seeming guidance found in tarot. The atlas affects all the characters, at least in passing, but none as much as young Elizabeth Campbell, the main female character-though the atlas’ centrality, and the materializations of an elderly woman in a white nightgown every time she ends a journey, almost makes the atlas a supernatural character itself.
Elizabeth Campbell, who changes her name to various nicknames several times during her story, presumably to reflect how she has changed. ‘Elsie’ seems to be the one she uses most. The name-changes might signal self-change to her, but none of the other characters, including her sister, her ex, and her maybe-boyfriends, who all just immediately go along with the new name. It’s not meant to be a whim, but, throughout the entire story, there’s little real evidence that Elsie has fundamentally changed.
If the name changes don’t appear to be the significant life markers that they should be, signalling a true shift into a different persona, that’s the problem underlying the entire book. When the story opens, Elsie is trapped in a cycle of grief and guilt. Grief has its own individual timetable, but Elsie has been in this condition of trauma, or possibly post-traumatic stress, for the entire five years since her mother died in a hiking accident—which Elsie witnessed. Moreover, she has a strong if inexplicable sense that she knew it was going to happen and is culpable for failing to avert it.
On the five year anniversary of the accident, she goes on a hike with a young man—who just happens to be the local astrologist—and finds the atlas. Put simply, it seems to contain the story of her life. At certain astrologically propitious moments, she can visit past and future. This time travel story has a bit of a twist—usually travellers must strictly adhere to the rule that forbids them from changing the slightest bit of the past, for fear of triggering unwanted changes in the future. Elsie seems to have free will regarding changes, and often wants to intervene. But she either talks herself out of it or is somehow impeded from doing so. Unlike most time travellers, she is free to interact with the people of past and future, leaving them with memories of her visits.
This is intriguing, except for the lack of motion that results despite all her time-hopping. She seems committed to doing the same things, especially ridiculous where her awful ex-boyfriend is concerned. I found myself getting very impatient with her, not withstanding her trauma and depression. Given the opportunity to change the past to make the future better, why not take advantage (since this is magical anyway)? Elsie ultimately comes across as self-centred, self-indulgent and immature. The other characters, especially her sister and ex-boyfriend, are mostly just annoying.
I listened to the audio version, nicely read by Petrea Burchard, and I think that this might have worked better for me in print. I struggled to keep the time hops straight—where was she now, when was she now?—especially with the various new names she took on.
The writing, as always, is good, especially before the time-travel, but the character and plot development—while they don’t kill the story—do flatten it somewhat.
Many thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins Canada Audio for an advance copy.
Elizabeth Campbell, who changes her name to various nicknames several times during her story, presumably to reflect how she has changed. ‘Elsie’ seems to be the one she uses most. The name-changes might signal self-change to her, but none of the other characters, including her sister, her ex, and her maybe-boyfriends, who all just immediately go along with the new name. It’s not meant to be a whim, but, throughout the entire story, there’s little real evidence that Elsie has fundamentally changed.
If the name changes don’t appear to be the significant life markers that they should be, signalling a true shift into a different persona, that’s the problem underlying the entire book. When the story opens, Elsie is trapped in a cycle of grief and guilt. Grief has its own individual timetable, but Elsie has been in this condition of trauma, or possibly post-traumatic stress, for the entire five years since her mother died in a hiking accident—which Elsie witnessed. Moreover, she has a strong if inexplicable sense that she knew it was going to happen and is culpable for failing to avert it.
On the five year anniversary of the accident, she goes on a hike with a young man—who just happens to be the local astrologist—and finds the atlas. Put simply, it seems to contain the story of her life. At certain astrologically propitious moments, she can visit past and future. This time travel story has a bit of a twist—usually travellers must strictly adhere to the rule that forbids them from changing the slightest bit of the past, for fear of triggering unwanted changes in the future. Elsie seems to have free will regarding changes, and often wants to intervene. But she either talks herself out of it or is somehow impeded from doing so. Unlike most time travellers, she is free to interact with the people of past and future, leaving them with memories of her visits.
This is intriguing, except for the lack of motion that results despite all her time-hopping. She seems committed to doing the same things, especially ridiculous where her awful ex-boyfriend is concerned. I found myself getting very impatient with her, not withstanding her trauma and depression. Given the opportunity to change the past to make the future better, why not take advantage (since this is magical anyway)? Elsie ultimately comes across as self-centred, self-indulgent and immature. The other characters, especially her sister and ex-boyfriend, are mostly just annoying.
I listened to the audio version, nicely read by Petrea Burchard, and I think that this might have worked better for me in print. I struggled to keep the time hops straight—where was she now, when was she now?—especially with the various new names she took on.
The writing, as always, is good, especially before the time-travel, but the character and plot development—while they don’t kill the story—do flatten it somewhat.
Many thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins Canada Audio for an advance copy.
October 1, 2026
The Atlas Keeper: A Novel, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, 25/8/2026. 12.99. iBook Pre ordered. 1/10/2026. 2/5.
“A MAGICAL ATLAS, taking her back and forward in time!!!! “
If you can get your head around such concepts, still believe in star signs and can stomach total self indulgence and navel gazing…this would be a better read!
We all feel the loss of our parents as we age but most of us manage to function and go forward with life but not this woman/child that keeps renaming herself and is for most of the book barely functioning well though she is well in to her 20s! Bright enough to get a degree but not enough to manage life skills! The star of this is the beauty of Vancouver Island. This is the 9th book by this author I have read. Quite a challenge I would imagine writing this book and she did really wrap it up very well ….
“”Every life follows a path. Elsie has just found the map to hers.
Elsie Campbell’s life has stalled. Since her mother’s death five years ago, she’s lived in her sister’s basement in the same small town where she was born. She has no real friends, no romance and spends her days crunching data for her dad’s mapping firm. And now, as her sister marries, she’s about to lose her home.
The day after a solar eclipse, Elsie hikes to the lookout where her mother died. There she finds an atlas filled with maps and astrological charts that have the power to send her to twelve turning points in her life. In visiting the past, Elsie makes surprising discoveries about herself. But she can also visit the future—which leads to unexpected consequences.
When the atlas leads her both back to her old boyfriend and toward a new love, Elsie finds herself at a crossroads where she must choose between a familiar and nostalgic road or an uncharted path. Can she really change the course of her life? And should she?””
“A MAGICAL ATLAS, taking her back and forward in time!!!! “
If you can get your head around such concepts, still believe in star signs and can stomach total self indulgence and navel gazing…this would be a better read!
We all feel the loss of our parents as we age but most of us manage to function and go forward with life but not this woman/child that keeps renaming herself and is for most of the book barely functioning well though she is well in to her 20s! Bright enough to get a degree but not enough to manage life skills! The star of this is the beauty of Vancouver Island. This is the 9th book by this author I have read. Quite a challenge I would imagine writing this book and she did really wrap it up very well ….
“”Every life follows a path. Elsie has just found the map to hers.
Elsie Campbell’s life has stalled. Since her mother’s death five years ago, she’s lived in her sister’s basement in the same small town where she was born. She has no real friends, no romance and spends her days crunching data for her dad’s mapping firm. And now, as her sister marries, she’s about to lose her home.
The day after a solar eclipse, Elsie hikes to the lookout where her mother died. There she finds an atlas filled with maps and astrological charts that have the power to send her to twelve turning points in her life. In visiting the past, Elsie makes surprising discoveries about herself. But she can also visit the future—which leads to unexpected consequences.
When the atlas leads her both back to her old boyfriend and toward a new love, Elsie finds herself at a crossroads where she must choose between a familiar and nostalgic road or an uncharted path. Can she really change the course of her life? And should she?””
July 28, 2026
ARC - Netgalley review
2.5 stars. I really really wanted to love this book. One of comp titles was “The Midnight Library” which is a favourite of mine and I just overall love the time travel through our own lives genre. Another thing I was excited about was that the book also takes place on Vancouver island which is in the same province that I’m from. Sadly this book fell really flat for me. It started off good and I was very intrigued by the set up and where it was gonna go but then it honestly doesn’t really go anywhere..
**Spoilers**
Everything that Elsie the main character sees in her atlas just ends up happening even though she talks about trying to possibly change some outcomes and leaving it to fate. She doesn’t do that instead she does whatever her future self tells her to do like go stop a guy’s house on the way home. There are other examples too but I feel like those would be major spoilers. Also the guy she is supposed to be torn up about is a huge ass and somehow she just forgives him and she isn’t the only character who just seems to easily forgive this horrible person.
** End of spoilers**
Characters just reacted to things really strangely as well. Almost like everyone in the whole story were all these adults who didn’t really seem like adults.
I wish I loved this book cause I also want to support local Canadian authors but IMO this just wasn’t that good.
2.5 stars. I really really wanted to love this book. One of comp titles was “The Midnight Library” which is a favourite of mine and I just overall love the time travel through our own lives genre. Another thing I was excited about was that the book also takes place on Vancouver island which is in the same province that I’m from. Sadly this book fell really flat for me. It started off good and I was very intrigued by the set up and where it was gonna go but then it honestly doesn’t really go anywhere..
**Spoilers**
Everything that Elsie the main character sees in her atlas just ends up happening even though she talks about trying to possibly change some outcomes and leaving it to fate. She doesn’t do that instead she does whatever her future self tells her to do like go stop a guy’s house on the way home. There are other examples too but I feel like those would be major spoilers. Also the guy she is supposed to be torn up about is a huge ass and somehow she just forgives him and she isn’t the only character who just seems to easily forgive this horrible person.
** End of spoilers**
Characters just reacted to things really strangely as well. Almost like everyone in the whole story were all these adults who didn’t really seem like adults.
I wish I loved this book cause I also want to support local Canadian authors but IMO this just wasn’t that good.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for an advance copy of this book.
For most of this book, I felt like I would rate it a bit lower. But, I slept on it, and this is how I felt about it.
Time travel books are tricky. This one did not work entirely. A few things really made this messy. First, and I hesitate to write this because every time I think a book is a bit juvenile, I am left with people thinking I am wrong about that. This did feel a bit juvenile to me.
The second issue is not that she could travel through time and see future and past, it is that those in that time period were aware of her being there, interacted with her there and even waited for her (in the future since she knew she was travelling). The connection to horoscope fits but is not totally my thing.
Having said all of that, I found this somewhat interesting, it was easy to follow (once I got the hang of the Atlas) and it was not terrible.
For most of this book, I felt like I would rate it a bit lower. But, I slept on it, and this is how I felt about it.
Time travel books are tricky. This one did not work entirely. A few things really made this messy. First, and I hesitate to write this because every time I think a book is a bit juvenile, I am left with people thinking I am wrong about that. This did feel a bit juvenile to me.
The second issue is not that she could travel through time and see future and past, it is that those in that time period were aware of her being there, interacted with her there and even waited for her (in the future since she knew she was travelling). The connection to horoscope fits but is not totally my thing.
Having said all of that, I found this somewhat interesting, it was easy to follow (once I got the hang of the Atlas) and it was not terrible.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
I have mixed feelings about this book. I really wanted to like it. Here’s the catch, I JUST finished reading Audrey Niffenegger’s Life Out of Order which was also about time travel and I really liked it. I think the one marred the other for me. It was poorly timed on my side. I honestly believe if there had been some time between the two books, I would have thoroughly enjoyed The Atlas keeper so please read this review with that in mind.
The positive: The story was interesting. It remined me of Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library which I would say is one of my favourite books of the past few years. There is a depth and emotional grounding that I really enjoyed. The characters were well rounded and vivid.
The only negative: The time travel bit has been done a lot. This was a slightly different take on it. It took me a few chapters to get a hang of how it was written.
If you aren’t in time travel fatigue I think you might like this one!
The positive: The story was interesting. It remined me of Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library which I would say is one of my favourite books of the past few years. There is a depth and emotional grounding that I really enjoyed. The characters were well rounded and vivid.
The only negative: The time travel bit has been done a lot. This was a slightly different take on it. It took me a few chapters to get a hang of how it was written.
If you aren’t in time travel fatigue I think you might like this one!
October 6, 2026
The Atlas Keeper is a thoughtful and imaginative story about grief, regret, second chances, and the frightening possibility of seeing where our choices might lead. Elsie Campbell’s life has become painfully stagnant since her mother’s death, leaving her caught between the familiar past and an uncertain future.
The magical atlas, filled with maps and astrological charts, gives the novel its intriguing time-travel element. I especially enjoyed the way each journey becomes more than an adventure through time—it becomes an opportunity for Elsie to confront old memories, reconsider the life she thought she wanted, and discover truths about herself. The idea of visiting twelve important turning points is both fascinating and emotionally powerful.
What makes the story work is its focus on the very human desire to go back and change things. The novel asks an important question: if we could see every possible version of our lives, would we really know which path would make us happiest?
The magical atlas, filled with maps and astrological charts, gives the novel its intriguing time-travel element. I especially enjoyed the way each journey becomes more than an adventure through time—it becomes an opportunity for Elsie to confront old memories, reconsider the life she thought she wanted, and discover truths about herself. The idea of visiting twelve important turning points is both fascinating and emotionally powerful.
What makes the story work is its focus on the very human desire to go back and change things. The novel asks an important question: if we could see every possible version of our lives, would we really know which path would make us happiest?
August 29, 2026
I liked the concept of this book, but wasn’t really a fan of the execution. I found it plays a bit too much into the idea that a woman needs a man to be happy, and failed to allow the main character to find her self, instead her happiness and self-worth was completely dependant on others. It just doesn’t serve a good message, and made the protagonist feel flat and like she didn’t actually grow, even though the story clearly wants you to believe that she did.
Also, as a PSA, please do not put lotion, or any scented/body care products in geocaches. These attract wildlife, such as bears, who mistake them for food. (And on the subject of geocaches, if someone dies trying to get a geocache, there is no way that cache wouldn’t be removed. Even if the surviving family didn’t report it, law enforcement, the fire department, and/or the hospital would).
Also, as a PSA, please do not put lotion, or any scented/body care products in geocaches. These attract wildlife, such as bears, who mistake them for food. (And on the subject of geocaches, if someone dies trying to get a geocache, there is no way that cache wouldn’t be removed. Even if the surviving family didn’t report it, law enforcement, the fire department, and/or the hospital would).
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August 22, 2026Oh no… I was really looking forward to this. Gail Anderson-Dargatx has written some of my favourite titles.
This though was a huge disappointment right from the start. It doesn’t even feel like it’s the same author!
The whole time travel conceit was gimmicky and unnecessary… and just distracted from what could have been an interesting story.
Except that the whole thing read so young, and Elsie just drove me buggy… and the whole story arc is so trope and cliched and formulaic… and, and, and…
I tried my best to stick with it and give this a chance - but I had to bail at the end of Chapter 22 - when she learns who Marcus really is. I just couldn’t suffer to read any more.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for granting me access to an early digital review copy.
DNF
This though was a huge disappointment right from the start. It doesn’t even feel like it’s the same author!
The whole time travel conceit was gimmicky and unnecessary… and just distracted from what could have been an interesting story.
Except that the whole thing read so young, and Elsie just drove me buggy… and the whole story arc is so trope and cliched and formulaic… and, and, and…
I tried my best to stick with it and give this a chance - but I had to bail at the end of Chapter 22 - when she learns who Marcus really is. I just couldn’t suffer to read any more.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for granting me access to an early digital review copy.
DNF
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
The idea of an atlas that allows Elsie to revisit important moments from her past....and even see into her future...was such a cool concept!
It took me a little bit to get the hang of how everything worked, but once I did, I was really invested in Elsie's journey. I loved the emotional depth, the what if? moments. I am such an overthinker....I know all about what ifs lol. Watching Elsie figure out whether to choose a familiar path or take a chance on something new made this such an enjoyable and thought-provoking read.
Petrea Burchard did an amazing job with this narration!
I did an immersive read and it was amazing! Thanks so much to Netgalley and Harper Collins Canada!
It took me a little bit to get the hang of how everything worked, but once I did, I was really invested in Elsie's journey. I loved the emotional depth, the what if? moments. I am such an overthinker....I know all about what ifs lol. Watching Elsie figure out whether to choose a familiar path or take a chance on something new made this such an enjoyable and thought-provoking read.
Petrea Burchard did an amazing job with this narration!
I did an immersive read and it was amazing! Thanks so much to Netgalley and Harper Collins Canada!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 8, 2026
Gail Anderson-Dargatz does it again. This time, in "The Atlas Keeper", she waves her hands through the stars of the past, stirs together the future, and conjures up questions we all wish to explore. How does our past shape us, and where are we going? Yet at the core of our existence, as seen through her exquisitely drawn characters, we learn living in the here and now and carrying love throughout our lives in the one gift that will last the ages. Run to your local bookstore for this gem. "The Atlas Keeper" IS a keeper.
August 28, 2026
The Atlas Keeper was a fun concept and made for an interesting audiobook. I liked the idea of Elsie being able to revisit different points in her life and see how her choices could shape the future. There were some really thoughtful moments along the way, especially when it came to grief, relationships, and finding your own path.
It was a solid listen, but it didn't quite become a favorite. If the premise sounds good to you, I’d say give it a try.
It was a solid listen, but it didn't quite become a favorite. If the premise sounds good to you, I’d say give it a try.
August 30, 2026
I was so happy to see one of my favourite authors with a new book. And I wasn’t disappointed. What a wonderful and engaging read. I loved the quirky and flawed main character. And I also liked that it was in B.C. so I knew the setting. The narrator did a great job with all the voices, male and female. Thanks to HarperCollins Canada Audio and NetGalley for the free audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
I'm a sucker for a good time travel novel and Gail Anderson-Dargatz delivered an exceptional one in her latest magical realism novel that explores one woman's fate as tied to her astrological birth chart.
Full of what if choices, important life decisions, romance and excellent disability rep (her father suffers multiple strokes and a love interest finds out they have Parkinsons). It was great on audio and perfect for fans of books like The time traveler's wife or Cassandra in reverse.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital and audio copy in exchange for my honest review. Out today and one not to be missed!
Full of what if choices, important life decisions, romance and excellent disability rep (her father suffers multiple strokes and a love interest finds out they have Parkinsons). It was great on audio and perfect for fans of books like The time traveler's wife or Cassandra in reverse.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital and audio copy in exchange for my honest review. Out today and one not to be missed!
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
The Atlas Keeper offers a unique spin on the "what-if" genre with its intriguing magical atlas hook. Elizabeth is a compelling protagonist whose struggles with grief, anxiety, and neurodivergence feel authentic and timely. Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the arc!
August 26, 2026
I didn't like it at first.. but I grew to like the book and finished it in one setting at 3am. It's a little bittersweet but a good reminder to treasure your time now.
September 8, 2026
2.5 stars
October 9, 2026
Got to page 115 and got lost
October 9, 2026
I was disappointed in this tale. The focus on on astrology seemed over done. I wanted to feel more for the main character.
October 14, 2026
It's been a while since Anderson-Dargatz has published a book for adults. This one is delightful, and kept me reading. I've read every one of her books for adults, and recommend them.
September 28, 2026
I think this book would be better enjoyed by someone who was deeply into astrology. That said, I found myself propelled forward all the way through to the end, wanting to know what was going to happen next. Time travel is always a tough one to work with but Gail does this well.
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