Tú y yo y tú y yo y tú y yo

by Josie Lloyd, Emlyn Rees, María del Mar Rodríguez Barrena (Translator)

Una pareja. Un pasado. Un millón de futuros. Adam y Jules llevan veinticinco años casados cuando descubren una máquina del tiempo en su cobertizo. ¿Será capaz de devolverles la chispa romántica o lo destrozará todo?

Aquí tienes a Adam y a Jules. Casados durante casi veinticinco años y anclados en el pasado, con un futuro que parece. en fin, aburrido.

Hasta que Adam encuentra un montón de viejas cintas de casete con recopilatorios de canciones que Jules y él se regalaban el uno al otro cuando eran jóvenes y se estaban enamorando. Desempolva su viejo radiocasete, mete una de las cintas, le da al play. y pasa lo inimaginable.
Con el poder de viajar en el tiempo, Jules y él pueden volver a momentos cruciales en su pasado. ¿Será esto la clave para recuperar la chispa? A través del multiverso, se embarcan en una caza épica para conseguir su historia de amor perfecta. Sin embargo, conforme visitan el pasado, se dan cuenta de que viajar en el tiempo podría ser igual de peligroso que de adictivo, porque la tentación de cambiar algunos detallitos es irresistible.
¿Serán capaces de encontrar el camino de vuelta a su desastrada, imperfecta y gloriosa vida a medida que las consecuencias empiezan a descontrolarse? ¿O se perderán el uno al otro para siempre?
Divertida, conmovedora y sincera, Tú y yo y tú y yo y tú y yo es una comedia romántica de viajes en el tiempo con todos los maravillosos detalles necesarios para convertirse en un clásico que te hará sentir bien de inmediato.
Este libro llega justo veinticinco años después de la publicación de la primera novela escrita de forma conjunta por Josie Lloyd y Emlyn Rees, Finalmente juntos, que alcanzó el número uno en la lista de los más vendidos del Sunday Times y que fue traducida a veintisiete idiomas y llevada al cine por Working Title. Josie y Emlyn han seguido escribiendo juntos y por separado, y viven con sus hijas y su perro junto a la playa de Brighton, pero, por desgracia, no han descubierto un agujero en el continuo espacio-tiempo en el cobertizo de su jardín. De momento, por lo menos.


«Un conmovedor vistazo al amor después de tu final feliz».
-Gillan Anderson

«Ingeniosa, cercana y llena de nostalgia».
-Paige Toon

Genres: Romance, Time Travel, Fiction, Audiobook, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Contemporary

320 pages, Paperback

First published February 10, 2026

Reviews

[Olive Fellows (abookolive) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of those books where I relish the thoughts it churns up more than the story itself.


Adam and Jules are in a rough spot in their marriage. A very rough spot. Money problems, worries about their two children; they’re dissatisfied with their own individual life paths, and there are bucketloads of resentment simmering between them.

But then Adam accidentally discovers that if he plays one of the mixtapes they habitually made for one another over the years (they always bonded over music) on his old Sony, he’ll be transported back in time to the day the tape was gifted, but only for the length of time the music lasts.

He tells his wife about it, and while initially skeptical (and perplexed and a bit horrified) about the possibility, Adam eventually convinces her to try it herself. Jules experiences the same thing, getting to travel back in time to when they were younger. Happier. When, exactly, did everything go wrong?

That’s precisely the question they both have in mind as they keep taking dips into the past, swearing to each other not to change anything so as not to disrupt their present. But first accidentally, then very purposefully, they take turns making small adjustments, then major ones, hoping to create a happier future by righting past mistakes. Yet the more they try to fix things, the more they screw things up, creating alternate worlds where things are somehow worse, not better.

It’s a very compelling exercise in the kind of thinking I presume we all do: what would have been different about my life if I had made this choice instead of that one? Could things have been better if I hadn’t been in this place at that time? Would I be happier? Richer? Fitter?

The things that Jules and Adam see as they stroll through the past are, I think, the most valuable insights. Jules witnesses herself taking for granted a nighttime routine with her kids as little ones, failing to appreciate how limited that window of life was because of the exhaustion of the everyday realities of a parent. They also both see what life would have been like if they had followed through on casual flirtations with other people.

Certainly, the alternate paths make them both appreciate what they had in their first timeline, and it’s sweet how determined they each are to make it back to one another. However - and maybe I’m a spoilsport for thinking so - I couldn’t help but question how compatible two people really are if they can only make it work in one very specific timeline.

Perhaps I was pondering this more because it just so happens that I read this around the time I’m celebrating 19 years with my husband. I’ve now spent more of my life with him than without him. We met in such an impossibly specific way that I’m sure there are many alternate universes where we miss each other entirely and go on to have very different lives - almost like we were pushed into each other by some time-hopping entity (yes, I have absolutely thought about this before). We’ve been through a lot together over the years, but it’s only served to bring us closer. I’ve seen firsthand many marriages crumble, and they’re exactly the kinds depicted in this book. And honestly, everyone is better off in the end when poorly suited couples seek happiness elsewhere.

So while I can’t say I was rooting for this couple (quite the opposite, actually) it brought up a lot of thoughts and feelings I didn’t expect, but that were touching and intriguing to spend time with.

[Meagan (Meagansbookclub) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick audiobook with dual narrators (probably the best part!) and a predictable time travel story. It was fun but after a while, it became redundant. Repeating the same type of story on a loop is honestly how you lose me as a reader haha but the audio was really good and kept me listening to the end.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fine, if predictable. It goes the way you'd expect it to--people find a magic portal to the past, they go back and inadvertently screw something up, then work the rest of the novel to undo the havoc they've wrought.

I just want to know why the authors gave the central couple the surname "Hole."

[Corinne Carson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jules & Adam have been married for 25 years, have raised 2 kids and now find themselves “stuck” in an unsatisfying marriage. In their early days of courting, they would make each other mix-tapes. When Adam finds them in a box of things that Jules has set aside for the trash, he is absolutely appalled. He takes them out to his man-cave and goes through them until he finds the very first one Jules made for him. He pops the cassette tape into his player and all of a sudden he has time traveled back to the day she gave it to him. Upon returning to the present, he tells Jules what he just experienced. She doesn’t quite believe what she is hearing, but she picks a mixtape and heads back to that time period. Once she returns, they set ground rules that they can’t change things that are going to affect others, but little by little, they begin breaking those rules until all of a sudden, their marriage is in worse shape than before. What have they done and how are they going to fix things?!? I was totally entertained by this story. I think everyone who has been married this long will totally relate to some of what they were going through.

Many thanks to Penguin Random House & NetGalley for an invitation to read an advanced eARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinions.

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a love story between two people who have been together decades and the opportunity to revisit a lot of their moments in their relationship through mix tapes they made for each other and an unlikely boom box Time Machine. It’s like a multiverse It’s A Wonderful Life with two characters who make increasingly stupid decisions trying to improve their lives only to ultimately make things worse and then finally at the end deciding to be happy with the life they already had. I wanted to love this more than I did but I was annoyed at the characters and the tidy morality of the whole thing. It was well written so 3 stars anyway and I suspect many readers will love this. Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC.

[Angie Miale · Rating 2 out of 5]

Friends, this book was just not for me. I really didn’t like these people, and I just couldn’t get into the British phrases and humor. This was just a miss for me, but I can see how other people may like it.

[Stephen · Rating 2 out of 5]

felt this was okay not normally the type of book i go for

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

You and Me and You and Me and You and Me is a quietly magical, deeply relatable listen that blends time slip magical realism with the emotional truths of long-term marriage. Narrated by Rory Kinnear and Sally Phillips—both new to me and both excellent—the performances are nuanced, tender, and emotionally grounded, which is especially impressive given how much of this story lives in memory, regret, and unspoken longing. The time loop element is intriguing without being gimmicky, and the way music (especially mixtapes) anchors Adam and Jules’ shared history adds a rich layer of nostalgia. As characters close to my own age, their flaws, frustrations, and deeply familiar marital patterns felt honest and painfully real. Quirky, thoughtful, and often heart warming, this is a story about love evolving rather than being rewritten, and why the messy, imperfect present might still be the most meaningful place to land.

[Krista Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

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“It dawns on me now that breathing in the same air as someone for twenty-five years, sleeping together in the same bed, eating together, drinking together, parenting together, losing loved ones together…bonds you emotionally and spiritually in a way that no amount of universes can ever tear apart”

As an almost 44 year old woman who’s been married for almost 20 years… I get this book. This was a soul searching reminder that love is a choice not just a feeling. It is hard work and there are no easy ways around it. I really enjoyed this book that I received as an E-arc. When I read the synopsis preview I knew it would be a story that resonated with me. I’m better for reading it and am now off to continue making that conscious effort to keep my own relationships fire burning bright!! #GoodreadsGiveaway

[Christina (Confessions of a Book Addict) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adam and Jules have been married for twenty-five years, they have two grown children who really aren't settled, and the day-to-day of their life is really getting them down. Adam doesn't like his job, and Jules is working hard to get her company off the ground, while mounting up credit card debt. They aren't connecting in their marriage like they used to and have grown apart. When they find a box of their old mix tapes, Adam is reluctant to throw them away. He listened to one on their old stereo, and magically, he was transported to the time he gave Jules that mix tape. They realize that they have stumbled onto a time machine of sorts and have agreed to partake in it, but not change anything major. At first, they don't; they just are reliving some of the best moments of their lives, but as time passes, the changes become bigger, and they reverberate into their current lives. Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees's You & Me and You & Me and You & Me is a romance that, while at times felt repetitive, was sweet overall and sends the message of appreciating the life you have.
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[Lara Fresco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Romance maduro ✅
Magia ✅
Cheio de reflexões importantes ✅

Este livro foi tudo o que precisava e encheu-me as medidas. Fez-me rir e refletir sobre tantas coisas importantes!

4,75/5 ⭐️

[Ana Isa Rodrigues · Rating 3 out of 5]

O livro tinha uma premissa interessante. Uma viagem no tempo em que se tem hipótese de "viver as coisas" de forma diferente!! É pena que se torne demasiado redundante, muito repetitivo....e até previsível...
Para quem não espera muito de um livro e quer só descontrair, força!!
Num lado positivo, adorei a playlist do livro, essa sim fez-me viajar!!🤗

[brea · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[Karen Barber · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perhaps at another point in time I’d have felt differently about this, but from start to finish it frustrated me so much.
The story focuses on Adam and Jules. Married for nearly twenty-five years it’s evident that their time together means something between them has gone missing. As the story progresses we learn about their relationship, the key moments in their shared story that are causing unresolved tension and how they each yearn for things they don’t feel able to share with one another.
After an argument on their way home from a party, Adam makes a momentous discovery. With only an old stereo and the mix tapes they used to make for each other they have the ability to travel back in time.
Over the course of the book they each take the opportunity to experience this. Multiple times. Each time the setup is the same…but as the stakes become higher the temptations to change more become stronger.
Naturally, each shift has consequences. Some bigger than others.
The repetitive nature of the travelling becomes wearing. I found myself frustrated by two characters who are constantly striving for something else. Their moment of revelation at the end felt too much. We get it…once you’ve been together for such a long time things change. If you get the chance to go back - knowing what you didn’t know at the time- I think most people would make changes. Of course this might impact some of the things you experience. Ultimately, this just seemed to suggest everyone has moments of temptation but you are better off with what you know. That just isn’t the case.
Along with the sense of boredom I got from the repetitive time travel moments, I felt some of the other characters were more interesting than they were given the opportunity to be.

[Melany · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have only read a few books with time travel themes in them, so I decided to give another one a go. I truly enjoyed this one. Some parts lulled or felt a bit redundant but I pushed through and I'm glad I did. This will have you on a rollercoaster of emotions throughout!

I received this book from NetGalley and Putnam to read/review. All of the statements above are my true opinions after fully reading this book.

[Tierney Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees have crafted a brilliantly sharp, emotionally resonant exploration of "what if" in their latest novel, You & Me and You & Me and You & Me. As a fan of spec-fiction that pushes boundaries in genres like this, I found this to be an absolute five-star read that balances simple-concept sci-fi with the messy realities of a long-term marriage.

Oh, and how messy it all becomes for MCs Adam and Jules! What struck me most was the gray nature of our protagonists. They aren’t your typical polished heroes; they are deeply flawed, relatable, and at times, delightfully selfish. I loved watching them succumb to the temptation of the time machine, making morally questionable choices to "fix" inconveniences or perceived slights from their past. This moral ambiguity makes the narrative feel grounded and honest.

The authors use the time-travel device masterfully to dissect the anatomy of a marriage. It serves as a lens through which we see their mutual disappointments, the stinging resentment Jules feels over Adam’s lack of support for her dreams, and the heavy weight of the professional risks Adam never took. It is a poignant study of how two people can drift apart while standing right next to each other.

The prose is an absolute joy—neatly structured and peppered with clever pop-culture references that make the dual-POV narrative feel incredibly vibrant. The distinct voices of Adam and Jules brought me close to their inner lives, making their journey feel personal. Ultimately, this is a cautionary tale about the "grass is greener" syndrome. It reminds us that while avoiding regret is a human instinct, true fulfillment comes from appreciating the joyful moments we already have. A witty, thought-provoking, and deeply moving triumph of a novel.

Thank you to the authors and the publisher and to NetGalley for the opportunity to dive in and relive the past with Adam and Jules.

[Maddy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had never heard of either of the authors before, but I am a sucker for a time travel book, so I was intrigued. Whilst I enjoyed the story, I felt it could do with some more editing. There were a few errors, including one sentence being repeated, and a handful of places where things didn’t feel quite right. That said, overall, I really enjoyed it and I’m glad I picked it up.

Adam and Jules have been married for nearly twenty five years, but their relationship is strained. Both are bored, resentful, and struggling to remember why they fell in love, with their grown children no longer holding them together. Adam retreats to his shed, where he discovers the old mix tapes, they once made for each other. When he plays one, he is transported back to the exact moment the tape was exchanged—half the time before and half after. In these time slips, Adam and Jules can either relive events as passengers in their younger selves or take control to alter the past, reshaping the present. As Jules eventually comes to believe Adam’s discovery, the couple take turns revisiting their history, promising not to interfere. But temptation is strong, and the question remains: can they resist changing what has already happened, and if they do, will it truly make things better?

Overall, You & Me and You & Me and You & Me is an enjoyable time travel story with a clever premise that lets Adam and Jules revisit the highs and lows of their marriage. Although I felt it could benefit from more editing, with a few errors and repeated sentences standing out, the concept and characters kept me engaged. Despite those flaws, I really enjoyed the book and would happily recommend it to anyone who, like me, is a sucker for time travel fiction.

[Kimberlin Whitsitt · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you could go back in time and make changes to your future would you? This is a beautiful second chance love story with magical realism. I thought it was so relatable and funny! Makes me think twice about things I’ve been through in my marriage and how communication is so important. I also really loved all the “oldie” music feature. I loved!

[Sara Woodcock · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this one - 4.5 stars

[Joana · Rating 3 out of 5]

The beginning was promising but I lost interest as the story continued.

[daphne · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 🌟

Jules and Adam have been stuck in a rut in their marriage, until Adam rediscovers the old mixtapes they used to make for each other. When he decides to play one, he’s unexpectedly transported back in time. Together, Jules and Adam start reliving the “good times” of their relationship in hopes of fixing what’s broken. But as they make small changes, they find themselves slipping into an alternate timeline.

The story does a great job of portraying just how flawed both characters are, which makes them feel very real, even if they aren’t particularly likeable. Personally, that did lower my rating a bit, especially since infidelity is a theme I don’t enjoy. That said, the book was still highly entertaining. I loved the Back to the Future vibes and the reminder that there’s beauty in being authentically ourselves.

Overall, a solid read if you enjoy flawed main characters and a story that leans into realism rather than perfection.

🎶✨📼🩵

[Susan Scribner · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Way back at the turn of the 21st century, Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees published several well-received novels such as Come Together that used their alternating points of view to portray the romance arc for 20-something MMCs and FMCs. Somewhere along the line, fiction became fact; Lloyd and Rees got together, married, and had kids. I lost track of them for a few decades, but here they are again, older and wiser, with a clever if somewhat confusing time- loop variation on Can This Marriage Be Saved?

Jules and Adam are a typical couple approaching their 25 year anniversary. Although they still love each other, the stresses of jobs, money, and kids combined with several traumatic losses have left them far from the two young adults who used mixtapes* to convey their feelings. After a particularly bad fight, Adam retreats to his workshop and pops one of the tapes into their old cassette player. Suddenly he finds himself back in 1989, crushing on Jules and shyly handing her his first mixtape offering.

Adam returns to the present and tells Jules about the magical cassette player. They start taking turns going back in time, just to relive the experiences and feelings. They pledge to not interfere with anything that happened when they travel back. But surely a few little changes wouldn't be bad? Like Adam warning Jules not to get the name of her soon-to-be-ex boyfriend tattooed on her shoulder. Or Jules casually commenting to Adam that she doesn't care for men with facial hair. But the temptation becomes too great, and soon Adam and Jules are taking more significant actions while visiting the past that will have lasting and unforeseen repercussions beyond their control.

I liked the fact that both Jules and Adam were willing, knowing participants in the time-loop. In most books of this genre, one character does the traveling while the other is either blissfully ignorant or a passive beneficiary of the process. Both MCs, and their college-aged kids, are relatable and sympathetically flawed. I did find myself a little lost in the time-loop mechanics, TBH. I'll buy the outlandish premise that Adam and Jules figure out the rules of the magical cassette player almost immediately. And at first, it's easy to track the effects of their journeys (Jules doesn't have a tattoo now! Adam is clean-shaven!). But as the story progresses, it becomes harder to recall how the numerous changes have built on each other to create the new reality. The fact that Adam and Jules immediately "remember" everything that comprises their new reality felt too convenient. Also, the resolution tidies up things cleanly, which felt like a cop out given the messy premise. If you've seen Back to the Future, you'll recognize the gimmick.

I'm happy to see that Lloyd and Rees are still professional and personal partners. Can we expect another book in 20 years that catches up with their literary doppelgangers as they share the joys of aching joints, failing memories, and weekly doctor appointments?

*If you're younger than 40, ask your parents.

ARC received from publisher and Net Galley.

[Karly · Rating 3 out of 5]

My Rating: 3⭐️⭐️⭐️ rounded down from 3.5 it was an intriguing story that did pretty well for the most part!!

One couple. One past. A million tomorrows. Adam and Jules have been married for 25 years when they discover a time machine in their shed - can it bring back their romantic spark? Or will it unravel everything?

Meet Adam and Jules. Married for nearly twenty-five years and stuck in a rut, their future looks, well, boring.

Then Adam stumbles across a pile of old mixtapes he and Jules made for each other when they were young and falling in love. He dusts off his vintage stereo, inserts one of the cassettes, presses play…and the unbelievable happens.

With the power to travel back in time, he and Jules can revisit pivotal moments in their pasts. Is this the key to getting their sparkle back? They embark on an epic hunt through the multiverse for their perfect love story. But as they visit the past, they realise that time travel could be as dangerous as it is addictive, because the temptation to change just a few tiny things is irresistible.

As the consequences start to spiral out of control, can they find a way back to their messy, imperfect, glorious real life? Or will they lose each other forever?

So this is absolutely not my kind of story, normally… however I was intrigued and I requested it and then promptly forgot about it for months, until I was suddenly approved.

I was a little bit nervous about the time travelling portion, to me that would usually be a huge turn off of a book…but it was upfront, in the first line and I requested it anyway so I went with it.

The story is told in two POVs one from Jules and one from Adam, and this book has a huge focus on music from the 80s onwards and the characters love of it, their memory connection to various songs and their love of it passed onto their children. So each POV swap is labelled a different song title.

The time travelling element (which I suspected) was mostly a way of telling a story from the past and throwing in a little lesson about the grass being not much greener on the other-side and careful what you wish for .. and all those cliches. But its true… being grateful for what you have when what you have isn’t bad is something to remember.

This isn’t particularly a romance or a comedy there are elements of both…but mostly its a story about a couple who have lost their way and then stumble on a time travel machine and then all hell breaks loose… kind of.

Its a bit predictable, which is fine and there are times when I liked both of them and hated both of them. You can see why they did some of the things they did… but uh uh you can’t change the past without consequences in the future..

I enjoyed it and its only fairly short but it did get pretty repetitive, the time travelling went a bit too long and a few too many times but it was still good. Liked it most in the middle of the book but i started to get a bit bored with it by the end… so hence my three stars… its not bad my any stretch but me not being in love with the genre by that stage was wearing my patience thin… I wanted a happy ending and I didn’t know how we were going to get it (if we do… who knows no spoilers).

Overall, if you like the sound of this then read it.. if you recoil from the synopsis then this will absolutely not be for you.

Thank you to G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NetGalley and the author for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

[Jackie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I may be just slightly over-indulging the guilty pleasure I take in time travel tropes with this book. You and Me and You and Me, and You and me has all the fun things about such plots; it’s imaginative, escapist, implausibly delicious, and inevitably moral-laden in all the best lesson-learned ways. On the other end of the stick, it also embodies all the heaviness of creating a time travel fiction. There’s a pretty fair amount of repetition and a heavy-handedness with morality and weird science, especially whenever the two main characters decide to try and make time travel and multiverses and cause and effects chains sound at all logical.

My advice to authors who dabble in the machinations of the flow of time: don’t try to justify it. Yikes. Don’t even attempt to explain to readers why it could *ever* work, in the hope that you can persuade us/them to suspend their current understanding of such things. There are far too many problems—too, too many conundrums. In fact, there are *so* many issues to “rearrange” in readers’ minds, you’d be better off just letting your hapless audience label it some kind of magical fluke. Because, what else, right?

The middle-aged couple of MC’s in question, Adam and Jules, are at a low-ish spot in their marriage and in their lives when Adam discovers, completely by accident (magical fluke? I think so!) that when he plays an old mix tape he gave to Jules in their young and tender years, he is suddenly transported to the moment in time that he gave her the tape. This, of course, takes a lot of “What the heck is happening?” from him and even more of that when he tries to explain the event to Jules who, in the only timeline she’s aware exists (i.e. real life), is already as mad as hell at him.

This is pretty frustrating for readers, as we’re already looking for reasons to believe in the phenomenon, or to suspend our disbelief *against* it at the very least. For support, though he tells Jules he’s been “researching” what might have happened to him, he seems to cling mainly to Back to the Future references which, as you might imagine, are less than convincing.

Luckily, he happens on the idea of letting her play a tape for herself and the game is afoot.

Yes, Jules discovers, she actually goes back in time. And it’s cool! Inadvertently, they both make some tiny changes during their first trip to the past; enough to prove that the future can be altered by their little visits (Michael J. Fox would be so proud), and they solemnly vow never to do anything else that might alter *anything*. Which vow they both promptly break, while lying about it to each other. It’s just too tempting not to try and fix a few minor and not-so-minor details in their lives. Finances? Check. Career improvements? Double check. Check, check, check.

The plot is relationship-centric and we learn a lot about the inner characters of Adam and Jules. It’s mostly not very pretty. But they do love each other, and they’d do anything for their kids, and we are rooting for them from the other side of the page.

So the book is a fun and imaginative peek at alternate timelines, but it’s also the growing mystery of how the couple will ever be able to bring their lives back to something they not only recognize but can actually be happy in. Tune in to find out if they can pull it off. It was fun for me!

[ash · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had me hooked from the beginning. There’s something about the dynamics and insights of long-term couples that really immerses me, and I love seeing how they’ve grown and what they experience years down the line. Despite the ups and downs, the raw honesty and intensity of Jules and Adams’ feelings was gripping. This was simultaneously a love story, a science fiction, and a warning against losing sight of what truly matters.

I read this while listening to the Spotify playlist specifically made for this, so it felt additionally immersive (and was such a lovely touch)!

The time travelling and multiverse aspect through tapes and CDs was very interesting, in the way it worked and the exploration of the selves left behind/changed. Every small decision leads to significant outcomes, only you don’t know it until you’re living through the outcomes. Isn’t that unpredictability part of the beauty of life? The grass certainly isn’t always greener and I appreciate that message embedded throughout the novel - things, good or bad, happen but life and love work through them and move forward.

Some parts of this book, like the story structure and ending, were perhaps a bit predictable, but I liked that. It kept me flying through in both anticipation and excitement of how everything unfolds.

I loved the dramatic irony sprinkled through each year they travelled back to, knowing how things have turned out in the present/future. I also loved that the authors poured elements of their own lives into the book, from music soundtracking their own lives and relationship, to the evident love of Brighton and their very own adorable Groucho Barx.

[Leslie aka StoreyBook Reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you could go back in time to revisit your life, would you do it? Or could you do it without changing anything? That is the dilemma that Jules and Adam face in this new novel.

The book is told from each perspective, which lets us peek into what each character is thinking when they go back. They think that changing one small thing won't hurt, but does it? Something as small as Adam not having a beard or Jules teaching him how to please her is one thing. But each time, each "small" thing becomes larger and larger. While they might have regrets about how their life progressed, was it so bad that they decided to change their future? 

This novel offered humor, relationship drama, and opportunities to reflect on how you would react if in that situation. I enjoyed the musical flashbacks, and I am always a sucker for a time-travel novel. There is nostalgia thrown in with the "mixtapes." I made one of these for my husband before we were married. 

I don't know how much I would want to change in the past, but if I asked my husband, I know there is one situation he would want to go back and change. However, our past shapes us to be who we are today, so for the most part, no I wouldn't change anything...other than maybe telling my younger self to study a little harder!

We give this book 4 paws up.

[Susan Z (webreakforbooks) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything happens for a reason. I say this often. You may not see it immediately, in a day, in a week, a month, or even the year, but at some point you can look back on that disappointment and know you are better off. You are exactly where you are meant to be. 

This book embodies that motto and brings it to life.

I am a sucker for a time travel story. Make it a romance, and I'm ecstatic. 

This story follows a couple, navigating middle age, parenting young adults and dealing with a stale marriage. They are given a magical opportunity to travel back in time, but their glimpes and minor adjustments result in surprising results. 

I loved this story. I loved the focus on a mature real relationship, it was so relatable. I loved the reflections on their relationship, but the reflections in parenthood really packed a punch. 

I connected with this story in so many ways, so deeply. It's so special. 

As an added bonus, music takes center stage, as it's the mixtapes that give them the portal to the past. Everything is better with music. And love.

The audiobook production was so well done, and I loved the dual narration!

[Tim Joseph · Rating 5 out of 5]

No notes. This tickled my absurd bone (I am adept at suspending reality), and took me for a ride I thoroughly enjoyed. Think "The Husbands" paired with "Dark Matter" and a side of "Deep Cuts". Easily a book I can see recommending to everyone, and a story that not only entertains, but helps put our own relationships into perspective.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED this book. If a book was ever to be written for me, this would be the closest thing to it. At points funny, heartwarming and endearing. Love the music aspect, and of course the time travel. Absolutely a joy from start to finish.

[Paige · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book wasn't for me. It was very slow in the beginning until about chapter 4 when a few interesting things started to happen. Then it was somewhat interesting until about 80% in and it became annoying. Why annoying? Because why would you all of a sudden have a character do something completely stupid, with no explanation, and then get made about the outcome??? Like WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GONNA HAPPEN? The ending shouldn't have been a HEA, the FMC was way to red flag for me. Would have been a 4 star without that nonsense at the end.

*Provided a DRC (digital review copy) from the publisher for review. All opinions are my own.