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by Sophie Cousins

QOTD: Have you ever wished you could see into your future? If you could, would you?

When, at a low point, both personally and professionally, Lucy finds herself in an odd little store facing a wishing machine, she makes a simple wish to “skip to the good part” of her life. The following day, she wakes up to find herself 16 years in the future, a successful businesswoman with a handsome husband and two great kids. But wishes are never that simple.

This book took me entirely by surprise in the very best way. Although categorized as a romance, and it is in part, it is much more a thoughtful book of fiction/magical realism. It was charming and funny while digging into life’s complex nature. Lucy grapples with what “the good part” means and if you can recognize the good part without going through the bad parts. Seeing her learn to become her older self and fall in love anew with her husband and children while struggling with all of her life that has been lost was an emotional roller coaster that felt heavy while also having a light-hearted humor.