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by Holly Gramazio (April 2, 2024) Many thanks to @PRHaudio for the gifted advance copy, here’s my honest review…

This book is such a wild ride! It takes you from funny to heartbreaking to thought-provoking. I love a good magical realism book, but I’ve always thought that if I were ever in that situation, I wouldn’t handle it as calmly as the characters seem to. If you’ve ever felt that way too, meet Lauren. She’s about to get hundreds of new husbands and come a little unglued in the process.

Lauren returns (pretty drunk) to her London flat from a hen party and is greeted by her husband, but there is only one problem: she’s single and lives alone. Not only does she have this random husband, but everyone knows him and them as a couple. But, she doesn’t have much time to consider this as he goes up to the attic to change a lightbulb, and a different husband returns down the ladder. Thus begins a chaotic revolving attic door of husbands, her life altered slightly with each new one. As Lauren tries on different lives, she keeps trying to figure out what one is “right” for her.

Gramazio takes readers on a roller-coaster of emotions. What starts as super funny becomes dark as Lauren wonders if she’ll ever be able to stop trying on new lives and ends with a satisfying conclusion. It is a fun book that also makes you wonder if any life is perfect or if messy, complicated lives and the work we put into them is better.