Review: More than what it seems at first glance.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2013
Read on June 28, 2013Book Infoebook, 450 pagesExpected publication: July 10th 2013 by SoulMate PublishingISBN 139781619352513edition language EnglishURLSource:Netgalley EARCBook Buy LinksAMAZONB&N;BOOK SYNOPSISWhat if everything about you changed in an instant...your looks, your voice, the feel of your hair and the smell of your skin...Nick & Cathy and Roxanne. Two best friends. One husband. An extraordinary twist of fate.How much do you really know about your husband? Your best friend? Yourself? Cathy Chance knows she loves her husband, Nick, with the same passion she had when she married him seven years ago, and he adores her. She also knows that she and her best friend, Roxanne, are closer than most sisters. But on a sunny summer day, these three are hurled into an astounding new reality which forces each to reconsider everything they thought was true about themselves, and one another.My ThoughtsThe premise of "what if" is one that we have all at some point thought about, some of us in greater detail than others. The story that is built around "what if" in this book however is one that will surprise you with it's direction and the focus on the relationships between Nick and Cathy and Cathy and Roxanne is what really makes it easy to imagine as something possible within the world the author has created for her characters.As a hopeless romantic it was a pleasure to find a "soul mates" story that took the reader through some emotional twists and turns after the car accident that took Cathy Chance away from her husband Nick and her best friend Roxanne fighting to overcome her survivor's guilt while having no memory of her past life. These two women have loved each other like "sisters" since early in their lives, funny thing is though that as close as Roxanne was with Cathy there were still things she never shared that come to light a bit at a time adding to the mix of confusion and despair that permeates her recovery.Roxanne is portrayed as a beautiful woman who prior to the accident was somewhat lacking with empathy for others as well as being fairly OCD about her personal appearance and her ruthlessly clean neatly organized living space, that changed drastically once she came out of her coma and was released from the hospital to go home to her apartment. Those surface changes were only the beginning as we soon recognize that more and more Roxanne has picked up characteristics as well as mannerisms used by Cathy, from her taste in clothing to her change in hairstyle it soon becomes apparent to the reader that a major reveal will come before the end of the book.In reading the thoughts shared by others on this reading journey one thing is very clear, we are all in favor of true love winning out even when the odds are stacked against it happening! If you enjoy watching the past unraveling before your eyes and seeing someone discover their true self than you will truly be happy with this book and it will provide you with a gratifying ending that is well worth waiting for.Everyone has at one moment in time wished to be someone else, however what does one do if that wish came true? That is the question at the heart of this story and what it reveals is sad as well as comforting. Quite a journey, one that I found very wrenching emotionally.[EArc from Netgalley in exchange for honest review]