Seven years ago, Liv’s boyfriend Kit disappeared on a hike and is now presumed dead.
She has since found love again and on the day of her wedding, she finds a clue that might mean Kit is still alive. She steps through a door to find herself back in 2016, reliving the days before he vanished.
This one had me at the premise and it’s the sort of book you’ll want to read in a single sitting so you can find out what happened to Kit and what it means to Liv’s current relationship. Even with the time-slip element, the story is still very grounded in reality.
After hitting her head in a fall, Melody can’t help but break into song whenever she is feeling stressed. The inexplicable condition has her belting out song-and-dance numbers at school interviews, on trains, in supermarket queues. And it often keeps her two children, Flynn and Rose, up at night. To make matters worse, her husband Dev has disappeared without a trace. When Rose spots an online report about a man who could be her dad, the trio head off to find some answers.
The involuntarily singing concept makes for a great story and I couldn’t wait to read this book after seeing its blurb. Melody is a quirky character and her story builds through the issues faced by her two children and the mystery of what happened to Dev.
However about halfway through, the storyline got bogged down going over the same problems, causing me to start skipping passages just to get to the end. And this obviously affected the impact of the powerful conclusion. Many of you will love this book – and rightly so because it’s a well-written, endearing story – but it fell short of making me want to sing its praises.
