Julie's Review: How To Save a Life

Author: Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke
Series: None
Publication Date: July 14, 2020
Publisher: Lake Union
Pages: 301
Obtained: publisher via Netgalley
Genre:  Contemporary Fiction
Rating: 5/5
Bottom Line: MAJOR book hangover
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Summary: Dom is having a very bad day—one he literally can’t escape. When Dom bumps into Mia, his ex-fiancée whom he hasn’t seen in almost a decade, he believes they’ve been given a second chance and asks her out. When Mia dies tragically on their date, Dom makes a desperate wish: to be given the chance to save her life. And when he wakes the next morning to the shock that she’s alive, he thinks his wish may have been granted. But day after day, no matter what he changes about their time together, she still meets a terrible fate. Dom frantically searches for answers to save his beloved Mia and rekindle their former love. But the further he digs, the more obsessed he becomes, making him realize that slowing down time may be the only way to see things clearly. As he’s forced to confront the truth about himself and those he’s closest to, Dom vows that he’ll watch Mia die a thousand times if it means he can save her once.

Review: I really don't say this lightly but I have read all their books and this to date, is Liz and Lisa's best novel. From the first line it pulls you in and then the emotional roller coaster never stops. It really puts you in Dom's place as he tries to figure out this worm hole he has been placed in.

Dom runs into Mia in a coffee shop that he wasn't even supposed to be at that day and decides that this is his 2nd chance at love. She's always been the one that got away and no one has ever compared to her. He gets her to agree to go on a date with him but it ends in disaster when she dies in a freak accident. 

For the next few days he wakes up to repeat the same opening sequence only to try to figure out what he can change to keep Mia alive. Each day he tries and each time he fails. He learns something from each replay and you have to wonder if that’s not the life lesson in all of this. 

I loved Dom. He was a terrific character and while I liked Mia I felt that she was more of just a catalyst for him to learn to live.

I loved this book so much that it has taken me a bit to get into another book; so major book hangover. I highly recommend this book and I don't think you'll be disappointed. 


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