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Over and Over
Becky Hunter
Publication Date: February 24th, 2026
Forever (Grand Central Publishing)
416 Pages
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Genre: Romance | Sci Fi & Fantasy | Women’s Fiction
This book is about Lissa and Ash and their connection as soulmates. When they first see each other, it feels more like a memory than a first meeting. Then, Lissa starts to have very vivid flashbacks of different times and places she has never been. After experiencing these flashbacks, she realizes they are not just strangers meeting for the first time, but romantic partners who have found each other in many past lives. BUT all isn’t rosy, as their past is one tragedy after another; no matter what era they are in, it always ends in heartbreak before they can reach a “happily ever after.”
Lissa tries very hard to rewrite their history, hoping the story will turn out differently and change the ending they have been repeating over and over. This reminded me of the movie Sliding Doors. I liked the concept of “what if” and found the beginning of the book engaging. The author is great at figuring out how the tiny decisions we make, or even an outside disruption, can change the course of a relationship. I also appreciated how the author didn’t shy away from grief; it made the book feel more realistic and showed how love doesn’t solve everything.
The big problem I had was with the pacing. The book is over four hundred pages and spans many years, and there are a lot of near misses. It felt very repetitive after a while and slowed the book down for me. The constant cycle of breaking up and getting back together was a bit of a drag. The things keeping them apart felt a bit forced. Some of the missed connections were brilliantly done, but others required suspending belief, which frustrated me—especially where there was a lack of communication.
The conclusion provided closure, but I felt it was a bit of an abrupt ending after such a long, drawn-out timeline. The story itself is poignant, and the book is very well-written and thoughtful. I liked that it makes you think about fate versus the choices we make, but the “will they or won’t they” back-and-forth got on my nerves. If you like your romances with a bit of sci-fi magic, and the will they or won’t they factor, this would be the book for you.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
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