What Might Have Been - Holly Miller

Genre: Womens Fiction | Romance | Adult Fiction

Release Date: Expected 3rd March 2022

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

When Lucy turns up to the pub after an awful day, all she wants is to drown her sorrows - but instead she makes a small decision that will change her entire life.

Caleb wasn't even meant to be in the same pub as Lucy but got the wrong address, and for some reason he can't help but talk to her, and slip her his number. While they're talking, she sees Max.

Max, the ex. The right guy at the wrong time who broke her heart over a decade ago. He looks great, and from what she's heard he's achieved everything he's set out to do and is still very single.

She might not know it yet - but she has two choices: Stay in her seaside town with Caleb to chase her dreams of being a writer, or escape to London with her former love and climb the corporate ladder. As we follow Lucy on the different journeys her life could take, we're left to wonder what might have been if we'd made different decisions in life too...

"Our eyes meet, and just for a moment, a universe of possibilities and what-ifs unravels and waltzes through the space between us. And it makes me smile."

What Might Have Been is a beautiful story about a woman at a crossroads in life, simply stunning - heartfelt and heartbreaking at the same time.

With such a unique, interesting concept of living two timelines at the same time, we get to see all the parallels, the certainties, the opposites - the way some things seem to be fated and intertwined with each other. While it felt a little confusing at first, it was so easy to get lost in the story and began to flow perfectly.

As we started on the journey, I was sure I knew exactly what path I'd have chosen for Lucy but as the decisions she made, good or bad, shaped her life I found myself realising there rarely is a perfect answer for anything - neither options were exactly what she wanted, but they were beautiful in their own unique way.

A thought-provoking, moving story for anyone who has ever stopped and wondered what might else have been.

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I was gifted an advanced copy of this title in return for an honest review.

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