You Were There Too

By: Colleen Oakley

Narrated by: Sophie Amoss, Dan Bittner

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER

“A surprising and incredibly satisfying story of chance and fate.”—New York Times bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I read it in one long gulp and didn’t want it to end.”—New York Times bestselling author Jill Santopolo

Acclaimed author Colleen Oakley delivers a heart-wrenching and unforgettable love story about a woman who must choose between the man she loves and the man fate has chosen for her, in a novel that reminds us that the best life is one led by the heart.

Mia Graydon's life looks picket-fence perfect; she has the house, her loving husband, and dreams of starting a family. But she has other dreams too—unexplained, recurring ones starring the same man. Still, she doesn’t think much of it, until a relocation to small-town Pennsylvania brings her face to face with the stranger she has been dreaming about for years. And this man harbors a jaw-dropping secret of his own—he's been dreaming of her too.

Determined to understand, Mia and this not-so-stranger search for answers. But when diving into their pasts begins to unravel her life in the present, Mia emerges with a single question—what if?

Romantic and Hopeful

Thought provoking, proving not every love story has the ending you come to expect. I really enjoyed this different kind of story

Thought provoking

This was the happily ever after I didn’t see coming. Such a thought provoking story so well told by a narrator that seemed to truly embody the main character.

Didn't see it coming!

I really appreciated the narration. She did a great job, and I felt the character was believable in this voice (sometimes there's a terrible mismatch between the voice of the character and the voice of the narrator, such as the -now remedied- original narrator of the Hunger Games books, who sounded like she was about 45 years old, definitely NOT a 17-year-old Catniss Everdeen).

The story was interesting, and kept me guessing. I totally didn't see the end coming. I had a completely different ending in mind the whole time, so that was really neat.

Incidentally, I wondered whether Hope Springs was actually the real life New Hope, PA, an artsy little town not far from Philly.

It was a good book. Not your typical dorky romance with all the usual dumb plot structure. Maybe not QUITE as great as Allison Espach's The Wedding People, but still pretty decent for "chick lit". 10/10 recommend <3

Not What You Think You're Getting

The blurb for this book says it's about two people dreaming of one another and then meeting in real life. And while that is an aspect of the story, that is not what this book is really about. It's about grief. It's about the miscarriages suffered and a marriage slowly eroding. I would not have picked this book for my romance book club had I known it was majorly about miscarriages.

My personal preference

What. Was. That? I wanted to like this so much. And I did. To a point. But it really just feels like it crapped all over my image of fate and soulmates. It’s not the books fault. I appreciate there isn’t always a happy ending or that they look different sometimes but… life is hard. I needed a happier ending.