I Know How This Ends by Holly Smale

 

My thoughts

I wasn't sure about this book initially. I didn't know what to expect. It was an audio and from an author I have not read before. I was so pleasantly surprised. I hated having to put this one down. Sometimes life just gets in the way of a good book. A good story. One that captivates you. This is one such story. I highly recommend this one. 

This one will be in my top twenty for the year. 

Margot Wayward was hurt deeply by her fiance. After being together for ten years he cheated on her with her best friend. One of her best friends that is. She had four. They were so close, but she didn't see it coming. I'll say right here that I would never have forgiven her. It was just as much her fault as it was his. Even if she is being treated badly. Well I think she deserves it. She did the one thing that best friends are not suppose to ever do. Cheat with your friends boyfriend/fiance. No exceptions. No excuses. No matter what. But it happened and set Margot on a course of action to check out men before they could hurt her. A list. She would go on a date and then decide what potential they may or may not have. She set a goal of twenty dates. Always meeting at her favorite Italian restaurant. 

When Margot meets Henry everything changes. Henry worked at the restaurant and was date seventeen. Not a planned date exactly but still he was number seventeen. He had observed each date and what went on. He saw what Margot was doing. He saw how awful some of these men were. Even one being married with children. 

This is a love story between Margot and Henry. All the ups and downs. The scary parts. The tender parts. I absolutely adored Henry. And Winter, his little girl. Henry was a waiter and had been going to medical school until his wife got cancer and passed. He became a single dad. A widower. Henry put his heart out there for Margot and she aggravated me to pieces when she would bolt. She had fears yes. Very understandable. But Henry was such a nice man. 

Margot has visions. She can see her future with Henry. At first she doesn't realize it's him. When she does though she's all in. Until she gets scared. And Margot has quite a bit of fear in her. 

This story will make you laugh, cry, scream, hold your breath. It has all the feels. It's a true love story and oh my the ending really held me. Parts of this story made me cry so hard. It's just that good. 

Thank you Harlequin Audio for this ARC. 

Five big stars.    

About

If you knew how your life would turn out, what would you change now?

The second brilliantly uplifting and page-turning novel from the multi-million bestselling author of Geek Girl and Reese's Book Club Pick Cassandra in Reverse.

Margot Wayward is in manically gleeful self-destruct mode. Following the implosion of a ten-year relationship, she’s wilfully derailing her successful career, joyfully taking down men on dating apps, and living in total chaos.

Until one day, when Margot has a vision of herself with a man she’s never met before. She doesn’t believe in fate. But when Margot meets single-dad Henry, the vision comes true: exactly as she’d foreseen it.

As her future continues to reveal itself, a glimpse at a time, Margot realises she knows exactly what’s going to happen, and when. And there’s nothing she can do to change any of it.

So Margot has to decide how to live, how to love again, and how to be herself… Because if you can’t change your destiny, how on earth do you live your present?