Synopsis

Meet Adam and Jules.

Married for nearly twenty-five years and stuck in a rut, their future looks, well, boring.

Then Adam stumbles across a box of old mixtapes he and Jules made for each other when they were young and falling in love. He dusts off his vintage stereo, inserts one of the cassettes, presses “Play” …and the unbelievable happens.

With the power to travel back in time, Jules and Adam can recapture the headiness of falling in love. But they soon realize that visiting the past could be as dangerous as it is addictive, because the temptation to change just a few tiny things is irresistible.

As the consequences start to spiral out of control, can they find a way back to their messy and imperfect, yet glorious, real life? Or will they lose each other forever?

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Review

If you could go back in time to revisit your life, would you do it? Or could you do it without changing anything? That is the dilemma that Jules and Adam face in this new novel.

The book is told from each perspective, which lets us peek into what each character is thinking when they go back. They think that changing one small thing won’t hurt, but does it? Something as small as Adam not having a beard or Jules teaching him how to please her is one thing. But each time, each “small” thing becomes larger and larger. While they might have regrets about how their life progressed, was it so bad that they decided to change their future?

This novel offered humor, relationship drama, and opportunities to reflect on how you would react if in that situation. I enjoyed the musical flashbacks, and I am always a sucker for a time-travel novel. There is nostalgia thrown in with the “mixtapes.” I made one of these for my husband before we were married.

I don’t know how much I would want to change in the past, but if I asked my husband, I know there is one situation he would want to go back and change. However, our past shapes us to be who we are today, so for the most part, no I wouldn’t change anything…other than maybe telling my younger self to study a little harder!

We give this book 4 paws up.

About the Authors

Josie Lloyd is the author of twenty previous novels (under various pen names), and her work has been translated into 26 languages. As well as the Sunday Times number one hit, Come Together, she’s written several best-selling parodies with her husband, Emlyn Rees, including We’re Going On A Bar Hunt. Her new novel with Emlyn, titled You & Me & You & Me & You & Me, was published by Penguin UK and Penguin US in 2026. Also, recently, she’s written internationally successful contemporary women’s fiction novels, including The Cancer Ladies’ Running Club and Lifesaving For Beginners. Miss Beeton’s Murder Agency is the first novel of a brand-new cosy crime series. She also co-hosts a podcast about the stories behind jewellery and keepsakes called Show Us Your Bits.  Josie lives in Brighton with Emlyn and their three wonderful daughters and fabulous dog.

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Emlyn Rees is a novelist, editor, ghostwriter, and the author of eleven novels, which have been translated into 27 languages, including Hunted and the Sunday Times No 1 bestseller, Come Together, which he co-wrote with Josie Lloyd. He’s also written several successful children’s and non-fiction books, including the bestselling We’re Going on a Bar Hunt parody series, also co-authored with Josie Lloyd. In addition to writing, Emlyn has worked as a commissioning crime fiction editor and copywriter and has taught on all aspects of creative writing at a variety of festivals, media events and universities. He lives by the sea in Brighton with his wife Josie Lloyd and family and enjoys marauding across the countryside with his dog and entering chilli eating contests in his spare time. His latest book, You & Me & You & Me & You & Me, is co-authored with Josie Lloyd and will be published by Penguin UK & Penguin US in 2026.

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