By: Melissa R. Collings
Many thanks to Over The River PR for the ARC of this book and the stop on the book tour!
Dr. Cordelia Wren is a spinal surgeon who has always been in control of everything in her life. She joins a memory study that her friend is doing to test learning memory. Dr. Wren has a side effect – she can relive her memories and step into them. She decides to use this ability to analyze her past, failed relationships. On top of that, she is in the running to become the next Chief. However, she wasn’t supposed to relive her memories, she’s been dating the COO of the hospital, and her first love has come back into her life. As she revisits her memories, reality and her memory blur. Now she has decisions to make that can effect her life, and her career.
This was a good book, just not one that I’m going to be screaming from the rafters for others to read. The idea of being able to relive your memories was an interesting concept. I did understand the need for Cordelia to revisit her failed relationships, but I also wish we got more than just that in the memories.
I didn’t mind the relationship between Isaac (the COO) and Cordelia, but at times he rubbed me the wrong way. I did enjoy her first love, Benedict. I could clearly see was the better option for her. The problem was that I didn’t feel much chemistry between them, only a little.
The issue that I had with this book is that a doctor didn’t know that memories weren’t reliable? Seriously? I know that and I’m not a doctor. How could any doctor not know this – even if they aren’t a neurologist or a neurosurgeon? I don’t know why but it really bothered me that it was like an epiphany for Cordelia.
Overall, a decent read. I think some will like it for sure.
Publish Date: November 1, 2026
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