When Adelaine collapses she finds herself in an afterlife waiting room. A man appears & tells her his name is Earnest & he is her caseworker here to help. He tells her that she the only has months to live unless she moves into the body of model 'Victoriana' who has tried to commit suicide. Of course she dismisses this & tries to regain strength delighting in her family & discovering she's pregnant. When someone attacks her & Earnest keeps turning up with 'waiver' forms a few months later she begins to realise maybe she's not got as many choices as she thought!

This was a brilliant premise & I loved Adelaine & her family. I'm not sure it entirely lived up to its earlier promise. The body snatching part seemed to add nothing useful to the story. The reveal was a surprise. Overall it was a fun unusual read. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read & review this book.

This book presents a quiet exploration of love, loss, and choices. Adelaine is a relatable protagonist caught at the crossroads of life, death, and a second chance. "Undying Love" keeps Adelaine's genre ambiguous; it harbors elements of spiritual fantasy without being a spiritual book, aligning more with women's fiction, and even touches on mystery. Despite the genre overlap, the book is an enjoyable and well-crafted read, although it leaves a lingering desire for more to bring the story to a complete closure. It's an ideal weekend read, allowing time to fully absorb the unique narrative and its central character.

Loved this one! Great and fun read. Highly recommend.
Many thanks to the publisher, Netgalley, and the author for my ARC.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing this book, with my honest review below.

With Undying Love, Adelaine is a mystery to me, still, in how to best describe the genre it should be in. There’s a heavy dose of spiritual fantasy (but this isn’t a spiritual book) and women’s fiction. I’d even go so far as to say it’s a bit of mystery. Whatever genres it best lives in, I enjoyed reading this and thought it was well done, but I ended it feeling that there was more to the story to get me to full closure.

Adelaine is a wife and mother who is on borrowed time. While she and her husband Nick have a great marriage, she’s been waking up wanting to kill him and feeling emotionally dead (outside of her homicidal urges) and physically exhausted. When she has a near death event some of her symptoms are explained as part of a pregnancy she wasn’t aware of, but she now has worse issues in facing her upcoming death and the decision to take up the body of a supermodel who doesn’t want to live, Victoriana.

The rest of the book focuses not only on her conflict but working through what it really means to live (or live again) and a side body snatching conflict. I’d recommend the read because it is truly full of action and interesting ideas, but I do feel there were some loose ends that weren’t resolved - if that is alright with you, then this is one of a kind.

With Undying Love, Adelaine by Ellie Savine had a good premise, but the book was flat and long. The story was also full of holes. There were details that were missing which leads to a confused reader (had me going “huh”). The story loses momentum about a third of the way through (it really became challenging to read). Plus, there was too much going on (the author kept tossing more ingredients into the soup pot and they did nothing to enhance the flavor). The author had the characters behaving in unrealistic ways (it did not make sense). The case worker situation was just plain odd. There were extraneous details that did not contribute to the plot (and one of the reasons the story was too long). I thought the ending was rushed, but it did have a decent wrap up (there were several loose ends). It seemed like the author had a certain story in mind and she was going to make it work no matter what (whether it made sense or not). The story does contain intimate situations, body image issues, and a significant amount of foul language. With Undying Love, Adelaine was not a hit with me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Victory Editing for an ARC of With Undying Love, Adelaine.

This was such a cool idea for a plot, and I'm convinced there is a really good story tucked in here somewhere, but the execution fell a bit flat for me. It felt like there was a lot of missing information about the main plot that I often felt confused, and too much extra side information that didn't help contribute to the main plot. I really enjoyed how the main plot wrapped up at the end, but there were lots of loose ends with the minor characters. Overall, not a terrible read but not my favorite.

3 stars

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange of a honest review

I really liked this novel and the themes it brought up. It was a fascinating and emotional read with great depth. It was beautifully written and i highly enjoyed it.

This was a well written book that I found very enjoyable. I definitely enjoyed it and look forward to more books from this author.