3.75 rounded up.
Josephine buys her great-grandmothers house and finds a secret speakeasy in the basement. After replacing the front door back to the original, she finds herself able to walk into 1927 and meets her great-grandmother Alma. Josephine accidently messed with the timeline and is now disappearing from the present. She needs to right the past and save Alma from a deadly raid to her speakeasy.

I did enjoy this book. It's a low action, low conflict magical realism book. Josephine needed to find herself again after losing her husband months before. I'm not sure how much I really liked the main character, and I would have rather stayed in the past with Alma.

Thank you to netgalley for providing me with an arc to read and review honestly

I'd never read anything by this author, but will be looking for more. I read several hundred books each year and this has by far been my favorite new read of 2024!! It's a quick and easy read, but it has a lot of depth to it. The read experiences the Jazz Age through an accidental time travel that could cost our protagonist her life, but ends up saving it instead. The journey is eventful, historical, and personally revolutionary. The house is a character in itself, there's a beautiful ending to the story, and a few twists and surprises that will keep you on your toes....the mystery of who Leo belongs to still wonders me... A little bit of something for everyone here!

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins Focus for an ARC of The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds.

I think this was a case of right book, wrong reader. The writing was lovely and the story wrapped up so nicely at the end, but for my liking it was not enough magical time travel and too much historical fiction romance. This would be a great choice for someone who enjoys those genres.

3 stars for my personal taste, but 4.5 stars for the right reader!

The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds is the story of a modern day widow and her time traveling adventure back to the 1920s where flapper dresses and speakeasies were in high swing. During her trips between the past and the present day, she discovers the way to move forward from grief and loss, and she also makes a beautiful connection with her great-grandmother. She even meets a handsome man named Danny, who makes her contemplate whether to stay in the past or go back to the present day.

This was the first book I've read by Jennifer Moorman. I enjoyed learning about Speakeasies and also about the way women dressed back in the 1920s. It was a quick and easy read, and the writing style felt like a Hallmark or Lifetime mystery. Not super heavy or depressing, however, I found myself not really connecting with the story or the characters.

When I finished the book, I still had questions that were left unanswered. Why did uncle Donnie switch out the doors? Where did he disappear to? What happened after the end of the book? I would have loved an epilogue to clarify Josephine's future.

Overall enjoyable clean read, with a touch of romance and mystery.

Content: Kisses only romance, drinking, no noteworthy violence or swearing. Overall very clean read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Muse for the opportunity to read and review an advanced copy of this book. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

The concept of this book (time travel, seeing what your life, friends, hobbies, personality would be like if you lived in a different era) was fascinating to me. And the book is fine, but that's the thing... it's just fine.

The concept had potential to be executed to brilliance, but it was just.......... fine. Lukewarm. Not bad at all, worth a read and enjoyable, just…. not bad, but not great.

After the loss of her husband Josephine buys her Great Grandmother's historic mansion that had gone into foreclosure. She finds a hidden door in the basement that reveals a secret past to the house. Josephine stumbles upon a way to travel back in time to the 1920's and tries to save her Great Grandmother and her entire future.
This book was just okay for me. For some reason I didn't get invested in the characters or the story. I have read other books by this author and will definitely pick up her next one as well.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book for review.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins for the opportunity to read The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds by Jennifer Moorman, one of my favorite authors. Magical! Just magical.

This book had me feeling every emotion the words reached from the page and hugged me. A real story of grief and finding yourself in the midst of heartbreak and starting over. Magical and loving

In a depressive rut after the death of her husband, thirty-five year old Josephine wishes she were never born. Accidental time travel drops her into 1927, racing against the clock to save her great-grandmother’s life and her own eventual existence. Over time, Josephine learns how much of herself she lost during her marriage and seeks to find herself again.

Overall this is a light, easy read without spice or violence on the page, though there is plenty of insight to consider if you’re looking for it. The jazz age speakeasy and old mansion settings are palpable and add so much to the story. I was pleasantly surprised how well the time travel element is handled. I think this book will have wide appeal.

I received a complimentary early copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

1) this book instills so many emotions! I laughed, cried, smiled, and felt love. I tend to rate based on feelings and emotions and if a book can make me really truly feel something it is an automatic 5 ⭐️

2) I thought it was unique and fun! It was genuinely a fun book to read.