I loved this story. Such a fun read that had my heart strings pulled for Lexi. This was a really unique story that allowed us to jump into the experience of Lexi as she starts to gain an understanding of a deeper version of herself. She pushed limits in her relationships, stepped out of her comfort zone, and allowed herself to explore in the effort of personal growth. Very great story to read. Thank you to NetGalley and RB Media for the opportunity to read an advance review copy of this book

I was excited to read something written by Julianne Hough and the blurb/premise caught my attention.

It opened strong and I really liked Lexi. I liked her interaction with the person she didn't know and that part of the book. I did like her friend group.

But then it got very intense into energies and things, and I won't like, at times I was confused. I think this one just wasn't my jam. It was okay for me.

I did enjoy that she narrated the audio.

Many thanks to NetGalley, Sourceboosks Landmark and RBMedia for an eARC and ALC.

Thank you Netgalley and the author for the ARC of this audiobook.
The cover of this book is stunning, the book itself was just not for me, but I'm sure it will do well with others.

The cover of this book is an immediate eye-catcher, and then it sort of goes downhill from there... I listed to the audiobook, and while the story starts off interesting, with beautiful imagery, it really veers into a different direction as the rest of the story unfolds. While this book could have been an incredible journey into a woman harnessing her new powers among those around her, it instead becomes a bit of a self-centred, flat, dive into a bit of this new-age, self-help, look into herself. I did not connect with this book at all, the characters were one dimensional, and the disappointment is further increased when the first chapter gets your hopes up only to let you down. I do think this book would be good for someone who is searching for a book about internal healing and a deep dive into self. Thank you #NetGalley for this ARC :)

After weeks of trying to download this book it finally worked and I was able to finish it!

This was not at all what I was expecting, but in a great way! I will be the first to say I know nothing about Julianne Hough - like, at all. I have no idea what her role is in pop culture, so when I dove in to this book I had zero real expectations except for what I could glean from the cover.

I really enjoyed the story! I love the energy healing, and the reading of people's energy, as woven in to her life. I believe in energy being the driving force for essentially everything, so this really resonated with me.

My only criticism would be that I really, really dislike the transitional music between chapters, and I could hear swallowing at times during the narration.

Everything We Never Knew was not what I expected. It centers around Lexi Cole who has an awakening - suddenly she’s aware of other’s energy, feelings and memories. As she searches to better understand the unseen energy of the world around us, she deals with her own inner demons until she finally finds peace. Fans of alternative medicine will likely enjoy this but I wasn’t expecting that topic to center at the novel so I found it very difficult to get through. Julianne Hough gives an excellent performance in the audiobook which I would recommend if the topic was of interest to the reader.

Lexi Cole stands on the precipice of change during an awards banquet. As she accepts her top-seller award (again) at the realty firm, she starts feeling strange. A man nearby, she doesn’t recognise, triggers an inexplicable sensation of drowning. Later, Lexi discovers that this man, now deceased due to an overdose, was involved in a traumatic boating accident that shattered his family.
Lexi’s life takes an unexpected turn when she realizes her newfound ability: she can feel others’ emotions and glimpse their private memories. To protect her loved ones, she must confront her own buried past. The novel delves deep into Lexi’s inner struggles, her journey of self-discovery, and the delicate balance between her gift and its emotional toll.
While the initial chapters engage us with Lexi’s encounters with strangers, the heart of the narrative lies in her internal conflicts. Some readers may yearn for more interactions with the people whose emotions she senses. Overall, Everything We Never Knew invites us to explore power, transformation, and the intricate threads that bind us all.

Thank you to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Landmark

This book started out really strong. I think the premise of the book was really intriguing, with her “feeling” something was coming with just looking at someone. But it Definitely went down hill after the first major plot.

The new age-y theme to this book was really hard for me to wrap my head around & I feel like it was just thrown in. Especially when this book really dealt with some strong and hard themes. (Miscarriage, suicide). And I personally felt the writing was all over the place.

Few things I enjoyed: I loved the cover, it was stunning. And I think that Julianne did a great job narrating the book.

I did not enjoy this. Overall it was clunky and too long and the execution of the story left something to be desired. I found the main character to be annoying in the way that someone doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is annoying. This felt like a hallmark movie in a bad way. This is a perfect example of how telling and not showing makes for a poor execution in books, and why I think celebrities should not be allowed to write anything besides memoirs, lol. Also, the ending was very abrupt and I felt not resolved well.

Thank you to RBMedia and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review

This is an emotional and gripping novel that delves into energies, psychic abilities, and human spirits. Lexi Cole, our protagonist, unexpectedly discovers her newfound power to feel other people’s emotions and glimpse their private memories. The story is well-written, but it starts a bit slow. While the spiritual elements are intriguing, the pacing issue aside, the book falls short of its potential.

I actually took a whole day just to think before I rated this book. Listening to it, I honestly was so drawn and touched by the story. I’m not going to lie….my own life and personality parallel Lexi’s. So that may be what made me feel so connected to the story.
I was cheering for her the whole time to overcome all of the obstacles holding her back. This book may not be for everyone. I read all the bad reviews but I went into expecting absolutely nothing, and walked out of it extremely happy with the whole book.
I received an ALC of this title, all opinions are my own.

I was so intrigued by this book! I thought it was such an interesting story about how much we carry into our relationships with those we love, and how much our past affects how we relate with those around us. I found the story of Lexi finding herself feeling like she's drowning and getting glimpses into other people's pain was such a beautiful way of unfolding a story of personal transformation, and the reality of the people around you struggling to understand as you make the changes you need to thrive was so painfully accurate. This book is definitely a fascinating take on personal growth that I think will help others!

“Everything We Never Knew” by Julianne Hough and Ellen Goodlet captures a beautiful story about Lexi going through some life changing situations and learning who she is and what she wants out of life. I think they did a wonderful job capturing the spiritual journey of self healing.

Thank you NetGalley, Sourcebook Landing Publishing, Julianne Hough and Ellen Goodlet for an eARC copy of Everything We Never Knew.

"Everything We Never Knew" starts off with a fantastic concept — Lexi, after one shared look with a stranger, suddenly feels the taste of sea water rush into her mouth, accompanied by panicked shouts and an intense feeling of drowning. She later learns the man's family drowned in a boating accident. As the next days and weeks unfold, these moments of empathetic knowledge continue to strike her.

I absolutely loved this intro and felt immediately intrigued, but I'll admit that the book went downhill from there. What could have been a fun exploration of different characters and the unique weight of their lives — or perhaps even a deep dive into how Lexi's unusual gift might influence others — instead becomes a bit of a tiresome slog through the main character's self discovery, maternal relationship, and recovery from miscarriage. I think I would been much more engaged in this book if her power had been flexed externally more and explored internally less. Lexi's past trauma could have been poignant but came off as trite when mixed with the theme of energy healing. I also struggled with Lexi's relationship with her husband — it was lacking the depth it needed for me to care what happened to them; they could have stayed together or decided to divorce and I think I would have felt the same.

Ultimately, it feels like the author visited a new age spa, had a deeply personal experience, and tried to craft that into a book. Alas, most personal experiences are exceptionally difficult to translate into universal appeal.

On a more positive note, let's talk about this absolutely gorgeous cover art, which drew me in and will definitely result in some impulse readers. I did enjoy the breezy voice of this book, and the narrator did a wonderful job with the audiobook production.

Thank you NetGalley and RBMedia for an advance copy of this book for my honest review.

This premise of the book is good. It falls short of being great. I will say Julianne Hough does a good job narrating. I feel like this book was a way for her to work through some of her own personal issues. The heartbreak of not being able to carry a child, when then one thing you want to do is carry a child, is a difficult thing to go through. The book is well written, it missed the mark for me though.

An interesting look at what unseen energies affect people, from mood to health. Real estate super-seller Lexi starts seeing energies and auras around people, and begins exploring it with the local oddities shop owner, much to the consternation of her uptight Mormon husband and many of her friends. Although the book does a great job trying to to substantiate the effects of significant positive or negative experiences like traumas or healthy coping have on people's lives, it has a few things that for me detracted from the experience. Lexi had very little self-awareness despite all of her studies, so it's easy to see the perspective of her concerned loved ones, even as she is quick to cast them as roadblocks to her sudden new path. There are several loose threads that could have been interesting, like implications her coworker may have similar capabilities and why the woman is there or agrees to help her.

Lexi Cole has the perfect life - a husband that loves her, a job that’s fantastic and she’s killing it and friends to surround her. However, the night of the awards ceremony something happens to make her question her life and how’s she’s been living it. She becomes friendly with a women that everyone in town thinks is weird as she learns more about energy healing.

The book was a great adventure when someone is doing good in life but isn’t passionate about what they are doing. It was a great journey to take with her.

Thank you #NetGalley for the advance listen.

I really had high hopes for Julianne Hough’s first book. I am a regular reader of books about spirituality, auras, and intuition. Unfortunately it just didn’t hit the mark for me. The problem for me was the book seemed to be written for a person with little or no knowledge of any of the concepts. There were constant references to all the reasons “spiritually” is so “out-there” and only for weird people and outcasts. Then the book does everything it can to make it so unbelievably weird - almost like Hough was trying to make spiritual healing a big joke. I don’t know who this book is written for - It’s not for the person who isn’t into mystics and energy reading because that’s a huge part of the storyline. And it isn’t for the person who believes in that kind of alternative spirituality, because it barely scratches the surface of the concepts. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC. I wish I liked it more..

Everything We Never Knew is about Lexi who is ultimately able to feel other people’s emotions. She can help the people, but only if she faces her own demons first.

I truly wanted to love this book. It sounded so good and the cover was so cute! Everything happened too quickly I feel. The book unloaded everything in the beginning. I lost some interest after that. I feel like it should have been stretched out some more. Maybe this just wasn’t for me or maybe I had high expectations going in and it didn’t live up. If you are on the fence about reading this book, give it a try though. You may like it more than me.

I was drawn to this audiobook by the cover and then the description and was very happy to be approved to read the ARC by NetGalley and the Publisher.
After I started listening to it, I was very disappointed. We are pretty much immediately thrown into a story about miscarriage, a trauma death and a person feeling other peoples feeling . The narrator was much too monotonous for it to be an enjoyable read. I kept pushing myself to continue to listen since it's an ARC but it sadly never got better and I was happy when it was over.. I never found any of the supernatural that we were promised either.