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Here I am with barely any sleep because I started this at bedtime (dumb) and didn't stop until I'd finished! Imagine if you could go back to people you've dated and relive it, but "seeing it through." Sort of like Groundhog Day, but only with relationships. I loved watching her go through each morning, living a new relationship. She learns about herself, what might have been, and hopefully, what will lead her to the "one." I really loved this offering from Sarah Jio, and I've read all her books. I have to say a bonus is that I know her love of Seattle. I always come away feeling like I know Seattle just a bit better.

Thank you to William Morrow and NetGalley for a digital ARC of this title in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

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

I love a good wishes gone wrong / romantic fantasy book and Insignificant Others had an interesting plot line that had me eager to read it. Following Lena, who has a pretty awful break up (given she thought she was going to be proposed to), Insignificant Others opens leaving this reader excited to see what would happen next. Lena of course finds herself caught up in shenanigans when she wakes up in a strange apartment - in Paris - with an even stranger man and dog, one she’s married to and one who is her pet. Night after night Lena wakes up to a new partner and a new life as she quickly realizes that all of these life turns are where she could have ended up if she made different choices, seemingly insignificant ones that the time.

I loved experiencing new places and people through Lena’s eyes and was sure some of them were where she’d find the carousels of different lives ending, only to be shocked later. This was well written and entertaining but seemed to go on a touch longer than what would have been perfect to me, leading to a hasty ending, as Lena lives out truly long days in each reality. Past that, the Romantasy was exactly what draws me into this particular brand of the genre, and I think readers with little more life lived will appreciate that not every choice takes Lena to a dream outcome - just be patient.

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