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"The Do-Over" by Jennifer Honeybourn [Review]

This is my second book of Jennifer Honeybourn's that I've read. I'm also part of the Xpresso Book Tours!

Just after Christmas, Emma makes a decision between two guys; she picks popular Ben over her best friend Alistair. Six months later, in the beginning of summer, after witnessing Ben and his friends be rude to Alistair and another friend, she starts to regret her choice. After talking with Alistair and finding out he doesn't want anything to do with her, she ends up purchasing a crystal that can change one of your past regrets. She uses it and wakes up in an alternate world where she picked Alistair. But she soon learns the grass isn't necessarily greener on the other side.

What drew me to this book was one, I was familiar with the author and two, a "what-if" universe scenario. And I love how Emma finds out that making one wish to change one thing doesn't mean she's going to wake up in a perfect new world.

Some of the other characters I enjoyed we're lesbian Violet and Alistair, who in this new world seems to be trying to help all the people he cares about, even if it means withholding facts from another friend.

I would have loved to see her reveal to someone (hopefully Violet or maybe Alistair) about the world she came from. It would have been interesting to see what another person in her life thought.

Anyway, this is a good romantic-comedy teen book with a good "what-if" world twist.

You can purchase this book here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-do-over-jennifer-honeybourn/1131993076?ean=9781250194688

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