Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

When she dies again, Jack really buckles down, trying to figure out how he is supposed to do whatever it is he’s back here to do. Jack wonders why he’s reliving this time loop and blows off so much to be with Kate, whose time may or may not be limited in this run. Kate is clueless as to who he is (though she has a weird feeling that she already knows him), or that they have somehow respawned, but Jack remembers everything. Suddenly, he’s back at the party where he first met Kate. Upon hearing the news, Jack rushes from his house, falls down the stairs, and BAM! time starts over again. Jack and Kate are only just really getting to know each other, to fall for each other, when Kate dies from sickle cell anemia. This completely enjoyable story asks what you would do differently-or the same-if you got a second chance. Reliving the same chunk of time over and over? Bring it on! Then I read the summary, and as someone who obsessively quotes Groundhog Day, the premise sold me.

I picked this up initially because I love the cover. And when one choice turns deadly for someone else close to him, he has to figure out what he’s willing to do to save the people he loves. However, Jack will learn that his actions are not without consequences.

Even if that means believing in time travel.

Still, if he has a chance to prevent Kate’s death, he’ll take it. Yet Kate’s death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate’s there again.

Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds