About the Book
This is not a typical love story, but it’s our love story.
Anna wasn’t looking for love when Adam swept her off her feet but there was no denying their connection, and she believed they would be together forever.
Years later, cracks have appeared in their relationship. Anna is questioning whether their love can really be eternal when a cruel twist of fate delivers a crushing blow, and Anna and Adam are completely lost to one another. Now, Anna needs Adam more than ever, but the way back to him has life-changing consequences.
Is a second chance at first love really worth the sacrifice? Anna needs to decide and time is running out…
My Thoughts
I’ve read and love all of Louise Jensen’s novels to date so when I heard that her new book was to be a different genre under an alter ego I was so keen to read it. I’m so pleased to say that I completely and utterly adored it!
The Life We Almost Had follows the love story of Anna and Adam. Anna was newly single when she met Adam on her honeymoon! Her fiance had dumped her two weeks before the wedding so she was on honeymoon with her best friend Nell and she absolutely wasn’t looking for a holiday romance. However, she soon meets Adam and he is everything her fiance wasn’t. He’s kind and charming and soon utterly besotted with Anna! I loved reading about the beginnings of their romance, the writing really captures that feeling of getting to know someone who you know it going to be special in your life. The novel moves on to the realities of trying to continue a holiday romance when you get back home and realise you live hours apart from each other. They try to make it work but face some really difficult times over the years.
We know from the beginning of the novel that something has torn these two apart but we don’t know what. I love that as I got absorbed in the early days of their love story that I forgot things were going to go awry and I was so upset for them when it did. The way that Adam and Anna begin to fall apart was so real. We get each of their perspectives and you really can see it from both sides. There were times when I wanted to reach into the pages and sit them down and make them talk honestly to each other. The pain they were each in stopped them being able to talk though and it was so sad to read. I was rooting for them to make it work, to find a way to talk to each other. So when Adam suggests something to Anna I was so sure it was all going to work out.
There is so much more in this novel that I can’t mention here because I wouldn’t want to spoil this book but there is something so beautiful and remarkable in what Amelia Henley does. I wanted it all to be real and possible because it’s breathtaking and incredible.
The Life We Almost Had is a novel that made me cry but it also made me smile; there is so much love running through this book, even when it seems Anna and Adam have got too far apart you can see that the love is still there between them. I adored this book and it’s one that I can’t stop thinking about. It’s a stunning novel and one that I know will stay with me. I highly recommend this one!
The Life We Almost Had is out now and available here.
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You’ve sold this to me. Great review, nothing better than a good romance read to sob along to 😂☺️
Thank you so much 🙂 I hope you love the book as much as I did. You definitely need tissues but it’s such a stunning read.
Oh I love it when I need tissues haha!
What an amazing review! You did the book justice 🙂 Like you, I enjoyed how Amelia described the beginning of their relationship, and I so wanted to delve into all the subjects mentioned in the book in my review but it would be spoiling it for others. xx
Thank you so much! It’s hard to review the books I love the most, and this was difficult as I didn’t want to spoil anything for other readers. It’s a beautiful book though, I adored it. I wish I could read it again for the first time. xx
Fantastic review Hayley xx
Thank you 🙂 xx
This does sound like a well-done novel, why did she publish it under a different name, do you know? What’s her normal genre?
It’s a gorgeous book, I wish I could read it again for the first time.
Louise normally writes thrillers and I think I read somewhere that her editor wanted her to have an alias seeing as this one is a completely different genre.
Nice review of the book. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! 🙂
Great review! Ive been itching for a good romance, maybe this will satisfy me. Adding to my list!
Thank you! 🙂 It really is a stunning read, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
This sounds like a really engaging love story, Hayley. And I like the way it shows what happens to this couple over time, as relationships do change. It sounds moving and I’m glad you found it so absorbing.
It was such a beautiful novel, I adored it. It managed to be romantic and realistic at the same time. It’s a book I won’t forget.
This sounds like a really engaging love story, Hayley. And I like the way it shows what happens to this couple over time, as relationships do change. It sounds moving and I’m glad you found it so absorbing.
Sounds really good! I need to check it out.
It’s such a stunning book, I adored it.
Wonderful review, Hayley. This book is definitely going on my to-read list.
Thank you so much! I hope you love this book as much as I did.
Fantastic review! I love anything Louise writes and I just can’t wait to try this one! xx
Thank you so much. It’s a stunning novel, I adored it. I hope you love it too. xx
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Can’t wait to read this one 😍
It’s such a good read, it kept me engrossed all the way through. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 🙂
I hope so too!
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