Really enjoyed this book. It seems to have been a slow burner though rather than a read in one sitting book.
We meet Kerry and her best friend Tim who are doing St John's Ambulance training, on new years eve someone she is watching collapses and their heart stops for 18 mins. She manages to bring him back to life but here starts the intwining journey of the three of their lives.

Firstly a big thank you to Mantle for approving my request to read on netgalley. Im telling you now as i write this august 2020, Mantle are publishing amazing books next year. Just a heads up!

Ill be honest i went in blind with this one , didnt know the premise or even the genre. The reason being this author has written all sorts.

Well this wasnt whst i expected and in a good way! This is a life affirming book of hope,promise,love and loss. However more importantly its about life,this crazy world we live in. The people we meet along the way,the lovers we have and the memories made its also about dreams,the ones we have for ourselves and for others.

Its beautifully written and a emotional charged story.

I absolutely loved it.These are not perfect humans and this is not a perfect love story.

But its the flaws that make them who they are and thats the beauty of life.

This is going to be a success but also its going to touching many readers hearts next summer.

Published May 27th

This book gripped me from the minute I read the first line, it lost me a bit in the middle but hooked me in again towards the end.

We have 3 main characters.
Kerry and Tim have been best friends since they first met and both are planning on being doctors. Joel is the up and coming football star. Although they go to the same school, they don't run in the same circles.

Millennium Eve and all three are in the same place when Joel falls to the floor. As her secret crush, Kerry had been watching him anyway and as his friends think he's faking, Kerry runs across to him and realises that Joel is actually dead. Kerry performs CPR on Joel while Tim is too shocked to do anything.

For 18 minutes, Kerry performs CPR on Joel and those 18 minutes have a long lasting effect on all of them.

Over the next 18 years, all three drift in and out of each others lives but always making an impact - whether in a positive or negative way.

Each chapter is told from the point of view of one of these 3 characters and I loved it.

We see the decisions that each of them make and the reasoning behind it. The good and the bad.

There are hard hitting issues covered in this book, death, addiction, guilt and of course forgiveness. The author, pulls no punches when dealing with these and for that, I was very grateful.

This is going to be a massively popular book and deservedly so.

This author is a brilliant storyteller but I didn’t engage with the characters at all which made this book a difficult read for me. I really disliked Tim; I’ve never disliked a fictional character before and this really affected my reading experience, therefore affecting my overall rating of the book. However, I would read more from this author

Eve Carter never fails to deliver. Again she didn’t disappoint. From the opening chapter I was hooked. The theme running through the book is what to do if someone suffers a cardiac arrest,. It’s made me aware how ignorant I was, hopefully I’ll know what to do if ever needed. Kerry and Tim are friends who are first aiders, when Joel suffers a cardiac arrest on New Years Eve Kerry reacts and saves his life Tim freezes. the theme of the book is how this impacts on the rest of their lives their relationships and Joel whose life she saves, This is one of the best reads of 2020. I 100% recommend this book

Interweaving fact and fiction the novel takes the reader on the journeys of three young adults after one shocking incident. All are affected in different ways at different times but all need each other to stay alive.

Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for allowing me to read this in return for an honest opinion.
I was really curious about this book especially as it is quite different to my normal reads.
I enjoyed reading it but did find some parts a little slow for me. Overall its a lovely idea for a story and so nice to see the journey they all go on.

From someone who enjoys a good thriller I wasn't sure I would like this book but I took it away on holiday for some light reading

It centers around three young people and a bit if unrequited love

When Joel’s heart stops on New Years Eve it changes the course of three people’s lives forever.

The story follows their lives and their shattered dreams as well as their love lives and how one event as teenagers changes them all

A bit slow in places but worth a read

This book may just save your life.
At the start of this book I would have classed "How to save a life" as a teen read, however the book evolved and we grow up with the characters and the plot develops, twists and turns.
I loved this book and really didn't want it to end. It tackled many emotive subjects and will stay with me for a long time.

This story is basically a romance. Not my normal choice of genre to read and while it is classed as adult fiction, it would be perfect for the older end of the teen market. Best friends Tim and Kerry are 17 and save one of their classmates Joel with CPR after he collapses on New Year’s Eve. The work is mostly done by Kerry as Tim freezes with indecision even though they are both training as first aid volunteers. Kerry has long had a school girl crush on Joel and by saving his life, this starts a chain of events as the reader follows this love triangle for the next 18 years through a series of life choices and changes. As previously said, not my favourite type of book as I prefer something more fast-paced, but this is definitely a great book for the romantic types. I could easily see this as a movie.

I enjoyed this well written book. The characters are well drawn and it was interesting to follow their lives as they matured from teenagers into adults.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this book, from the moment I started reading it I couldn't put it down. It reminded me of One Day but with a deeper theme of how your life develops from decisions that you don't realise you've made. Great read and thankfully not a disappointing rushed ending like so many books have.
Have already recommended it and will definitely be doing so to more friends.

What a wonderful book!
I was completely hooked from he start and kept thinking what would I do in this situation!
I loved the character development and it was so well written! can't wait to read more from this author.

Unpopular opinion!
This book is meant to be a light read about making hard choices over and over again.

Honest to god, trying to read this felt exactly like this. Tedious!

I did not enjoy this book. I tried very very hard, but this book just didn't cut it for me. In fact, it frustrated me to see people sacrificing themselves at the altar. Why?

It's displeasing to see people make choices that are self destructive. I failed to understand why all our lead characters were portrayed clearly so needy/ pitiable. I didn't connect with the characters and what logic drove them.

I will post a detailed review on my blog www.thebookbuff.com

Rating: All the stars
Where do I start with this book!
I know it's categorized as a romance, but it got more to it than that. this is a beautiful story about longlasting friendships, second chances, bravery, and how it truly is to start a new career.
The storyline is a series of events involving 3 characters: Kerry, Tim, and Joel. Following their journey through life, in a period of 18 years, beginning with the grim incident that kickstarted it all: a cardiac arrest.

I was hooked from the first chapter. I barely stopped myself from rushing to the ending. I seriously couldn't stop reading it. I didn't feel, to me, like a work of fiction at all! It was more like reading a memoir. I'm just in awe of the AMAZING character development, and the writing, that was SO fluid it felt like it was written by 3 different people.
I genuinely think It will make a great movie.
I really adored the rawness of every emotion that the characters experienced. I couldn't root for one character only. I sympathize with all of them (a little less with Tim). But every one of them was real and flawed.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for my ARC

Tragic, informative, frustrating but brilliant.

I’m going to be honest, I am that naive person who thought CPR alone could restart the heart. Although this is a fictional tale, it’s embedded with a very important message that everyone should know.

The story starts well with youngsters in a period of time so familiar to my own timeline it made me nostalgic. As a traumatic event unfolds we learn the aftermath of how such an event can effect us on our journey to adulthood. The storyline itself was fascinating and scary at the same time. The author touched on mental health issues, substance abuse and of course, how to save a life! But cleverly, the author showed us there are many ways to save a life, not just CPR.

Although I got frustrated at times with certain characters and their reactions and actions to events, it kept me reading and I binged hard on this story. It’s a book that I can 100% say has impacted me for the better.

I’ve literally just read the last page of this novel and don’t mind admitting that I cried a little bit! What a great book - it has feature film written all over it and in my head, I’m already casting Kerry, Joel and Tim. Early in the novel, you think it’s just a standard love triangle but there’s so much more to it than that. Add in the practical information about saving lives and the technical knowledge of the writer, giving some depth to the context, and you’ve got an interesting, engaging and absorbing read. I liked the switching of narrative perspective too. No spoilers on the ending but it kept me guessing - I don’t like being able to work it out too early! This’ll be a chart topper.

When Joel goes into cardiac arrest it’s Kerry and Tim who come to his rescue. What follows is the most wonderful novel about these three characters who are thrown together that evening. Kerry is a brilliant character, incredibly relatable. Would 100% recommend this novel

I loved this book from the very first page! Kerry is a bit of a geek who has a secret crush on the school's most popular boy, who doesn't? It's New Year's Eve 1999 when Joel suddenly goes into cardiac arrest and Kerry and her friend Tim, are the ones to come to his aid. And so begins a beautiful story following the journey of the 3 people who's lives were changed at the fateful strike of midnight.
Kerry is the most relatable character as I think it's safe to say, we've all been that school girl holding a secret crush for someone who you think is way out of your league.
Remniscient of One Day and more recently, Normal People. I absolutely adored this story and was hooked from the start, desperate to know what would happen to Kerry, Joel and Tim. I was so immersed I found myself getting annoyed every time something didn't work out the way it should have.
Can't recommend it enough!

Move over Dex and Em, Kerry and Joel are the new couple who have taken a little piece of my heart.

At the start of the novel is the life-changing event that impacts Joel, Tim and Kerry. It is New Years Eve 1999, Joel's heart stops and Kerry leaps into action to perform life-saving CPR, whilst Tim is initially frozen in panic.

Tracking the three for the next twenty years and how this event has affected them, this is a coming of age story with an important medical message at its core. Told from the three perspectives, this added an extra dimension and insight into their thoughts and feelings. I shared tears with them over relationship fails, mental health issues, family crisis and the descent into substance abuse. My heart hurt as each of them made foolish mistakes, but then cheered them on as they attempted to put things right. The complicated relationship between Kerry and Joel was both frustrating but entirely understandable, and by the end of the novel, I could think of no better way for it to have played out.

I will definitely be buying a copy of the book to keep when this is released next year, and I hope it achieves the success it deserves.

My thanks go to the publishers and NetGalley for the advance copy in return for an honest review.