What would you change if you could go back in time?

Synopsis

What if you could go back in time and fix the biggest mistake of your life?

Two years ago, Maisie’s best friend walked out of her life and she hasn’t heard from him since. When she wakes up in 1994, she naturally assumes she’s dreaming. But when she finds herself in the past again the next night and her actions in the dream alter her present-day life, she begins to wonder if she’s somehow hopping back in time. And if she is time-travelling, can she save her friendship with Jonas?

When Maisie is forced to relive Christmases of the past, will she face up to her mistakes, or make them all over again?

The 12 Christmases of You & Me is a magical tale of friendship, first loves, and learning to live in the present.

My review

Maisie is looking forward seeing her best friend getting married. Only is she afraid to see her other best friend again, as it has been 2 years since she last heard from him.

When she finds herself suddenly back in 1994, she is obviously dreaming, right? But when the next day she discovers that the things she dreamed about have altered her past, she starts to believe that she actually went back in time. especially when the next night she dreams again of going back in the past!

How strange it may be, will this be a way to save her friendship with Jonas again? And whatever she decides to do in her ‘dreams’, how will they affect her present?

Whenever I read a story where time travelling is taking place, I found it a difficult concept to grasp. Yet in this story I found it fit perfectly in Maisie’s story.
Thanks to the time travelling, I got the opportunity to understand Maisie better, learning what happened in her past.
And meeting this intriguing character that Jonas is…

I loved reading how Maisie grew up, how friendships were born and lasting through the years. Maisie has the opportunity to make several changes in her past, but what to change and what not?
It was beautiful to see how her feelings are changing through the story and despite her desire to make them clear in the past, she knows that the most important thing of her present would never be happening.

I found this an amazing story to read. Of course, not everything is 100% realistic. But it allowed us readers to get to know these characters on a special way. And it showed me that sometimes you have to go through very hard times, but that when the time is right, all pieces fall into place.

I think that this book should come with a warning: once you start reading, you will find it nearly impossible to put it away.
What happens in the story is magical, but that magic pulls you into the story, and does not let you go. I loved every bit of it!