When an accident changes your perspective on just everything.

Synopsis

What if what you really need is right there in front of you, if you just take a moment to look up?

 

Milly has been waiting for this moment forever and finally it’sjust an hour away – an interview with Vogue magazine and the opportunity to get her Louboutin-clad foot in the door.  There’s just one problem – totally engrossed in her mobile phone, Milly doesn’t see the bus that is fast approaching – until it’s too late…

When Milly next opens her eyes, the consequences of her accident become clear. Everything she has worked for and dreamed of suddenly feels out of reach. But there is one bright spot on her horizon – the reappearance of her ex Jed, in all of his six-foot-four, broad-shouldered glory, with the most piercing ice blue eyes Milly ever saw.

Once used to working in a whirlwind, Milly now has the chance to reconsider how to live. Will she rush back to the treadmill, get her head down and back to business, or is there a whole other life waiting for her, if she’ll just look up to see it? 

‘Read yourself happy’ with Maxine Morrey’s latest uplifting, page-turning, heart-warming romance, guaranteed to brighten up your day.

My review

When Milly has finally managed to get an interview for a job at Vogue Magazine, she feels that all her dreams are coming true.
Unfortunately, being totally distracted by the feeds on her mobile phone, she doesn’t see the bus approaching and only feels it hitting her.
When she wakes up, one week later, in the hospital, not only has the opportunity vanished, but she finds herself also without a place to stay and everyone she thought she could rely on, are turning their backs on her.
The only people by her side are her brother Henry and his family, and her ex Jed.
With now plenty of time on her side, will Milly re-evaluate everything, or will she relapse in old habits that made her forget what truly matters?

I love it when a story tries to tell us an important message, yet doesn’t come over as too preachy.
And this story surely managed to pin-point the reality but did it with such an elegance, and so witty that the message arrived loud and clearly but it also gave me so much fun!

Milly is a young woman living practically a virtual life. She is constant checking social media and determined to get the job she truly desires, working for Vogue Magazine. But having her focus so much on the job, she is missing out what truly matters. Her relationship with Jed ended, and even her own family have to compete with social media for her attention.
And unfortunately, that is for so many people reality, the focus is all over whatever happens in cyber space and not seeing what literally is going on around you.

After her accident, Milly discovers the ugly truth, that whenever everything is going well, everyone is there, but when you are in time of need, everybody suddenly has the magic ability to disappear. On the other hand, she also learns who she can truly rely on, and that help can come from an unexpected angle.

I loved reading how Milly is now discovering things that were always there. She sees new places, meets new people who are honestly kind and not just wanting something from her. She realizes that the way she used to live was restricting her own possibilities. And she also realizes that with her old behaviour she pushed people away, like Jed.

Talking about Jed… isn’t he just the kindest man you ever read about? Not only is he still friends with Henry, but even if Milly broke his heart, he helps her out every way that he can. And okay, he is living very comfortably, but that didn’t change his character at all! The lengths he goes for Hector The Dog nearly made my ovaries explode!!! 🤣

I found this a beautiful, even inspirational story! Getting offline these days is nearly impossible, but the author shows us how big an impact our lives can have if we just put our damn phones away. Of course this is just fiction, so maybe not exactly everything will happen to us too (skipping the getting hit by a bus would be great!). But seeing how Milly changed her perspectives and sees how she has been missing out, has been also for me as a reader a wonderful experience!