Twenty Something Else

I enjoyed reading Twenty Something Else, a fun contemporary fiction novel with magical realism and time travel story elements. Sutton lives in Newport Beach, California, and she’s only days away from her dreaded fortieth birthday. She married young, had children young, and wishes she was young again. When Sutton is knocked out cold during a pickleball game, she’s transported to an alternate version of her life and has the opportunity to relive her twenties. The catch is her husband and children don’t exist as she navigates different stages in her twenty something life. I loved journeying with Sutton and discovering how she handled tricky and unexpected situations with the benefit of future knowledge and wisdom from her life experiences. There were consequences for her decisions, both good and bad, depending on her choices. The big question she’s facing is how can she find her way home and what will her old life look like when she returns. Sutton’s faith is challenged when she’s forced to deal with situations that wouldn’t have taken place if she’d met and married her husband in her early twenties. The story explores forgiveness themes, the importance of truth, and letting go of bitterness. I recommend Twenty Something Else to contemporary fiction readers who like women’s friendship and magical realism stories with time travel, second chances, romantic elements, drama, and strong faith themes. Many thanks to Tyndale and NetGalley for the advanced reader copy.

I enjoyed reading Twenty Something Else, a fun contemporary fiction novel with magical realism and time travel story elements. Sutton lives in Newport Beach, California, and she’s only days away from her dreaded fortieth birthday. She married young, had children young, and wishes she was young again.

When Sutton is knocked out cold during a pickleball game, she’s transported to an alternate version of her life and has the opportunity to relive her twenties. The catch is her husband and children don’t exist as she navigates different stages in her twenty something life.

I loved journeying with Sutton and discovering how she handled tricky and unexpected situations with the benefit of future knowledge and wisdom from her life experiences. There were consequences for her decisions, both good and bad, depending on her choices. The big question she’s facing is how can she find her way home and what will her old life look like when she returns.

Sutton’s faith is challenged when she’s forced to deal with situations that wouldn’t have taken place if she’d met and married her husband in her early twenties. The story explores forgiveness themes, the importance of truth, and letting go of bitterness.

I recommend Twenty Something Else to contemporary fiction readers who like women’s friendship and magical realism stories with time travel, second chances, romantic elements, drama, and strong faith themes.

Many thanks to Tyndale and NetGalley for the advanced reader copy.