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Thanks to NetGalley and Gallery Books for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review

✩🌼🥼Review:

Christina Lauren are back and better than ever with this striking, STEM rom-com.

“The Romance Revival” follows Dr. Emery Finch after a tragic accident takes her husband Luca from her. Desperate not to lose him, she breaks every rule, using the classified technology she’s developed to bring him back to life. Doing so, however, wipes his entire memory, including their troubled marriage. It may be a miracle of science, but for Emery it’s her one shot at a second chance.

Christina Lauren’s evocative prose and well-drawn characters are what bring this story to life! Emery and Luca could not be more different from one another, but their starkly opposite personalities complement each other in a way that makes it impossible not to root for them. Prior to the accident, the two rely on their physical chemistry to sustain their marriage, but it slowly begins to splinter as time passes due to lack of communication. Luca’s brush with death serves as a wake-up call for Emery in particular, whose work-life balance was nonexistent. The journey they go on to find each other again is well-paced and beautifully messy. The forced proximity encourages them to finally open up about what went wrong with Emery promising to be more present and Luca pledging to be more vocal about his needs. I especially love how Christina Lauren contrasts the memories that Luca regains with the couple’s present to showcase their growth. In finding a way to move forward together, they fuel the hope that's packed into these pages and ultimately fall in love for a second time. Admittedly, the thriller elements woven into the final act felt a little out of place, but they did not take away from my overall enjoyment of the book.

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