What If Its You?, Jilly Gagnon
What If Its You?, Jilly Gagnon
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What If It's You?

Author: Jilly Gagnon

Narrator: Kristyna Zaharek

Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/13/2025


Synopsis

Everyone wonders about the one that got away . . . and thanks to an alternate reality tech project, one woman will get the chance to actually find out.

When Laurel Everett finds a ring in her longtime boyfriend Ollie's sock drawer, she should be thrilled . . . so why is she left wondering "what if?" Specifically, what if she'd taken up her work crush, Drew, on his offer of a date just after she and Ollie got together? Thanks to her job at tech giant Pixel, she might have a way to answer that question through the AltR project, which promises users a glimpse of alternate realities. Or it will, once the quantum computers it relies on get more powerful.  

When the program actually works and Laurel wakes up five years into her life with Drew, she's fascinated . . . then increasingly horrified as she continues to slip between that world and her "real" life seemingly at random. As she moves back and forth between the two worlds, Laurel realizes choosing the right life might not be as simple as deciding between two men and the different visions of happiness they offer. And if she doesn't find a way to untangle herself from the quantum mess she's unleashed, she might wind up stuck in the wrong life, or worse, deleted entirely like a faulty line of code. . . .

About The Author

Jilly Gagnon is the author of Scenes of the Crime, All Dressed Up, and the young adult novel #famous. Her humor writing, personal essays, and op-eds have appeared in Newsweek, Elle, Vanity Fair, Boston magazine, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, among others. She lives in Salem, Massachusetts, with her family and two black cats.


Reviews

Goodreads review by chan ☆ on June 02, 2025

i actually really enjoyed this. for the physics. and the sci fi elements. i did not, however, consider this to be much of a romance. i do love a good second chance moment (if we want to call this book that), but when i really get down to the brass tacks there just wasn't a lot of on page relationshi......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on September 23, 2024

"In What If It’s You" by Jilly Gagnon masterfully blends romance, science fiction, and self-reflection into a story that’s equal parts entertaining and thought-provoking. The premise is instantly intriguing: Laurel Everett, at a critical point in her relationship, stumbles upon an engagement ring in......more

Goodreads review by Carvanz on March 03, 2025

After enjoying the author's previous work, I was instantly curious about this one — and it did not disappoint. The premise hooked me right away, touching on one of those profound what if? questions we've all pondered at some point in our lives (I know I have). From the first page, I was completely s......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on April 14, 2025

This book is science fiction meets romance plus quantum physics in a way that went so, SO wrong. Unfortunately this review is not going to be positive and I’m sorry considering I really enjoyed Gagnon’s last romance. I have to say, I don’t think I’d read future books from her after how much I dislik......more

Goodreads review by Angie on October 04, 2024

Laurel finds an engagement ring hidden at the back of her boyfriend’s drawer, the scares her because she isn’t quite sure about the whole “forever“ thing. She works at Pixel, a social media company, and has a flirtatious relationship with a coworker named Drew. Drew has developed an AI that uses qua......more


Quotes

“Gagnon’s smart, fast-paced romance successfully blends elements of science fiction and relationship fiction to create a unique and thoughtful love story.”Library Journal, starred review

“[Jilly Gagnon] puts a high-tech twist on a classic love triangle in this clever contemporary. . . . The romance sparkles. . . . Readers are sure to be sucked in.”Publishers Weekly