What If It's You?

By Jilly Gagnon
** Publication Date 13 May 2025 **
4 stars



So far, I don’t think I’ve been disappointed in any of Jilly Gagnon’s books. Romance with a sense of humor is her forté. Also a little bit of self-reflection and change doesn’t hurt.


Laurel is a type A person. Her recent promotion to VP at her mega-company, Pixel, is evidence of that. Laurel also tends to overthink things. She’s been living with her beau, Ollie, for years now. He’s a musician. She pays the bills (mostly.) So when she foresees his popping the question, she panics. 


When her ‘work husband’ offers to get her setup on the company’s super secret project, she jumps in. The project focuses on the possibilities of alternate worlds that we reside in. Laurel sees it as a way to maybe answer some of her questions. Especially the one about her work husband, Drew, as to whether she should have pursued a relationship with him instead of Ollie. 


Only the program kinda goes haywire, and suddenly Laurel is finding her life split between two worlds. The one with Ollie or the other one with Drew. It’s a mess that she needs to find a way out of before things get totally out of hand.


Crazy premise. I learned so much about theoretical physics and alternate realities and even a touch of quantum computing thrown in. Laurel needs a good slap every so often, but she’s getting it from the world sliding. Fun book that can be read really quickly. Also, not so deep that you can’t drop it at a whim. 


Definitely recommend.