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"Gorgeously written and compulsively readable, EVERY VERSION OF YOU is a romantic, mind-bending experience you won't want to miss! This book enchantingly explores the allure--and risk--of that fabled second chance to go back in time and get life right. With heartfelt drama, perfectly imperfect characters, and brilliant twists, Messier's debut is unforgettable." ----Jessica James, author of
For One Night Only
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"An incredibly magical debut that plays with the age-old question: if asshole, why hot? EVERY VERSION OF YOU is an ode to all the chances we didn't take--and the ones we'd chose every time. Insatiably bingeable!" ---- Ashley Poston,
New York Times bestselling author of
The Seven Year Slip
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"Be prepared for this debut to make you feel all the feels. It will have you gasping at the surprise places the plot takes you and hugging the book to your chest. A gorgeous, warm, sweeping romance wrapped up in such a clever, tightly plotted story that will have you open-mouthed and yearning for everyone's happy ending. I loved loved loved this special, clever, warm-hearted book and cannot wait for what Natalie writes next."--- Cesca Major, author of
Maybe Next Time
Biographical Note:
Natalie Messier is a Reese's Book Club LitUp Fellow and Los Angeles-based screenwriter. She has worked as a writers' assistant for the series
Severance and
Chicago Fire, and her scripts have received recognition from NBC, Disney, Paramount, Final Draft, The Blacklist, NHMC, and the Austin Film Festival. Originally from south Texas, she is a proud Mexican-American. When she's not writing, she can be found searching for LA's best matcha lattes, reading romance novels, and cuddling with her two cats.
Review Quotes:
"Wonderfully weird! An intriguing thought experiment that feels like reading a romantic puzzle, Messier's writing kept me turning the pages to discover what the next piece would reveal. Full of surprises and sneakily perceptive: a story that demands to be flipped back to the beginning once you've finished."---- Yulin Kuang, author of
How to End a Love Story
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"A terrific new voice in women's fiction, Natalie Messier delivers a novel that's thoughtful, face-paced, and thoroughly entertaining."----
New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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Every Version of You is a remarkable, thought-provoking, and riveting debut that demands to be read in one sitting. It is a genuinely special story and my favorite thing I've read this year. Natalie Messier has a fan in me forevermore."--- Tarah DeWitt,
USA Today bestselling author of
Left of Forever
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"If you like your love stories messy (and I really do), then you must read Natalie Messier's debut,
Every Version of You. The characters are complicated, their decisions questionable, and their chemistry palpable.
Natalie Messier is one of romance's rising stars."-- - Carley Fortune, #1
New York Times bestselling author of
One Golden Summer
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"It is wildly, wonderfully, incandescently romantic."---
New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean
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"Messier's outstanding debut novel is a captivating romance with depth and complexity that folds in elements of sf and contemporary fiction. This superbly crafted mixture results in a novel that is both fresh and timeless, centered around this question: What would you do if you had a second chance?.. Fans of Sophie Cousens will appreciate this multi-layered romance. Full of opportunities for reflection, this will be an excellent selection for book clubs."-- "-
Booklist, starred review"
Review Quotes:
"I devoured this book!
Every Version of You is a
one-of-a-kind love story yet deeply nostalgic, like rewatching a favourite romantic comedy you've seen a dozen times. I loved it!"---Hannah Bonam-Young,
New York Times bestselling author
Publisher Marketing:
For fans of The Love of My Afterlife and The Seven Year Slip, Reese's Book Club LitUp Fellow Natalie Messier's heartfelt contemporary romance debut follows a woman who gets a second chance at a formative time in her adult life--this time to win the "one that got away."
Joey Vasquez's life is the definition of good on paper. At thirty-two, she's a lawyer on the cusp of making partner, she owns her house in Los Angeles, and she almost keeps pace with her doctor sister in her parents' eyes.
When she reluctantly arrives at the very couple-y dinner party hosted by Elijah Aarons, the best friend she's secretly pined after for fourteen years, she's dismayed to find that the last person on earth she'd ever want to see again is also there: Alex Aquino. Your basic rich Silicon Beach bro asshole. The night couldn't possibly get worse--and then she dies.
When Joey is given a second chance at life, she finds herself eighteen again, the year she first met both Elijah and Alex. Armed with memories from her first life, Joey is certain she's come back to finally convince the one man she ever loved to love her back--so why does she find herself strangely drawn to the man she thought she hated?
Review Citations:
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Booklist 01/01/2026 (EAN 9781668213643, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
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Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2026 (EAN 9781668213643, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
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Library Journal 11/01/2025 pg. 59 (EAN 9781668213643, Hardcover)
Contributor Bio:Messier, Natalie
Natalie Messier is a Reese's Book Club LitUp Fellow and Los Angeles-based screenwriter. She has worked as a writers' assistant for the series
Severance and
Chicago Fire, and her scripts have received recognition from NBC, Disney, Paramount, Final Draft, The Blacklist, NHMC, and the Austin Film Festival. Originally from south Texas, she is a proud Mexican-American. When she's not writing, she can be found searching for LA's best matcha lattes, reading romance novels, and cuddling with her two cats.
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