Thanks to Netgalley for giving me the chance to read a proof of this book!

This book is normal people meets all the bright places, and the result is stunning. I was ready to give up on Olivie Blake after not loving The Atlas Paradox but I wanted to read her in a different genre and I was so glad I did - Alone With You in the Ether is by far the best thing she’s written.

I was sceptical about the narration to start with but I quickly grew to adore it. The way the speech was there but implicitly, the conversations held almost in third person. I thought with these far-away characters themselves it worked beautifully and reflected Regan and Aldo perfectly.

Although it centres around a love story that’s not how I would label this at all, instead a philosophical way of looking at relationships and dependency, compulsion and companionship.

Highly recommend to all - those who already love Olivie’s work, those who are falling out of love with it, and those who haven’t read it yet at all.