When a volcano eruption sends a tsunami that wrecks havoc on Mun'dai, the Kelly-Lees, along with two of the island's caretakers, are trapped there for six weeks. The time away from their lives forces them to confront themselves and what they truly want.

To be honest, this is another book that was, at least at first, mis-marketed. It's not really a cute sapphic island romance, it's more of a... Liane Moriarty novel without the mystery element.

We follow seven different characters and either six distinct plot lines. There is just too much going on, in theory. However, this book struggles with pacing which means that, somehow, despite the volcanic eruption, the plot doesn't pick up until past the 50% mark. It's a little impressive how so much and simultaneously so little is going on in this book.

Here's the thing: I can see how all of the different plot lines are supposed to connect together. However, I just don't think that it was necessary to do all of those. I liked the romance plot line -- I thought it was a bit more original than the standard romance plot. I, also, liked Matty and Parker's joint-but-not plot line, they also had quite interesting issues. Because these plot lines were also made to share space with three others, we never got to see them fully flourish. Although Jules' plot line was, personally, my least favourite, I can see the value it could have had to someone else, but, again, the fact that all of these interesting plot lines were forced to share air made them all suffocate.

The fact that there was a mini-geography lesson/history lesson whenever we switched perspectives, frankly, was quite irritating. There just really was no need for that, it added to the laggy feeling this book largely had. Past the 50% mark, the book did actually become quite entertaining and enjoyable. The conclusions were all satisfactory and the writing, generally, was quite good and even funny at times.

Overall, a rather interesting book about figuring out what you want that struggles rather badly with pacing.