Cassandra has just been dumped and fired, and her local café has run out of banana muffins. Then, something truly unexpected happens: Cassie discovers she can go back and change the past. One small rewind at a time, Cassie attempts to fix the life she accidentally obliterated, but soon she'll discover she's trying to fix all the wrong things.
—based on publicity material
Much more importantly, I don’t know how time travel works. I’ve had a quick look through some books—both fictional and theoretical—but nobody can agree. Am I erasing time? Is it disappearing completely, a wet sponge across a board, or can you still see where the chalk lines were when the water fully dries? How strong is the butterfly effect? What happens to everyone else when I create a new timeline? Are they deleted too? That’s terrifying—surely no sane universe would give me that kind of power—in which case are there multiple timelines? Do I simply create alternative existences that carry on when I’m gone?

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  1. The Cassandra Complex by Holly Smale (Century, May 2023).
  2. audio reading.
    The Cassandra Complex by Holly Smale (Penguin Audio, May 2023).
  3. alternative title.
    Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale (Mira, June 2023).