Book Review: ‘Ideal Life: A Novel’ By Evelyn Skye

by | Aug 9, 2026 | Books | 0 comments


The book is in stores on Tuesday, August 18th from Atria. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/4xvRagE

Talia Morgan is about to sell her tech company for a lot of money. She attends a party with her best friend Sam, who is in love with her, with the company buying her company. Then a reporter shows up telling her about a late-breaking story that her app has a major glitch in it, and it ends up cancelling the deal. At 11:11 that night, Talia wishes she could fix the problem. The next morning, she wakes up with a strange watch on her wrist, it lets her go back in time, and she goes back and fixes the issue with her app, and the sale is still on. She uses the time watch for various things, and tells Sam about it, who makes her promise never to use it on him, which she does, and it causes issues with the friendship, especially after she kissed him. They soon reveal their feelings for each other, but it may be too late. This is a fun novel and makes you think, if you could go back in time to fix something, would you? You root for the two leading characters to be together, and hope Talia doesn’t screw up time and people’s lives once and for all.