The course of this book takes place over a 24-hour period. Four characters will see their lives change during that time. One Year After You is the gripping continuation of events that occurred in the unforgettable One Day With You book. Can this book be read as a standard-alone? It can be but you will be missing so much backstory that I highly recommend reading One Day With You first.

It has been one year since Tress Walker’s husband was killed in a car accident while driving with his mistress, Anya. Tress was in labor when her husband died and learned after of his infidelity and death. Noah Clark was heartbroken and shocked to learn his wife Anya was having an affair with his best friend, Max. He was with Tress while she gave birth and they have been close ever since.

Odette Devine is an actress on Scotland's longest running television show. But she has been informed that her time on the show is over. She can't help but wonder if this is the price, she must pay for a lie she once told.

Keli Clark (Noah's sister) has recently been ghosted by a man she was seeing. She is heartbroken, which leads to devastation and anger when a stranger reaches out to her.

I was fully invested in this book from the very first page. I wanted to know more about the characters, their plight, their struggles, their triumphs, and for some, how their lives have changed since the events in One Day With You. Shari Low did not disappoint, in fact she dazzled. I found this book to be gripping, heartfelt, humorous, hopeful, dramatic, and hard to put down. I enjoyed the characters, even the ones I didn't care for as they were so brilliantly described and presented on page.


This is the second Shari Low book that I have read, and I am kicking myself for not reading more of her books. I need to remedy that. She writes characters that I grew to care about, I was rooting for some and enjoyed booing and hissing at others. I appreciated how her books deal with serious topics and themes but also have fun and light moments in them as well. I also appreciated how the author addressed the characters loss, heartbreak, hope, grief, anger, and happiness. That made the characters feel authentic.


Well written, gripping, hard to put down and unforgettable.


Thank you to Boldwood Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

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3.5?
Genre ~ friendship fiction
Series ~ more on this below
Setting ~ Scotland
Publication date ~ January 5, 2024
Est page Count ~ 319 (p+ 33 chapters +e)
Audio length ~ 9 hours 54 minutes
Narrator ~ Helen McAlpine
POV ~ multiple 3rd
Featuring ~ second chance at happiness, unknown cheating, no steamage

We follow 4 main characters for a 24 hour period.

Odette is gearing up for her last day on set after 40 years being the leading lady on a soap opera. It took a while to realize how her story line would tie in.

Tress & Noah are both wonderful characters that are bonded by the past discretion's of their former spouses. They have become best friends and their relationship was lovely to see. I wanted more of them than I got.

Keli is Noah's sister who has been hiding a secret for months. I enjoyed this plot the best and the unly friendship with Laurie.

Okay so all in all I did enjoy how the various plots all finally came together. It was a little slow getting there and I wasn't sure how they would, but they did so quite nicely. I'm a fan of multiple POV's, but in this case I thought it took too long to get back to the person's POV that I had just grown curious what would happen next for. Since I had to wait and slog through 3 other people's chapters first I had to think back and try to remember where we left off when we finally came full circle.

Also, since the whole book takes place in one day I thought there was some extra unnecessary information ~ for instance I don't really care about Noah's friend, Cheska's, whole work bio at all. I would have much preferred some flashbacks of Tress and Noah and how close they became over the past year for some page filler.

Shoutout to Nancy, Val, Yvie and Glinda for being the best side characters I might have ever read. A true delight these 4 were.

Again, I did enjoy it and I know this will surely appeal to the many...I mean it says right on the cover it's a million copy bestseller.

Series notes:
It's not listed as a series for some reason, but I think it's best to read One Day With You first. There is a bit of a refresher, but this is the aftermath for the 2 characters from that one.

Narration notes:
I did not listen to this one, but am just giving the info above for reference.

*Thanks to the author and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*

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EXCERPT: Odette
I'm very aware life can change in a heartbeat. In a minute. In an hour. In a day.
Forty years ago, I was working in a school canteen in a village on the outskirts of Glasgow, despairing that my dream of becoming an actress would amount to nothing more than another cliched story of failed ambition and grudging obscurity. Then a twist of fate presented an opportunity to get everything I ever wanted, but I had to do the unforgivable to claim it. Now the fame, the fortune and the glory are being stripped away from me and I am going to be left with nothing and no one. And I can't help wondering if I'm paying the price for my sins of the past.

ABOUT 'ONE YEAR AFTER YOU (ONE DAY WITH YOU #2): For forty years the fabulous Odette Devine has been a beloved matriarchal actress on Scotland’s longest-running TV show. Today she is broken, betrayed, and desperate to find out if this is her payback for a lie she told forty years ago.

A year ago today, Tress Walker’s husband was killed in a car accident, on the same day she gave birth to their baby. Reeling from the discovery that he was with his mistress, Tress has to choose whether to protect her fragile heart or open it to love again.

Noah Clark was devastated to discover his wife and his best friend were having an affair. Now the love of his life is asking for another chance to make their marriage work. But can there ever be a way back, once the trust is broken?

Noah’s sister Keli Clark has recently been ghosted by the man she loves. When a shocking message from a complete stranger reveals the reason why, Keli will have to decide whether to forgive, forget, or to make sure he pays.

Twenty-four hours. Four shocking secrets. One tumultuous tale of love, loss and second chances.

MY THOUGHTS: If you a HEA with plenty of heart-stopping moments along the way, you can't do better than pick up a Shari Low book.

One Year After You follows on from One Day With You, and yes you will need to read One Day With You first or a lot of what happens and the relationships between the characters may not make much sense. It's a delightful read, so it won't be a hardship.

One Year After You starts with a teaser, including the one above, from each of the main characters - Odette, Tress, Noah, and Keli.

It is one year since the accident that claimed the life of Max Walker, one year since baby Max Walker (aka Buddy) was born. A lot has happened in that year.

I loved that Shari Low has given us the opportunity to catch up with the lives of these characters and introduced us to the wonderful character of Odette.

One Year After You contains Shari Low's classic mixture of tragedy, comedy, romance, friendship, betrayal and heartbreak. Her characters are so well portrayed, feel so real, that I become fully invested in their lives and feel a loss when I close the cover on them.

If you have a heart condition, I recommend that you position yourself close to an AED for the second half of the book. My emotions were all over the place and my heart got a good workout.

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THE AUTHOR: In real life, once upon a time she met a guy, got engaged after a week, and thirty-something years later she lives near Glasgow with the one they said would never last. Their children have now grown and scattered across the world, so she spends an inordinate amount of time on video calls and aeroplanes.

DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Boldwood Books via NetGalley for providing a digital ARC of One Year After You by Shari Low for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.

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So often we say goodbye to characters we’ve become friends with over the course of a great story and we never get a chance to find out how they are faring later on. Author Shari Low has given readers the chance to revisit her characters and see how their choices impacted them (and those around them) and how the trajectory of their lives has changed from when we last met them. I loved the chance to see continued character arcs and continued growth.

What I loved:

??continuation of Max & Tress and Noah & Anya’s stories from ‘One Day With You’
??second chances
??shocking secrets
??pacey read
??emotional connection
??connecting with characters' struggles
??opportunity to increase empathy/sympathy
??realizing that struggles come at any age - none of us are immune!

Another winner from a trusted author!

I was gifted this copy by Boldwood Books and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.

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For forty years, the fabulous Odette Devine has been a beloved matriarchal actress on Scotland's longest running TV show. Today she is broken, betrayed, and desperate to find out if this is her payback for the lie she told forty years ago.

A year ago today, Tess Walker's husband was killed in a car accident, on the same day she gave birth to their baby. Reeling from the discovery that he was with his mistress, Tess has to choose whether to protect her fragile heart, or open it to love again.

Noah Clark was devastated to discover his wife and his best friend were having an affair. Now, the love of his life is asking for another chance to make their marriage work. But can there ever be a way back once the trust is broken?

Noah's sister Keli Clark has recently been ghosted by the man she loves. When a shocking message from a complete stranger reveals the reason why, Keli will have to decide whether to forgive, forget, or to make sure he pays.

Twenty-four hours. Four shocking secrets. One tumultuous tale of love, loss and second chances.

This story is filled with interesting characters who were all facing their own demons and dilemmas. The story is well-written and told over a twenty-four-hour period. This is an easy and addictive book to read. It's also one of those books where you say just one more chapter, but one chapter is never enough. This is a thoroughly enjoyable read.

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4 stars ?? 10 s Andrea815 174

This book is a one big satisfying epilogue to One Day With You. ??fiction7 s Kristina Anderson170 28

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read the ARC (Advance Reader Copy) of One Year After You by Shari Low. This story was well written and everything happened within the span of twenty-four hours. It was very easy to read and very entertaining. This is my first book by Shari Low and it will not be my last. I did not realize that this book was to follow One day With You. It read well as a stand alone. This was a heartwarming story about love, family, and friends. I would definitely recommend it. 4 stars for me.arc6 s Melanie’s reads788 82

Following on from One Day With You (it can be read as a standalone) we are back with Tress and Noah a year after their lives were shattered. We also get to meet Odette a matriarch of a popular show who has just been booted to appeal to a younger audience.

Some authors write great plots, others create amazing characters that feel as real as friends/family. Shari is one of the rare few that manages both seemingly with ease. I love, as an older reader, that she includes older characters with rich lives and stories to tell. Women with years of experience and in this case a few skeletons in the closet.

Odette had my heart and as her fortunes fail and past misdemeanours seem to be bringing karma to her dressing room door, I couldn’t help but want her to succeed even though others are willing to step over her on their way to the top.

Tress is now a set designer on Odette’s show while juggling being a single mum to Buddy with the help of Noah and the wonderful return of my favourites Val and Nancy. With a little help from Shania Twain they have their own mission.

The interwoven storylines and characters and the introduction of new ones that bring them all together I have learnt is Shari’s trademark style. Along with heart, tearful moments and glorious humour. She also writes a terrific love to hate baddy.

As you’ve probably guessed I adored this book and I will leave you with my favourite passage from the very wise Gilda to her daughter.


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