In Every Universe by Hannah Henry

Can your special person always be the one for you no matter what universe? Cameron has always been Zacky's forever person, can he accept living a different version of his life if it means he still gets to be with Cameron?


From the In Every Universe blurb:

Zacky Porter had a lump on the back of his head, a concussion the size of the sun and…three years of missing memories. Well, they weren’t missing exactly. He just had three years of memories from a different version of his life. One where he quit hockey after Cameron Vesper, his liney and eventual husband, sustained a career ending injury. He had a nice life outside of Toronto post-hockey. He was going to be a gym teacher.

Now, he was in a strange apartment in Texas, and Cameron was telling him that they not only were not married and had never been romantic, they were still playing hockey. Cameron and Zacky were playing on the same line in the NHL.

Cameron Vesper would do anything for his best friend, including nurse him back to health after hitting his head hard on the ice. But Zacky didn’t just have normal concussion symptoms. He was convinced he’d lived a parallel life, where the two of them were both retired and married. Cameron couldn’t stop thinking about the two of them being married. He could picture it.

But as Cameron warmed up to the idea of their friendship becoming something more, Zacky became more determined to leave him behind and get back to his own universe. To his actual husband. Their friendship had always been simple, straightforward, steadfast. Now it was something neither of them recognized.

In Every Universe is a friends-to-lovers MM standalone romance novel with an amnesia plot and an HEA.


SNik's review:

Standalone. Best friends to lovers. Amnesia/parallel universe. Teammates. Slow burn. Dual POV. 

Waking up from a concussion and missing the last three years of his life is not the worst part, it’s that Zacky lived a different three years, and is missing his life with his best friend and husband. Cameron has always been Zacky’s best friend, and if Zacky believes that he lived a different life, Cameron believes and supports him, especially since it has opened his eyes to the possibility of having Zacky forever in a way beyond their friendship. 

An unusual semi-amnesia plot that questions the possibility of alternate or parallel universes where Cameron and Zacky are inseparable whether it be as friends or more romantic they have found their forever person in each universe. Cameron and Zacky epitomize ride or die and their closeness and connection is never in doubt. This was emotional and slightly heartbreaking, but with a hopefulness and of course HEA for these two hockey teammates and best friends.

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