I Know How This Ends: A Novel – A Heartwarming Contemporary Romance About Destiny and Choice

By Holly Smale

If you knew how your life would turn out, what would you change now?

The second brilliantly uplifting and page-turning novel from the multi-million bestselling author of Geek Girl and Reese's Book Club Pick Cassandra in Reverse.

Margot Wayward is in manically gleeful self-destruct mode. Following the implosion of a ten-year relationship, she's wilfully derailing her successful career, joyfully taking down men on dating apps, and living in total chaos.

Until one day, when Margot has a vision of herself with a man she's never met before. She doesn't believe in fate. But when Margot meets single-dad Henry, the vision comes true: exactly as she'd foreseen it.

As her future continues to reveal itself, a glimpse at a time, Margot realises she knows exactly what's going to happen, and when. And there's nothing she can do to change any of it.

So Margot has to decide how to live, how to love again, and how to be herself... Because if you can't change your destiny, how on earth do you live your present?

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Published Aug 12, 2025

368 pages

Average rating: 7

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Cindy Huskey
Cindy Huskey
8/10 stars
You know those moments when your life is on fire, but you’re the one gleefully pouring the gasoline while singing karaoke? Yeah—Margot is that girl. And honestly, I loved her for it.

After nuking her ten-year relationship and joyfully sabotaging her career (and maybe a few men on dating apps), Margot starts getting these little movie trailer previews of her future.

The catch? They all come true, down to the awkward pauses and questionable life choices. Enter Henry, a single dad who walks straight out of one of her visions, and suddenly Margot’s future is more predictable than a Hallmark Christmas plot—but with more cursing and less snow.

This is chaotic main-character energy meets time-loop-lite. It’s smart, funny, and makes you ponder deep things like: If I could see my future, would I fix it or just binge Netflix until it arrived? Spoiler: Margot chooses the slightly more productive option… eventually.

Would I have preferred a little less emotional whiplash and a little more “let’s unpack this time-vision business”? Sure. But it’s witty, heartfelt, and just the right amount of messy—kind of like life.

Perfect for readers who like their rom-coms with a side of existential dread and a main character you want to both hug and smack with a pillow.

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