This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar

“At the end as at the start, and through all the in-betweens, I love you.”

Science fiction — five stars. This Is How You Lose the Time War is about two time-travelers on opposite sides of an endless war. What starts as taunting letters soon turns into romance, as the two cannot pull out of each other’s orbits. 

I won’t spend too long summarizing it because I’ve reviewed this book before in my New Year’s blog, “Best Books of 2021,” but I first read it in early summer. This book has remained one of my favorite books I’ve ever read for nine months, and spring feels like the perfect time to read it, although I can’t say why without spoiling it. If I could only read one book for the rest of my life, it would be this.