All This Time

This book destroyed me. I couldn’t put it down – but even when I was forced to, the anxiety and heartbreak my own heart experienced was undeniable. Trauma shapes who we are, what we’ve been through, and who we become. It changes how we look at the world and how we look at ourselves. But trauma from ???? almost does this even more. Blaming oneself, refusing to move forward with your own life because of the loss of another … Daughtry and Lippincott truly capture the reality of this heartbreaking trauma – and the relentlessness of confusion and despair that accompany these experiences. I loved these characters. I broke for them. I’m still breaking for them. I’m speechless and yet I want to hug them both as close to me as possible to keep them from having to live through any more pain. But I can’t. And so I write a review instead, reeling from their story – unable to even think straight. ???????? ??? ???? ???? follows Kyle Lafferty through potentially the worst day of his life. But everything happens for a reason, right? Kyle wakes up in a hospital bed after his girlfriend, Kim, breaks up with him and they end up in a tragic car accident. But when he wakes up, Kim isn’t there. And she’ll never be there to fight with again. Or so he thinks. Suffering from a brain injury from the crash, Kyle keeps thinking that he sees Kim everywhere. But the moments fade over time – once he meets Marley. Marley, who is dealing with her own trauma and loss. Marley, who helps Kyle see that there is more to life than past plans – there can be future plans too. Together they create a future through their present. They live in the now, they enjoy each other, and they pleasantly remember those they’ve lost, instead of being trapped by them as they had for so long. But their story isn’t real. It’s just a story. Or that’s what everyone tries to tell them. Until they prove them wrong.

<> There was something about this book from the very beginning that just felt off. I\’m not sure if it was Kyle\’s voice, or the knowledge that tragedy was going to strike early on, or just the relationships that were laid out at the beginning… I went into reading this with so many questions. Then, as I continued on I got hung up on the fact that this story seemed to take place in fits and starts. Just as action seemed to take hold something about Kyle questioning himself, or his memories of Kim, or his interactions with his mother would halt everything and we\’d get several more pages of inner turmoil. Even when Kyle met Marley, there was something about the interactions that didn\’t feel right. I will admit right now that I couldn\’t bring myself to finish this book. I got about halfway through and couldn\’t find the will to pick it up again which is a sure sign for me that I need to move on. But I was curious, so I searched for spoilers. Learning that much of what was happening to Kyle was taking place in a dream made a lot of sense, but it\’s also a story device that annoys me to no end so it made perfect sense to me why I had so much trouble with this book. The writing is beautiful. And it\’s a quick read (if you can get past the repetition of guilt in Kyle\’s head). But this book in no way packed the same emotional punches as \”Five Feet Apart\” and for that, I was disappointed.

I was drawn to this book because of the beautiful artcover and also because I read Five Feet Apart and loved that book so much, this book did not disappoint. It\’s a bit of a slow start and you think you know where this story is going of a boy falling in love with another girl after he loses someone, but OMG the twist ?!!! I was shooketh at the twist and for a moment there I was scared of the ending, but I loved how it wrapped up, i will say the ending is a bit dramatic, but who doesn\’t love a lil twist and turn and gasp ? Recommend it 5/5

I really loved this book. I preordered it and it arrived the day of release. The characters you really fall in love with – especially Dr Benefield. I heard from the author, Mikki that this is one of her oldest stories. This should definitely be made into a film like Five Feet Apart.

I haven’t read it yet and it seems to be good by the reviews but I should have read the reviews before buying because IT IS NOT a follow up from five feet apart which I was really upset about because I wanted a second, but I will happily give it a try

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