Shosh lost her sister to a drunk driver, and has hit rock bottom during her grieving. While in a drunken stupor, she hears a woman singing a mysterious song. Evan's father walked out on their family and he is now trying to care for his younger brother after learning about his mother's diagnosis. Evan begins hearing the same song of the woman.

This is definitely a slow paced book, but it allows you to connect with the characters and get to know them on a more personal level. The supporting characters were amazing. Will, Evan's younger brother was definitely my favourite character. He was such a cutie, and I just wanted to give him a giant hug. I loved Ali and Mrs. Clark as well. I thought the interspersed chapters of Shosh and Evan's past lives were interesting, but I honestly didn't care too much for them. I don't know if there were too many, or not enough, but I just wasn't feeling that aspect of the story.

The biggest complaint I have is the ending, it left me a bit confused and unsatisfied.

A massive thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!! I really enjoyed this book; definitely something I will tell my friends about!

I read this books description and was captivated. A timeless love story. A true magical lifetime love. A story that restores your faith in soulmates and true love. While slow it’s a book that’s worth the read.

⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝘼 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨.

📍 Read if you like:
• YA Love Stories
• Magical Realism
• Coming Of Age
• Dual POV

I liked this book, but I didn’t love it as much as I wanted to. I didn’t realize this book had a magical realism aspect to it, which is usually hit or miss for me. Unfortunately, I got so lost in this one.

I did like the idea of these two characters connecting time after time during different timelines. I also enjoyed the musical element of the story. This book also had a Dual POV, which I truly think helped the story. I don’t tend to pick up YA romance as much anymore because they feel so cringe at times, however, I felt like this one was written in a solid way.

I loved Evan’s character the most and felt so many emotions when reading from his perspective. He had a lot going on with his family and it felt so heartbreaking reading about his parents.

The different timeline is what threw me off a bit. I got so confused with the way the narrative was told. Overall, I didn’t love this book as much as I wanted to, but it was still a solid read with some enjoyable elements.

Thank you so much NetGalley and Penguin Teen for the review copy in exchange for my honest review!

•𝗧𝗪/𝗖𝗪: Alcohol, Grief, Death, Cancer, Car Accident, Medical Content

Arnold is on my list of authors that I try over and over again to "get" and I never do. What a stellar cover and title to pull me in and the idea of time hopping and epic romance is also inviting-- I'm a Lovely War and The Time Traveler's Wife and An Arrow to the Moon.

Yet, this fell flat because it was ostentatious for a teen novel. I didn't vibe with the writing or the concept though it was marked accordingly that I knew where characters were in time/space however I didn't know why I needed to know these characters because there wasn't enough exposition.

Overall, a 3/5 stars

What drew me to this book was not ultimately what kept me reading. The description discusses a soulmate plot line that was the reason i wanted to read the book — I am a sucker for soulmate novels. However, I feel like the soulmate aspect of the book was underrepresented in the prose, I found myself more interested in the present day rather than the past. The switching between timelines were very muddled and I felt like the “full circle” moment that I was wanting to happen, some discovery that they were always meant to be connected, a big “will what happen in the past happen again” never came to fruition.

I think the execution of the novel was the weak point for [me](http://me.as) since I didn’t have an interest in anything aside from the present day, which is where I realized that I wasn’t fully enjoying the book.

Definitely do think the writing and the two main characters were a standout and will consider reading from the author in the future!

This one was cute. Thank you for a gifted copy in exchange for a review.

I liked the concept but was a little confused in spots.

I would recommend this for fans of They Both Die in the End.

This was such a slow read. I could not get into it and it dragged. Didn’t DNF but unfortunately probably should have. I think the premise has promise but this book was not for me.

Emotional and well written. I loved the premise. Following Shosh and Evan and their relationships throughout different timelines was beautifully done if not a bit slow.
I am not always the biggest fan of dual POVs or timehopping within a story but this does seem to accomplish this in a way that isn't frustrating.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I was really excited for this book because I love past life stories, but this one just wasn't for me. If I put my expectations aside, it's creative, for sure. I just felt like instead of focusing on the unique love stories of each life, it was very death-focused. So, if you're expecting more romance, this isn't it. It's more tragic and a bit depressing.

I loved the concept for this book and had hoped that more of it would take place in Alaska, this land of wonder and mystery. But it didn't. While the writing was at times lyrical and poignant, I felt some passages confusing and mysterious just for the sake of being mysterious. Connecting to the characters was also very difficult. Evan was very sweet and he was the character I cared about the most. The way he loved his family was so genuine and unselfish and relatable. Shosh was completely different. She felt like a manic pixie dream girl who was suffering through a tragedy, but all I felt was pity for her. The way Evan described her, how he interacted with her, was like he was interacting with a magical creature. But she didn't feel magical. She felt like a grieving teenager who made poor decisions. The snippets of the past lives didn't aid the story. Evan and Shosh didn't remember these moments so I didn't care when I came upon them. Everything felt coincidental instead of fated. This one wasn't for me.

Love the cover of this book! The book was just as beautiful. I love the build up to getting introduced to the characters. Shosh and Evan are both dealing with their own trauma and feelings and I love how they are brought together. Beautiful book.

Even and Shosh are two teens who are experiencing very hard situations. They have endured immense losses in their lives and are struggling on how to move forward. Both Evan and Shosh hear music and singing that no else seems to. When they meet, the world finally seems to click in place for them.

The idea of reincarnation is so fascinating to me. This book follows Evan and Shosh in the present but we also have glimpses of them in past lives where they have found each other as different people in different places. The topics in this book are very heavy such as death of a loved one, alcohol abuse, mental health. There is a lot of grief in this story but at the same time it's full of hope and beauty.

This book was absolutely stunning. I spent the entire book rooting for Shosh and Evan, watching them fall for each other time and again in different lifetimes. The prose was gorgeous and the story was romantic and hopeful. Highly recommend!

If you love moving stories about death, grief, soulmates, and what it means to live a life, you’d love this. This is one of the most moving stories I’ve ever read and I don’t think I’ll forget it anytime soon.
It’s a story of magical realism, with us as the readers being led through multiple stories across time, all of different people, but of only two souls. First, if you like history, you’d like this. The story gives glimpses of how the same souls live lives in different cultures and in different time periods.
Shosh and Evan were both super complicated and interesting characters. Shosh felt straight out of a John Hughes movie while Evan felt like the filmmaker behind the scenes. They mirrored each other in a lot of ways, starting the book out in complicated situations with alcohol, but having different motivations and outcomes. They did feel like two people separated over and over again throughout time, but their time together is somehow healing and full of happiness in spite of the world around them.
I also loved the complexities of their families. Both Shosh and Evan have complicated connections with their families and I found each other individual stories really interesting.
My only issue with the book is that it felt a little unfinished with having spent so much time on their families and the past lives and not much on Shosh and Evan themselves, but I also think that was intentional, as it kind of shows that their story won’t ever truly be finished because even when separated in time and space, they always manage to find each other, no matter how brief.

it was definitely an interesting read, but i think it might not have been for me

i liked the layout of the story - the dual povs of evan and shosh, but then also the little snippets of other love stories which were connected to evan and shosh's - that was really unique, and i enjoyed the literary, stylistic choice of having those in the book.

i also liked the character arcs of evan and shosh; seeing them deal with different hardships - shosh with her grief, evan with his need to protect his family - while being unknowingly connected through a mystical songwriter was really interesting, and i enjoyed how their stories came together and how they ended up helping each other.

however, i did find the story's pacing to be slow for my taste, and parts of it left me feeling confused.

this book was quite different from what i normally read, but i had a fun time trying something new!

It was an okay read. Although the pacing was uneven, their relationship develop is quite rush and how it executed should have been better.

Thank you to Netgalley for the advance review copy.

David Arnold sees humanity in a way no one else does, and it's beautiful. The writing is exquisite and the way all the stories seamlessly tie together is astonishing. I loved every moment of this. I loved watching the characters slowly heal over time. This was a story about loss, grief, and love, and those are my favorite stories. It's hard describing a book that has impacted you so much, but simply put, this is the story of my soul.

Oh this one was sad but in that heartstrings pulling kind of good way. Some heavy topics to cover. Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for this copy for read and review

This book was everything. I was hooked from the first paragraph (Evan, I want to bottle you up), and it only got better from there. The vernacular was sparkling. This story and its words had me perpetually smiling from ear to ear, my heart swelling to a ridiculous size. It’s young adult, yes, but feels so grown up. It was smart, witty, and sharp. Existentially thoughtful and widely intelligent. Sweet innocence and pure joy. It focuses on the little moments, the quiet moments that breathe life into our souls. That make life better. All through the lens of grief and loss and life’s general hardships and unfairness. Every character is navigating their way through life in the aftermath of some kind of heartache. And then there's the love story that surpasses space and time.

This entire book resonated so much with me. It made me think and ponder and reread sections and look things up in the best kind of way. I sat staring at the last page for several minutes after finishing confused with how my life was supposed to just move on from this story. “And how!”

If I could dive into those Taft family moments and live there forever with Evan and Will, I would. If I could get a whole other book between the Glacier Bay and Lofoten Islands chapters, I would eat it up and tuck it away safely in my heart, forevermore. This book was so beautiful.

My only criticism is wanting more out of the ending. More time with Evan and Shosh. More time with Evan and Will. Just more of their story. More of their moments. More of their wit and banter and meaningfulness.

“My heart glows to you.”
“I will find you.”

Thank you Penguin Teen for the early copy!