After falling for each other in just 24 hours, Neil and Rowan are now embarking on a long distance relationship for their first year of college. Rowan finds herself in Boston, ready to write the next great romance novel. Despite finally actually being in love, she can’t seem to find her writing voice.

Neil is in New York, finding himself in a new friend group and settling into college life. But his past keeps haunting him, bringing to light new things about his mental health. Will Neil and Rowan be able to make it work? Or will the first year of college find them growing apart?

Thanks to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for an advanced copy of Past Present Future to review! Today Tonight Tomorrow was a fun rivals to lovers story, and it’s cool to see how their relationship changes into the future.

This book covers Neil and Rowan’s entire first year at college, and all of their fears and anxieties felt so realistic. A lot of teenagers have so many insecurities going into college, especially when it comes to choosing a major. There’s so much pressure to get it right, and Neil and Rowan definitely feel that throughout the book.

Their relationship also felt pretty realistic to a first year of college relationship. They really hadn’t been dating all that long before going off to college, but they had spent years being rivals. Throughout the story, they have to learn how to communicate; not just because of the distance, but because their relationship also moves into new territory, both physically and emotionally. A lot of the situations they find themselves in will be relatable to teens also moving into college while in a relationship.

In addition to the romance, Neil makes some important discoveries about mental health, and the representation of that felt pretty well done to me. He learns how to cope with it, and Rowan gives him the space to do so.

The side cast of characters is also fantastic; the new people they both meet in college are so fun. If you’re looking for a good romance to start off your summer, definitely check this one out!

I felt the same about this book as. I do about many years-later follow up stories: I liked it, but I didn't need it. I reread T3 just before reading this book, and I remembered how much I liked it. I discovered I liked the aspect of Howl and how much it drove the plot of T3. While this book is realistic, I still don't know how much I really needed to read it.

However, will always read everything RLS writes, no shame.

Thanks, NetGalley!

this book… yeah it’s phenomenal

i’m so emotional because rowan and neil mean so much to me and although i never expected a sequel, this was PERFECT! a gift truly. i love love loveee rachel lynn solomon. she’s just heaven sent in the reader space and writing this book just solidifies that.

this book explores rowan and neil in college, still very much in love (thank goodness) and navigating college. and i really appreciate how real it felt with the feeling of not being completely comfortable right away and just the awkwardness of going to a new school in a town you’ve never known before. i 100% related to that my college experience was very similar to neil’s! and everything that neil went through internally was also very relatable to me. i found myself nodding, and tearing up during his scenes with self discovery of his mental health.

rowan is my princess, and her experience also mirrored mine in more ways that one. i just loved reading in her POV and getting inside her mind. the text messages between rowan and neil were some of my favorite moments in the books. they’re just everything.

and that epilogue:,) yeah. i’m a very happy camper. i love this duet so much. thank you rachel for choosing to write and allowing the world to read it.

For anyone who has ever experienced college while in a long-distance relationship, this book will speak to your soul.

📚 Past Present Future
✍ Rachel Lynn Solomon
📖 YA Romance
⭐4.5/5
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➡ Three whirlwind months after their final day of high school and the night that changed everything, Rowan and Neil are headed to separate schools on the east coast. Past Present Future follows them both through their first year of college as they navigate new cities, successes, failures and struggle to find their people on campus while figuring out how to be with each other without actually being with each other. Neil struggles when his academic path seems blurrier than it once was and moving on from parts of his past he thought he'd left behind. Meanwhile, Rowan battles her first case of writer's block and finding her people. Still deeply in love, they'll have to learn to be there for each other in a new way or risk a future that could have been.
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🙏 Thank you to Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, NetGalley and the author for the advanced copy of Past Present Future. All opinions are my own.
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🎯 What I loved: Beyond being so incredibly relatable, this book was such a gratifying continuation of Rowan and Neil's story. If you fell in love with their personalities and rivals to lovers relationship in Today Tonight Tomorrow, you'll love the way Solomon has crafted this dual POV, freshman year of college sequel. Like most people who transition to a college far away from home, both Rowan and Neil experience challenges finding their footing- both academically and socially- while figuring out how to be in a long-distance relationship. The highs and lows of their first year were raw and hopeful and my heart both ached and soared for Rowan & Neil throughout the story. These characters are so brilliantly crafted that in addition to entrancing readers with their obvious adoration of each other, Solomon is able to highlight heavier issues like financial inequities in relationships, mental health stigmas and gender stereotypes too. Her writing is seamless and interesting and she brings as much zest to her descriptions of NYC and Boston as she did to Seattle in TTT. Like her characters, their challenges have matured and PPF is a bit steamier (as Rowan and Neil figure out how to navigate a physical relationship amidst distance) but every scene is crafted beautifully and this was a perfect next step in their story.
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Read if you love:
*books where the characters start together and are challenged to stay together
*college relationships
*authentic mental health rep
*meta-writing (writing about writing)
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See also: Till There was You, The Summer Girl, Betting on You

Rowan and Neil made their charming debut in Today Tonight Tomorrow and after a magical summer together, they are now embarking on a long-distance relationship.

After moving across the country to attend colleges on the East Coast, Rowan and Neil know they love each other, but everything else feels more than a little uncertain. They live four hours apart, college is not everything they dreamed it would be, and long distance is harder than either expected.

Rowan and Neil are determined to prove that their love can withstand all obstacles, but they must first learn to navigate the complexities of first love, homesickness, and familial trauma.

I adored Rowan and Neil’s story and although I may sound greedy, I hope we get to see more of them in the future.

I liked this story. The dual point of view was fantastic and made me enjoy Neil.
This story gave a realistic view of what a long-distance relationship can be like. I didn't have a boyfriend heading to college, so I’m unsure how that would make your college experience different, but I can only imagine it's super tough to experience. But some of these moments hit home. You get a good feeling of what the beginning of college feels like with the newness of everything and the excitement. However, there is also uncertainty about things and who you can become. I thought the struggle with mental health issues was handled well and in a realistic way.
It felt more like a novella than a complete book as I read. There were times when I thought it could have been shorter. I also skimmed through this book at times to get closer to the end and see what happened.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC!

I loved Today, Tonight, Tomorrow, so I was excited when I received this sequel. However, I was left feeling underwhelmed and decided that this could have been a novella. While Solomon's writing style remains engaging and her exploration of a long distance relationship between Rowan and Neil, the execution of this novel fell short of my expectations.

I also recognize that I am not really the target audience for this book, so I think YA readers will really enjoy this!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC!

Sometimes when you really like a story, you worry about a sequel ruining that feeling. Other times, the sequel makes the characters and the story shine in a whole new way.
I really enjoyed the rest of the story of these two. The dual point of view was fantastic. I adore Neil.
I thought this was a really realistic view of what a long distance relationship is like, what the beginning of college feels like, and the struggle of mental health issues. All three of which I have experienced myself.

While I do believe that the first book is firmly YA, I do believe that this should be labeled as New Adult.

This book will be posted about on my bookstagram account @bookish_starry_skies , but as a rule follower like Neil, we were asked to wait until a month before publication, so I will do that! Thank you Netgalley, Simon and Schuester, and the lovely Rachel Lynn Solomon for this eARC.

I was so excited to see Neil and Rowan tackle college and their long-distance relationship! To be small fish in a bigger pond so to speak. It brought me back to my college days for sure, the uncomfortable re-set of your life where you have to meet new friends, live with strangers, and learn how to cope on your own. I enjoyed that we got a dual perspective considering in book one we got mostly from Rowan's point of view. Man Neil went THROUGH IT! I resonated so much with Neil and his mental health plotline. I struggled with depression and anxiety my whole life, but it wasn't until I moved away for college that I realized not everyone had those same thoughts and that I needed to tackle the issue. I also liked the difficult plot with his dad. I think it will resonate with a lot of people. Rowan's struggle with her writing and opening up after hiding that side of her for so long was a great plot point, and I love her relationship with her teacher later in the book. Finishing this book left me in all the feels!

Thanks to the publisher for the ARC in return for an honest review. This book releases 6/4!

This was kinda losing me in the middle. It kinds felt like the characters were younger than they were in the first book there was literally so much angst. But I loved the ending of this and for the most part I’m glad we got a conclusion to T3

Sequels to books that aren't intended to be series always worry me but I thought this book was even better than the first. Rowan and Neil head off to different colleges and the character development becomes so deep and murky...in the most addictive way possible. Rachel intertwines love, loneliness, hope, homesickness, desperation and insecurity so beautifully that you can't help but relate even if you don't want to...but you'll want to.

I absolutely adored Today Tonight and Tomorrow, so I was so excited going into this sequel. This book takes place right where Today Tonight Tomorrow left off and it gives us an insight of Neil and Rowan's summer together in Seattle and then their transition to college where they are having to navigate long distance due to going to different colleges.

WE LOVE DUAL POV! It was so great getting to hear Neil's POV because in the first book, it was just Rowan. I felt that I was to connect with Neil more. He is just so dorky and cute! I love that he still can't get over Rowan not laughing at his face when he professed his love to her! They both deserve the entire world.

I just didn't really love this book. It felt more like an extended/bonus epilogue that could have been condensed way more. I found myself kind of just skimming through this book because I did want to know what happened at the end. But I did appreciate the mental health representation and showing the reality of a long distance relationship. LDR is no joke and it was evident when reading their story.

I loved seeing Rowan and Neil in their new adventures, it is a very necessary book for young adults about to go into college. It addresses mental health issues and dealing with long distance relationships, as well as the struggles of adjusting to college. I recommend it for anyone who loved the first book as much as I did!

Thabk you to netgallley, the publisher, and the author for the opportunity to read and review this book before it releases. I enjoyed this continuation of Rowan and Neil's college adventures.

For a coming-of-age book with heart and romance, I loved this. I feel like the characters stayed true to who they were as people while also exploring who they are as individuals. Today Tonight Tomorrow is one of my favorite books, so it’s hard to top perfection, but this felt like the complex older sibling we didn’t know we needed.

Past Present Future, is the highly anticipated sequel to Rachel Lynn Solomon's Today Tonight Tomorrow where we follow former high school rivals and enemies Rowan and Neil as they embark on college.

After revealing their feelings for each other on the last day of senior year, Rowan and Neil are determined to make their relationship work as the two of them head to different colleges on the east coast. Neither of them have ever felt like this about another person and despite only officially being together for 3-4 months, they know that what they have is special. As Rowan heads to Emerson to follow her dreams of becoming a romance novelist she's faced with a roadblock - for the first time in her life she's unable to find her voice in her writing. She's taking the most amazing creative writing course from an author she adores, so why can't she write anything good? At NYU, Neil embraces the chaos that is New York City and ends up clicking with a group of friends faster than he anticipated. However, when pieces of his past threaten to interrupt his new life and won't leave him alone, he doesn't know how to deal with his rapidly changing mental health.

Following a year of long distance ups and downs, Rowan and Neil try the best they can to hold on to what they have while dealing with the changes a new chapter bring. For the first time ever they're on the same team and it's uncertain what the future holds for them.

I have been looking forward to this book for quite some time! Today Tonight Tomorrow had a very special place in my heart and I was so thrilled with Solomon announced she was working on a sequel for Rowan and Neil's story. Overall it felt like the book went by in a blink of an eye with just how fun and engaging it was. With each POV or chapter, I was eager on how both Rowan and Neil's independent stories in college were going to develop.

I loved Today Tonight Tomorrow. So when this came out, I was so excited but also nervous. Sometimes these follow ups are great and sometimes they aren't. This is a winner. It is exactly what we want from Neil and Rowan's relationship. It's honest and sweet and authentic and relatable. It was steamier than her usual YA but also it is necessary to show the growth in their relationship and in themselves. It was page turning and sweet and I loved it.

I recently finished "Past Present Future," the sequel to "Today Tonight Tomorrow." Having read the latter a couple of years ago, revisiting Rowen and Neil's story was a nostalgic journey. "Past Present Future" exceeded my expectations. What struck me the most was its realism; the challenges the characters face felt genuine and relatable, making their journey all the more compelling!


Thank you to netgalley and the publisher!

If you've read Today Tonight Tomorrow, you are familiar with Rowan Roth and Neil McNair. If you haven't read it, you're missing out and should pick up a copy immediately. These two characters are one of the great YA romances in literature. In Past Present Future, we pick back up at the end of the summer, when Rowan and Neil are heading to separate East Coast colleges (Emerson for her, NYU for him), and struggling with the classic long-distance relationship trope. (Speaking of tropes, this series is full of some of the best of them. Enemies to lovers, rivals to lovers, emotional scars, right person - wrong time, forced proximity, opposites attract, etc.)

One of my favorite things about this book is how realistically Rowan and Neil are written. They go through the struggles of so many teenagers before them - family issues, loneliness, making new friends, feeling unsure about themselves and their abilities - in a way that is so incredibly relatable, funny when it’s called for, and melancholy when it is not. They each alternate between feeling hopeless and hopeful, lonely and fulfilled, scared and happy, and a myriad of other emotions that anyone who has survived their teen years can understand. 

One of the greatest strengths of Rowan and Neil’s relationship is their ability to communicate. Sure, they sometimes stumble and falter, but in the end, they are both mature enough to handle what life throws at them, and come out the other side even better than before. 

I am so glad Rachel Lynn Solomon decided to write this sequel. It is beautifully written. Readers deserved a second chance to check in on these characters as individuals, and as a couple, as they begin to navigate growing up together, and apart, and boy, did Solomon deliver. Perhaps down the road there will be a round three for Rowan and Neil? We can only hope.

Thank you to NetGalley, Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, and Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Rachel Lynn Solomon is one of my favorite authors because she writes such amazing characters. I love how they always have depth and quirkiness and they find their way into your heart.

Past Present and Future is the sequel to Today Tonight and Tomorrow and it picks up Rowan and Neil’s story. They are living their separate lives at different colleges and working through all the struggles that come along with a long distance relationship.