I loved this book. It's beautifully written and is an amazing sequel to an amazing book! I was not really sure what to expect when I heard that Rachel Solomon was writing another Rowan and Neil book. The first book is so wonderfully unique, full of friendship, warm summer nights, and love. A fabulous read, but I, like others, was also curious how this story would play out in the long run. This book, the second one, solved all my burning questions.

I said it before but I'll say it again, this book was so beautifully written. I could feel Neil and Rowan's pain at being separated and their joy when they were together. Rachel Solomon did such a good job of writing the amazing bond Rowan and Neil share. Whether they are together or apart, their love for each other just flows right off the page. You cant help but cheer for them, feel their sorrows, and their happiness. It was really interesting to read about their long distance relationship and how they navigate it. I loved how both characters are exploring two different cities and, at the same time, their own identities. The book touched on several important topics- mental health, relationships, and starting in a new place. Not only was this book romantic and swoony, it was also emotional and compelling. I couldn't get enough of this story, and am so glad I got to read it!

They confessed their feelings on the last day of high school. Once sworn enemies, the two become a couple. They spend the whole summer together, but soon it's time for them to go to college. Rowan is heading to Boston to study writing and Neil is headed t0 NYU. Their relationship now becomes long distance and soon the miles between Boston and New York seem infinite. Over phone calls, weekend getaways, and school breaks the two continue to see each other. But being miles away from each other is bound to take a toll on their relationship. Does absence really make the heart grow fonder? What does the next chapter look like for Rowan and Neil?

Overall, loved this book- perfect, absolutely AMAZING! Emotional, compelling, truly beautiful. Thank you to Net Galley and Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing for giving me the opportunity to read this amazing book!

the sequel we all needed!!! absolutely amazing to return to these characters and see how they navigate life in college and their relationship i love u neil for forever!!

although slow to get its bearings, ppf felt like a warm hug. a very very real portrayal of what it feels like to be a freshman at college in an entirely new environment! getting to see rowan and neil’s story develop further was so lovely and a must read if you loved ttt like me!!! although i will admit that this book needed more seattle… i loved ttt because of all the seattle references (as i am from seattle and go to uni in seattle) and i needed more … but i get it. we all must leave at one point.

4.5 stars because ttt got 5 and it is not /as/ good as ttt but definitely worth the read. they are just so special to me.

READ IF YOU: have read ttt, interested in the “what happens after the happily ever after”, like the academic rivals to lovers dynamic, enjoy college aus

a huge thank you to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley / RLS’s agent who responded to my email for the arc!! preorder this book or buy it when it comes out on june 4th :)

What happens after happily ever after? That’s the question Rachel Lynn Solomon attempts to answer with this sequel to Today Tonight Tomorrow. Rowan and Neil had a whirlwind day together on the last day of school, but what now? Will their newfound love survive the long distance of college in two different cities? Told through their alternating perspectives, Rowan and Neil navigate college life and each other as they are no longer rivals at the top of their class. While the college experience portrayed by Solomon is genuine, it was just kind of boring. Rowan’s writer’s block, which is ironically heavily explained over several pages and chapters, is especially monotonous. Neil’s mental health struggles and his storyline with his father were interesting but occurred near the end and wasn’t explored on the page nearly enough. Today Tonight Tomorrow was fun, but sometimes what happens after happily ever after is just boring real life that doesn’t need a book dedicated to it.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this title from NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

“We gave the speeches the characters deliver in all my romance novels. The declarations of love. Period, underlined, THE END in big bold letters.
What comes after that?”
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We fell in love with Rowan and Neil as they fell in love with one another in twenty-fours the night of graduation. Now it’s the end of summer and they’re still in love, but are headed to NYC and Boston, each pursuing their own dreams. What comes next is the hardest year either has experienced before. They’ll need to rely on their friends, family, each other and themselves now more than ever. Can they make it out of their first college year still together?
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I’m writing this with tears down my face. The sequel to Today Tonight and Tomorrow was everything I wanted and more. It was so authentic, real, messy—both heartbreaking and uplifting. I would categorize this one more on the New Adult side since the characters are older now, in college, and have more mature experiences so for high school readers and above. I can’t wait for fans of @rlynn_solomon to love Rowan and Neil even more when this book releases June 4.

CW: mental health issues, depression, prison, alcohol, domestic abuse (recounted), alcoholism, panic attacks, vomit

Rowan and Neil’s relationship has been ever evolving. They’ve gone from academic rivals to lovers after they worked together to win their high school’s senior game of Howl. Now they are long- distance dating and finding it an extremely difficult situation to deal with. Rowan’s struggles with writer’s block and Neil’s struggles with depression and an incarcerated father that refuses to leave him alone. Despite that, they both feel that they are destined to be together forever- it will just take a lot of effort to stay together as they continue to grow and change as adults. This story talks a lot about how communication is extremely important for all relationships- familial, friendships and romantic relationships. It does have an epilogue, so the author does bring Rowan and Neil’s story to a close.

Rachel Lynn Solomon has become one of my favorite Authors. And I was hooked into this book from the moment I started reading. It was a great story and great character development and I just loved it. I cannot wait to share this book with my patrons at the library!

#NetGalleyARC Yet another great YA read with realistic and relatable characters. I enjoyed this book so much. No spoilers but the way that the author handled the difficulty if starting college, being on your own, and long distance relationships was perfect.

Sequels now feel more and more like money grabs. I enjoyed this book, but it didn't necessarily feel needed? I was content with how our story with Neil and Rowan end in the first book. I enjoyed this book of seeing them grow more in their first year of college. However, I feel like the author could've just given us these key moments in the book as bonus chapters or something? Overall, cute read. But I would say the first book stands on it own as well

Thank you so, so much NetGalley for the arc of this book! I feel so incredibly lucky!!

I love Today, Tonight, Tomorrow so incredibly much but this one just hit even harder for me and I think I loved it even more. I loved the development of the plot and characters and how real it all feels. I got super emotional at the end because I just feel so attached to this story. I highly recommend this to anyone who loved book one!!! You won’t be disappointed!

I really loved reading Today tonight Tomorrow, but wanted to know what happened with Rowan and Neil! This book gave more romance, more relatable life events, and the closure we all needed for the couple!

I was absolutely thrilled to return to Rowan and Neil's world in this sequel to Today Tonight Tomorrow (one of my favorite books). I truly enjoyed Past Present Future and couldn't put it down. It is a bit darker and more serious than TTT—also, more grown-up—but it felt fitting for a book about navigating a long-distance relationship while starting college on the other side of the country. I liked the alternating perspective chapters, as well as the little non-narrative bonuses at the end of each chapter (excerpts from text messages, a piece of Rowan's writing, etc.). It was fun getting to know the characters better, especially Neil, and I'm so glad Rachel Lynn Solomon wrote another piece of their story. Four stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this look into Rowan and Neil's continued relationship.
I liked the look into mental health and finding your place in the world as you start a new chapter. In this case these two characters starting college and figuring out how they fit into each other's worlds still.
I think older teens will enjoy continuing on this journey with these characters.
Solomon's writing is wonderful and engaging as always.

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC.

My sweet babies finding their way in the world. I was so emotional reading this book and had to take breaks because 1. I didn't want it to be over and 2. it was so incredibly real
Rowan and Neil are at separate colleges, in NY and Boston, and each of them has their own sets of struggles. While Rowan is struggling with fitting in and her classes, Neil is flourising with new friends but is also struggling with his direction. Each of them has to find out who they are on their own so that they can be what they need together. Long distance is hard and love doesn't always conquer all. It is work, it is communication and it is being open with one another. Which, it seems, is a big struggle for my favorite couple. I look back to when I was a freshman in college and the same struggles I had are what I am reading about with these two and it just felt so relatable but I am glad the two of them were more mature and the love they had was able to pull them through.
I knew going in that there would be struggles and this book isn't as light as TTT, but the butterflies I felt when the two of them connected were still flying high. I will always love Rowan and Neil and they will always be endgame.
Thank you SO MUCH to SimonTeen, Netgalley and Rachel Lynn Solomon for an early copy.

Neil and Rowan were one of those couples I read about and assumed they’d live happily-ever-after. There was even a brief confirmation that things were going in that direction for Seattle’s cutest-ever teenage love story in Solomon’s We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This.

But years later, I was one of the many begging for a sequel, an update on where they are now. After recommending T3 to so many friends, and comparing dozens of YA love stories to Rowan’s and Neil’s I could never quite shake the adoration I felt for this particularly special love story created by Solomon.

And thankfully… we finally learned what happened to our favorite wholesome, intelligent, fierce, and so-in-love couple after the events of Howler.

To say that this is worth the wait is an understatement. What Solomon delivers to us is a realistic look at what happens when first love, REAL first love, experiences its first dose of reality. When the love bubble bursts, do we still love the one we’re with, in all circumstances that life takes us down, or do we accept that we (along with our circumstances) have changed, and agree that walking away is best?
I’d like to keep what I say relatively spoiler-free, because I know how special T3 was to so many people, and I want everyone to have the experience of falling back in love with the world Rowan and Neil live in for themselves, without knowing what comes next.

But I’ll say this:

With the same magic that T3 has embedded in our hopelessly romantic bones, Past, Present, Future takes readers on an emotional, adorable, and mildly spicy (!) journey over the course of a year in Rowan’s and Neil’s lives. It’s just as magical, with a few unexpected bumps in the road that might leave you teary-eyed… but knowing that Solomon loves them as much as we do, don’t worry.

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon Schuster Teen for an ARC of this highly-anticipated book in exchange for my honest review. And thank you to Rachel for giving us just a little more of Rowan’s and Neil’s story!

Now that Rowan and Neil have been dating through the summer, they must face their next challenge: college. With Rowan in Boston and Neil in New York, these two find out what HEA looks like in a long distance relationship. I LOVED Today, Tonight, Tomorrow and I couldn't believe it when I found out there was going to be a sequel. I think the characters are very well rounded and they have such a natural chemistry together. I think it was inevitable that I wouldn't like this one AS much but as always I think the book was so well written and portrayed being a freshman in college in a really realistic way.

I did not realize that with was a sequel. So this is the second book in the series. I think it is probably necessary to read the first book in the series.

"I have been enamored with words for much of my life, and yet no matter how deeply I root through my mental vocabulary, I cannot find the precise language to describe this feeling."

I'm sitting here trying to form coherent thoughts, and marveling at how well this quote from Neil explains me trying to write a review for Past Present Future. This book was everything I could have hoped for in a T3 sequel and more. Furthermore, it could hardly have come to me at a more perfect time – I was pretty much the exact target audience of nervous prospective college freshman moving thousands of miles from home to embark on completely new experiences. (The only difference is that I don't have to worry about maintaining a long distance relationship.)

"𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅."

Starting out strong, I love the technique of spending a chapter or two with Rowan and Neil physically together, then a couple apart in their separate POVs, then back together, etc. The book started like this at the end of their senior year summer, and continued throughout the whole novel. I feel like so many romance stories – whether contemporary, fantasy, dystopian, whatever genre – make the first book in the series amazing because the love story is newly developing, then in the second book the love interests are physically in different places with no contact for more than 70% of the book, because of plot/conflict reasons, and it's disappointing to read about. PPF does not fall into that trap of having the romance "there but not really there." It's alive, changing, developing, blossoming, and dynamic. Rowan and Neil prove that they weren't just infatuated due to Howl at the end of T3, but truly were made for each other, and made to last. I love them with my whole heart.

"𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕."

Rachel Lynn Solomon has never been shy about her depictions of mental health (or lack thereof) in her characters' lives, but PPF brings it to another level. I wanted to hug Neil so badly – but it was also so beautiful to watch him work through the things he was dealing with and come to a place of healing. And also take it a step further, and decide to go into a different field than the originally planned one that was so closely entwined with his identity in order to help people through their own struggles. If you can feel proud of a fictional character, I definitely am of him. Although I will say, make sure you're in the right headspace before picking this up. I appreciated reading about characters going through similar experiences to myself, but sometimes the very realistic portrayal of their college anxieties hit a little too close to home for comfort, bringing to the surface things I try not to worry about on a daily basis.

"𝑰’𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒔𝒌𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌."

I also really enjoyed gaining insight into Neil and Natalie's relationship the way there wasn't time to do in T3. She's an important part of Neil's struggle with his dad, but also just watching them tease and have fun with each other. Texting each other from across the country. Having deep and meaningful conversations. I want a Natalie spinoff book with Neil and Rowan cheering her on from afar. Please?

It was so beautiful to watch both Neil and Rowan growing into their new environments and forming connections outside each other as well. I especially loved their relationships with Skyler and Miranda. Watching them give and receive encouragement freely and the impact that it had on them made my heart so happy.

This book was the perfect end to Neil and Rowan's story – and like Neil says, "the very best parts [of a romance novel] happen after the book is over. And that's where we begin." So with that, I'm going to let them enjoy their happily ever after, and go cry about how happy I am this duology exists.

"Past Present Future" continues the story of Rowan and Neil from "Today Tonight Tomorrow," exploring their long-distance relationship during their first year of college. While I enjoyed revisiting these characters, I found the sequel lacking the spark and urgency that made the first book so engaging.

One aspect I appreciated was the addition of Neil's point of view, which added depth to his character, especially in his struggles with mental health. Solomon's writing remains strong, capturing the complexities of young love and the challenges of transitioning to adulthood.

However, I felt that the change in setting and the introduction of more mature themes, including sexual content, shifted the book away from its original YA audience into more of a New Adult category. This shift, coupled with a slower pace and less defined narrative arc compared to the first book, left me somewhat disappointed.

Overall, "Past Present Future" is a decent sequel that delves into the complexities of relationships and personal growth. However, I can't help but feel that it was an unnecessary addition to what was a perfectly fine and enjoyable standalone novel.

This was the perfect ending to Neil and Rowan’s story. I missed these characters so much, I hadn’t even realized. The first book was sweet & this was the best outcome for it. Please do yourself a favor and pick this up