I really wanted to love this book, but I have mixed feelings about it. I was intrigued by its gimmick of looking into the future, but it turned out to be just a gimmick. The main character does not seem to learn any lessons in this book until the very end. She's self-absorbed and makes destructive decisions. Her love interest, Truman, is too good for her. He is smart, thoughtful, and going places. She seems to just bring him down. I appreciate what the author is trying to do here, but the book seems to try to be many things. There's a story here about a suicidal teen as well, and I don't think it's handled with as much complexity as it could/should be. I can see the author TRYING, but because the main character is so so so self-involved, the story with the suicidal teen does not get enough attention. In the author note's I read that she an editor considered it a rom-com. For me, there is very little comedy in this book. The romance is there, sure, but it happens quite suddenly from hate to love, and I can't figure out what Truman loves about Skyler. I'm not even sure Skyler knows what Truman loves about her. I really tried. I tried so hard with this book, but it just didn't do it for me.

A thought provoking novel about friendship, first love, and fate.

I was grateful for the opportunity to review an e-arc of this book. There are strong themes about life and choices portrayed throughout this story. The author does an excellent job balancing encouragement to live in the moment, but also shows the value of considering the future impacts of current decisions. This offered food for thought for readers of all ages, and will be particularly poignant for teen readers facing big life decisions.

Additionally, the characters were interesting and well developed, while the mystery surrounding the "future" they can see kept the pace moving quite briskly. The story does cover quite a bit of territory, focusing on a variety of subplots. This offered an aspect of realism that was appreciated - the sense of a world outside the love story. However I would have liked a little more time at the conclusion to see these individual stories wrapped up.

All in all, this offered a strong contemporary YA novel with a splash of speculative elements.

Review will be published to Goodreads on 7/1/2020