I couldn’t get into this one. I’m bored. I think this is one of those YA books that’s better if you’re actually in high school. It was just too angsty for me. DNF but it may very be that I am just not the intended audience so take this review with a grain of salt.

Told in dual timelines, debut author Jennie Wexler delivers a heartbreaking and hopeful novel about missed opportunities, second chances, and all the paths that lead us to where we are (From the story blurb).
These story was totally unexpected, What would to happen if the flip of a coin determined the outcome of your life? Ms Wexler presents two outcomes to a flip of a coin without a clear outcome. Each timeline is presented with a differing course and made it feel like two books in one. The stories are told through Stevie, Shane and Drew who narrate to us their stories of heartbreak, youth and uncertainty. I really enjoyed the flow of the story but was underwhelmed with the ending. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers. All opinions are my own.

Received a digital ARC of this book via NetGalley. Omg need tissues with this book. This was a rollercoaster with emotions. This is my second book ever of shifting timelines. My heart always hopes it ends with the better ending. But that’s life sometimes with the terrible, heartbreak. This was so beautifully written.

I love a good parallel timeline, but the instalove in this one was a little much. The boys decide they're both in love with Stevie within moments of meeting her and decide to flip a coin for her so she doesn't come between them? Like she's a thing that they can pass back and forth or make choices for? It's really strange and just doesn't work.
It truly is an interesting way to tell a story though, and I commend the author for the style choices she made.

*Arc provided by Netgalley and Wednesday Books in exchange for an honest review.*

I don't know what I thought Where It All Lands was going to be, but it definitely wasn't what I thought. From the cover you'd like this is a book about a super awkward love triangle. A nice easy feel good story. The premise of this book is two best friends Drew and Shane flip a coin to see who will ask out new girl Stevie. While we can all agree flipping a coin for a girl is cringey it's meant as a metaphor for the decisions we make and how small things can change everything.

The story is told in three parts with the final part broken into an additional two. How the story would play out if Drew won the toss, and how the story would play out if Shane won, concluding in the aftermath of both choices. I'm honestly still not entirely sure how this book ended, but I think that's the point. You as the reader get to choose which path is the universe you want to live in.

Love an alternating/dual timeline. Love an unconventional love triangle. It's a book about choices and friendships and love.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for providing me with this book. All thoughts are my own.

This book intrigue me and i was grip in the love stories. This book takes in another life to the next level and show us what would of happen in another life for our main characters. This is a love triangle that works for me. I was a little confused when the switch between the two worlds? timelines? idk but i did enjoy this read.

Perfection -- a book about possibilities and how they seem so vast when you're in high school. The different character POVs lend so much dimension to the story, you want to read again as soon as you've finished to see what you didn't catch the first read through.

I think I went into this book with different expectations. Even though I did enjoy it, there was a lot more sadness/ issues/ tragedy when I kind of went into it thinking cutesy coming of age YA.

With that being said it was still a well written book with intriguing characters just wish we got more of them. The dual timelines were unique and awesome in showing how the story could have been different. I think multiple people will adore this, however, I just think my YA standards are becoming too high for myself.

This overall was a 3 star read for me and took me awhile to get to as I was putting it off.

Thank you so much to @WednesdayBooks & @NetGalley for giving me this eARC in exchange for my honest and unbiased review (Release Date | 06 July 2021)

SYNOPSIS | Stevie starts a new school & immediately meets a pair of best friends (Drew & Shane) who both decide that they want to date her. In order to settle who gets to ask her out, they decide to do a coin toss. The story follows two realities where each of them won.

WHAT I LIKED:
- I am a sucker for a good alternate reality story
- that it starts with a tragedy
- the story felt like two novellas

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
- the constant "good" music references
- insta love *sigh* I despise it
- Drew & Shane's friendship is completely overshadowed by the focus of each of their romances with Stevie
- the continued reference to absent parents
- I honestly don't think tossing a coin to choose who gets to ask her out is that bad of a conflict...

. Not your typical new girl in school story
. Twisty
. Parallel timelines that aren’t repetitious
. Kind of not a love triangle
. Famous father

Thank you to NetGalley, St Martin's Press and Wednesday Books for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I was not expecting to like this book this much. Dual timelines can sometimes be tricky to pull off (though I do really like the trope a lot), and Wexler did a very, very good job here. I liked that you got the one side of the story—to a point, then another side of the story—to the same point, and then a conclusion about each that played out differently. While I’ll admit that the final part with alternating chapters was not my favourite way to end this beautiful story, I’m not sure how else she could have done it.

The characters are all people that I could have easily gone to high school with: the new girl who moves around a lot and doesn’t make friends easily because her guard is up, the popular kid who isn’t uber-popular but has a broken home that gives him another dimension, and the music nerd who lives and breathes it to a point where some people can’t relate to him. Though I could have done without the father-child relationship issues for all three characters (there was… a lot of it), the story seemed believable, which I always appreciate with YA—sometimes I feel like parents aren’t parenting and let their teens get away with a lot.

It’s interesting because you fall in love with Drew and Stevie, then you fall in love with Shane and Stevie, and then you’re left a blubbering mess by the end of it. It didn’t go how I thought it would in the slightest, but it was so worth it. If you’re a music-lover, too, you’ll get a kick out of Shane. Definitely recommend.

4.5 STARS

I enjoyed this book. It's an intriguing story of a love triangle between three music prodigies that's hopeful and heartbreaking at the same time. The dual timelines provide and interesting perspective that explores the what ifs and shows how even the smallest decisions can impact one's life. It made me think, it made me feel and it will never allow me to look at a coin the same way.

Thanks to St. Martin's and NetGalley for a copy to review.

This book was a beautiful and emotional YA filled with deep emotions and strong connections. But plot was set in parallel timelines and really intriguing. There is a love triangle, which I always struggle with especially in YA. Ending is bittersweet. Lots of emotions and well written!

Dang, I'm torn. I think this book is ultimately pretty average, as far as books and plots go. But also...I friggin' loved Shane. The concept of dual timelines is an interesting one, for sure. I don't know how I feel about it, though? Especially considering the way the book begins. And then you're left assuming it happens through both of the timelines. But basically this book kind of takes a play on the butterfly affect, where one tiny change snowballs into a huge change later on. And the differences in each reality are monumental to the people involved.

But, honestly...I don't know if that plot point was even all that necessary for the book to be good. I almost wish that it wasn't there? I enjoyed the concept, of course, but I also found myself liking things about one timeline better than they happened in the other timeline. But then, of course, you get the horrible ending in that one. So, eh...torn.

The ripple effect of a coin flip, that is what Where it All Lands. What would have happened if there other person won?

This is an original format to me for an author to use for a “what if” situation. Stevie is new in town and best friends flip a coin to determine which of the two would be able to ask her out. I loved how the author split up the two different stories in to part of the book. I fell in love with the couple in the first part. Then part two started and I was rooting for the other guy. What a great job messing with my feelings!

I got a bit confused at the end when the sections for Heads v Tails were shorter. I kept losing track of which story line I was in. Probably my only complaint. Both sides of the coin brough tears to my eyes. The strength of young love makes me overly emotional

4.5 stars – Rounding to 5 for Goodreads

Thank you to @netgalley and @stmartinspress for a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

A super interesting premise. Wexler does a deft job of writing two sides of the same story, asking “what if” and how a single decision can affect entire lives.

More importantly though, all three protagonists are rich and realized. They are flawed, they are hurting, and they are hopeful. A story like this has the risk of turning into an overdone love triangle. But Stevie, Shane and Drew are set apart by their dimension and depth of character. .

This took me on a whirl wind of emotions. Love triangles aren’t usually my thing but this was done well. This was such a feel good book.

Okay so I DNF'ed this book. I just didn't enjoy it and I felt that the characters were really unlikable, and I didn't like the whole fighting over a girl the whole book. And while I sometimes like the duel time period situation like in Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid, I felt like this one wasn't executed well, and I just didn't find myself enjoying it.

I was looking forward to Where It All Lands based on the description -- I was interested to see how the author would play with time and the Sliding Doors style setup. Unfortunately, the author fails to do anything interesting with the format, instead serving up two repetitive novellas that tie together at the beginning and end.

The writing is overly littered with details which, rather than making the story feel grounded in reality, make it hard to follow and left me wanting to skim rather than read properly. An interesting premise that sadly did not work.

I received an advance copy from Wednesday Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.