Title: All This Time
Authors: Mikki Daughtry & Rachael Lippincott
Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers
Release Date: September 29, 2020
Pages: 336
Kyle and Kimberly have been the perfect couple all through high school, but when Kimberly breaks up with him on the night of their graduation party, Kyle’s entire world upends—literally. Their car crashes and when he awakes, he has a brain injury. Kimberly is dead. And no one in his life could possibly understand.
Until Marley. Marley is suffering from her own loss, a loss she thinks was her fault. And when their paths cross, Kyle sees in her all the unspoken things he’s feeling.
As Kyle and Marley work to heal each other’s wounds, their feelings for each other grow stronger. But Kyle can’t shake the sense that he’s headed for another crashing moment that will blow up his life as soon as he’s started to put it back together.
And he’s right.
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**Thank you so much to Edelweiss and Simon & Schuster for sending me an Advanced Reader's Copy in exchange for an honest review!**
A lot of times books are told from a girl's point of view, so I appreciated seeing the book through Kyle's eyes. He is your high school quarterback, dating the head cheerleader in high school, Kim. Your normal high school couple right?
Kyle, Sam (a guy), and Kim are best friends since childhood. Since Kyle and Kim have been dating, they've fought and broken up seven times. Even though they did break up, they eventually got back together because of Sam, the "glue” in their relationship
The night of their graduation, Kyle had a bracelet prepared to give Kim to "fix" what he did wrong that caused Kim to be distant, but Kim wants to finally break up. One person wants to make up and the other wants to break up. Ironic right? When Kim and Kyle are talking in the car, Kyle finds out that Kim wants to leave him because she thinks they both needed to be apart and see themselves for who they were as one person without each other. Kyle needed to find himself as who he was and I think he didn't realize that until the accident.
Her words catch me off guard, hitting their mark. I wince as a phantom pain radiates unexpectedly across my shoulder.
I love the character Marley. She's like your kind and caring girl-next-door. Her favorite color is yellow and she spends her time outside with nature. I love her kind and supportive character, never failing to put others in front of her, like saving a child at the park from crossing a busy road. She always looks after every kind of nature and I love that about her character.
She bends to pick up something from the ground. I get closer to see a trail of tiny dots on the path. They're baby snails, and Marley's picking them up one by one and moving them off the path.
I can't believe two authors wrote it together!
Star Rating: ★★★★☆ (4)
I haven't read Five Feet Apart, a book written by the same authors, Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott. I've heard from a lot of people that it was a great book so I had some expectations for All This Time. It didn't let me down, the plot twist took me by surprise. Maybe because I was trying so hard to finish it, I didn't realize what the authors could have done. It definitely made the book more interesting to read.
The plot did move fast, a year had gone by when I was about 70% done with the book. The first part of Kyle's recovery journey was a little slow to start, but I didn't realize time had passed so quickly after he met Marley.
Can we all stop for a second and stare at the cover? It's so pretty! Whoever did the artwork did an excellent job with it.
Want to know the plot twist to this modern-day fairytale? Continue reading to find out more about Marley and Kyle's journey towards healing and happiness. Happy reading!
In the story, Kyle had to undergo a procedure called a craniotomy, where the part of the skull is removed in order to reach inside the skull. After surgery, the piece taken out is immediately placed back into the skull. In a craniectomy, the part of the skull taken out isn't immediately placed back into the head after surgery. This is because when part of the skull is removed, it gives room for the brain to swell and relieve the pressure inside the head.
About the Authors
Mikki Daughtry graduated from Brenau University, where she studied theatre arts. She is a screenwriter and novelist living in Los Angeles and is one of the authors of the New York Times #1 bestseller Five Feet Apart. When she’s not writing, she is watching old black and white movies, listening to Doris Day on repeat, or reading ancient Greek plays. The classics. Always.
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