Skyler Finch doesn't like Truman Alexander. She thinks he's annoying. Plus, she already has a boyfriend, Eli. That sounds pretty much like every other YA enemies to lovers story. What makes this unique is that Skyler starts getting weird notifications that seem to be from the future. A future where she and Truman are together, ten years in the future.

I liked the book. I thought that the premise/plot was super interesting. It was an interesting sci-fi/magical realism touch. Like others, I didn't really like the cheating aspect of the book and thought that could have been avoided.

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I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I wanted to read this book for two main reasons: the synopsis sounded promising and I really liked the cover. However, this book wasn’t as great as I was hoping it would be.
Skyler is just an ordinary high school girl. She loves her friends, she struggles with math class, and she’s looking forward to prom. However, Skyler has an archnemesis named Truman. As far as she’s concerned, he’s arrogant, irritating, and obnoxious. That’s why she’s absolutely horrified when she starts getting notifications on her phone that don’t make much sense. Somehow, she’s seeing the future… and it appears to be a future where she and Truman are together.
Going into this book, I was expecting a good enemies-to-lovers thing and possibly a slow burn romance. I was wrong. Without spoiling anything, there’s some cheating (I hate reading books with a cheating plotline) and a whole lot of arguing. I never really got attached to any of the characters, and I felt like so many issues weren’t really addressed or resolved. Also, the romance felt extremely rushed and I did not see the need for cheating to be involved in the plot.
There were some parts of the book that I liked. First of all, I did like the whole concept of getting notifications from the future. I also liked how it kept changing based on the actions taking place in the present. I also liked hearing Skyler and Truman debate in class. While the arguing eventually got rather annoying by the end of the book, I liked reading about their different perceptions on the classics while they bored the rest of their class to tears.
Ultimately, this book had a good concept that was lacking as far as character development goes. I also would’ve liked more of the issues to be properly resolved or at least addressed.

This book lost my interest about a quarter of the way through, around the time that Skyler and Truman started making out. Unlike other reviewers who are squicked by a cheating subplot, it wasn't being repulsed by the act of cheating that lost me, it was just how out-of-no-where that scene seemed to have come from. If a story is making use of the hate-to-love trope, I expect that romance to be a slow burn, but instead the relationship in this book was a merry-go-round of "insta-attraction", insta-making-out, "insta-I'm-back-to-saying-I-hate-you", and that was only a quarter of the way through the book! And the relationship between Skyler and Truman was not I ever came around to rooting for.

Besides this sloppy high school romance, Skyler had a lot going on: Low self-esteem of herself and relationship with an overachieving, "perfect" older sister, two parents who work a lot leaving her home alone all the time, a bland relationship with a popular boy, a best friend who engaged in self-harm, another best friend who seems tired of Skyler as a person, a community garden that needs saving. There was probably more, but three-quarters of the way of the book, I just started skimming because for all of the subplots going on, I did not feel like any of them were paced well or well-executed. Everything was annoying (except Harper, I found her to be the most interesting character).

I do think the author writes an authentic voice for Skyler and that actual junior high or high schoolers may relate to her and her world. So while, obviously, this book was not my favorite, I would still recommend it to young readers who are fans of a contemporary drama set in high school and who are interested in a tiny dash of sci-fi element with the future-predicting-website.

An intriguing premise that was paid off pretty well. Most of the characters were at least slightly obnoxious in some way and they all drove me crazy at points, but I enjoyed reading about their adventures and dynamics nonetheless. A fun, imaginative read.

Now & When has an interesting premise. Skylar’s phone starts showing her glimpses of her future through Instagram. Her ten-year high school reunion reveals that she will be in a relationship with her high school nemesis, Truman. This shocking information leads Skyler to avoid a future she cannot imagine but her actions lead to unintended consequences impacting not only herself but those she most cares about.

The idea of this book had the potential to be a really fun romance but it also dealt with some deeper issues that I didn’t initially expect and I appreciated the author including in this story. I love that Skylar was willing to do whatever she could to help her friends. She also had a lot of personal growth throughout this story but there are some choices she makes along the way that made we want to shout at her. Many of the hurtful choices turn out okay in the end but it still made it challenging to really connect with her character in some aspects. Overall, this was an good read but it left me wanting just a bit more.

I want to start out saying that this book was perfect fine if you like a smidge of sci-fi mixed with romance. Before this book, I’d never read a book with this kind of theme. Overall, the book was solid, just not for me. It follows a junior in high school, Skyler, who is able to see a website of her 10 year high school reunion. I don’t want to say much about what she find as to keep this review as spoiler free as possible, but basically because of her seeing this website with something she didn’t like in her future, she attempts to change it. Things spiral from there, and so a plot is born. I’d definitely recommend this book if the premise sounds interesting to you.

This story was better than I gave it credit for. Readers follow the story of Skyler, who happens to see the future via Instagram and phone glitches. As anyone could predict, life gets somewhat hectic as a result. Whenever a character tries to change the future, the present becomes more and more impacted (we've heard this before, right?). While this is true, Wealer does a phenomenal job of weaving the posts of the future into the present. Readers are able to connect to characters who reminds us of those we went to high school with (or for some, are current in high school with). I loved Now & When. There were some parts of the story that got a little too slow for my liking, but I'm glad I persisted in reading it.

I wanted to enjoy this story with its creative potential, promising flash forward- frenemies- slow burn romance theme. I always keen on reading YA romance with supernatural vibes BUT...

Here are my problems:

When cheating is added to the equation, I lose my enthusiasm to read a love story
When a book has annoying, unlikable protagonists, I don’t like to read their romance story because I cannot relate with their feelings and I cannot empathize with their problems.
The things I truly impressed was the approach of the author to the sensitive issues including suicide attempts and mental health problems.

The emotional process and the family’s bounding parts of the story were the strongest parts of the novel: just because of those effective, heartwarming and realistic parts, my negativity about the story lessened.
I’m giving family drama, mental health and realistic approach of suicidal tendencies parts: 4 stars

Romantic involvement between characters: 2 stars

Average this is 3 solid starred- I didn’t hate it but I didn’t enjoy it kind of let’s meet in the middle of Switzerland graded book for me!

I still like to read other works of the author. If there wasn’t any cheating in this story, I could have endured with quirky hero and heroine theme but that part killed the essence of fantastical premise for me.

Special thanks to NetGalley and Random House Children’s/ Delacorte Press for sharing this promising ARC with me in exchange my honest review. I wish I could enjoy it more.

Magical realism, YA, romance, enemies-to-lovers. This book has it all! I really enjoyed this book. What a fun premise. There are some heavy subjects mentioned in the book to make it less than light for a typical YA romance, but I still really enjoyed it!

3.5
AHHHHHH, Enemies to lovers and some type of traveling aspect SIGN ME UP!!! I really enjoyed the story and how she became so obsessed with changing the future that she lost sight of the present. That gave it a realistic element because anyone who has that opportunity would do the same. The rivalry with her sister was ok but it would have been nice to get to know more about her and see how she integrates with Skyler at then end of the book. One thing I truly didn't like was the way suicide/self harm was handled, while the actual explanation of why it happened to her friend was explained, Skyler took it upon herself to always think the worst was happening with her friend instead of just supporting and being there for her. Also the cheating, I have a rule when it comes to books, while one kiss is bad I can accept it and move on, but she went absolutely overboard and I was not okay with it no matter how much I prefer Truman to Eli, cheating is not the answer. Putting those issues aside it was a thought out , read in one sitting book that had me excited to see all the future notifications that came through.

The magical realism is what initially made me interested in this book but the pieces about mental health, family dynamics, and honesty really drew me in. There were definitely some things I didn't love about the book, the cheating plotline in particular, but as a whole the story was pretty good.

Skyler and her group of friends weren't my favorite characters of all time but I did like the conflicts surrounding them. The issues in this book felt real and relatable, and for the most part I like the way the characters confronted these issues.

Though some of the plotlines could have been told differently or not included at all (again, the cheating plotline), the book tells a good story about mental health, family, friendship, and being honest with yourself and those around you.

I liked this romance but it was interesting that she was making all of her choices due to a reunion website. It almost seems that she never would have noticed a guy due to the mystery website. I liked her friends but she found love and had good friends.

I really don’t like the main characters voice in this story and the characters just don’t feel realistic at all. These teens in books that speak overly fancily, like Gus in The Fault in Our Stars, are still way too frequent in YA today and it irritates me personally. I also don’t like the flippant way that the main character discusses her friend’s mental health issues in the beginning of the book. It’s nothing super offensive but it all grinds on my nerves. I may come back and give this one another try before it’s released.

it was a fun read. it explores the possiblility - what would you do if you could predict the future? would you make decisions based on knowing what's in store? would you do everything to prevent someone dying? could you? Loved the posibilities of this premise, love how flawed the characters are. Reminds me of a rom-com but edgier

The premise of enemies-to-lovers with a dash of seeing into the future via a social media website sounded intriguing. I was really looking forward to the rom-com promised from this book’s synopsis, but was sadly disappointed. The main character, Skyler, seemed too self-absorbed and just unlikeable; I could never really root for her as a character.

The book touched on issues such as cutting, depression, and mentions of a suicide attempt—topics that should not be taken lightly, but I felt that such issues were almost brushed aside because the main character was so self-centered. In addition, I felt that there wasn’t enough set up for the enemies-to-lovers premise to believably work. Skyler and Truman’s sudden attraction/romance felt forced and happened too abruptly so as a reader I was never invested in their relationship.

I read some negative reviews about Now & When but like most books, I like to make my own judgment. I really enjoyed the story and the characters. I wish there was one chapter that was 10 years down the road so we knew what happened to everyone. I need a little closer to maker sure our adorable nerds found their happy ever after.

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