I once received this early copy from yalc, when it had to be online because of Covid. I never left a review because I didn’t know how.
But I wanted to do it now because I still remembered how gripping this story was. I think I finished it within a day, even though I had to work.
I loved the characters ❤️

Wow this book made me feel so many different emotions!!

Found family is one of my favorite tropes as well as devastating YA novels, so this was right down my alley!!
I loved going on this adventure with Jessi! I think that this novel perfectly shows the relationships you can have with other family’s as a child/teenager!

Sarah Everett does an amazing job making you feel the emotions these characters are going through. I was invested from page one and was eager to find out what happened in the past!

I’m not sure how I feel about this one still. I liked it while I was reading it but I found it very forgettable. I did really like the characters and the story line.

I read this awhile ago and really enjoyed it. The writing was fast paced and kept me intrigued. I would definitely recommend this book.

While the details vary, the overall thrust of this plot is fairly standard teen romance. THe childhood crush. THe moment of "pure love". Betrayal caused by misunderstanding. The outside circumstance that forces them back together. It's decently written with standard characters..

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a free advanced copy of this book to read and review.

Some Other Now was easily one of my favorite books I’ve read this year. It’s impossible for me to distill all my emotions and thoughts easily into a review, but I shall attempt. I live for heartbreak, drama, and a dual timeline, so this kind of book is my bread and butter. I was emotionally wrung out and devastated by the time I finished, but so wished that I could read it again for the first time. There truly wasn’t a dry eye to be found by the time I got to the end. I enjoyed the way information was teased enough for the reader to piece things together early on, but that we still had to wait for the reveals to happen. While the plot was captivating in itself, I really fell in love with the characters. Jessi was so insecure about her place in the Cohen family in the Then and heavily struggled with guilt in the Now. Mel was imperfect but so full of love. Luke and Rowan were like two sides of a coin, never able to see eye to eye but forged from the same material. I loved them both in different ways. Although Luke definitely knew how to cut a person down, and I found myself saying ouch so many times after he said something to Jessi. Naomi was extremely messy and Willow was extremely real. This story felt like something I’d read before, like a Jenny Han or Sarah Dessen or other contemporary hard hitter, which made me enjoy it even more. Overall, I can’t say enough good things about this book and am making sure to buy a physical copy because I need it on my shelves now.

For the right audience, I'm sure this is a great book. I'm not that audience. This is the second Sarah Everett book I've read now, and I think that it's just safe to say this isn't the author for me. That's okay though because I can think of a ton of people I could recommend this to! This was a very emotional book and the story really takes you on a roller coaster.

It took me a little while to get into this one. I felt that the characters were a bit flat and the chemistry just wasn't there. But, the story did pick up towards the second half and the characters began to develop further.

A stunning YA story with deep and heavy themes. I loved reading about the characters and their various intertwining relationships. the dual timelines also added some depth.

This book is called This Is Us for the YA crowd, and it's an apt description. It's an emotional and dramatic story told over dual timelines and covers love and friendships. It's definitely a book I would have appreciated reading when I was a young adult.

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

This is a really hard-hitting contemporary about grief and tragedy that I think was handled very well. I think the topics of grief were well portrayed and I could see this being enjoyed by fans of Looking for Alaska or Jeff Zentner, or even Robin Benway.

Some Other Now by Sarah Everett was beautifully written, raw with emotion. This book will be placed in my high school teacher's classrooms and our school library. Everett's skills at crafting her characters and making you care is wonderful. I was pleasantly surprised by the book and have already created book talks surrounding it for classrooms.

The Cohens, Luke, Rowan, and their mother Mel, are Jessi's family--in some ways more than her own family is. Things get complicated when Mel is diagnosed with cancer and friendship turns into something more with Luke, the older of the Cohen boys.

Some Other Now is told in two timelines. It took a long time to get to the reveals in this book. I wanted to know what Jessi had done that made her feels so guilty, and I think this book made me wait a little too long to find out. However, despite the animosity between the two in the later timeline, I desperately wanted Luke and Jessi to be together. Sarah Everett's new book is sad, poignant, and a bit of tearjerker.

This book promised to be a YA This Is Us in literary form and it definitely delivered. Some Other Now was an absolute emotional rollercoaster and I was happy to be along for the ride. You’ll get all the feels from this captivating read about family, both found and lost.

Terribly tragic, this book still manages to never feel over-the-top. Realistic ending with a well-developed protagonist.

Jessi spends most of her time with at the Cohen's house. Rowan is her best friend and she has a crush on his brother Luke. She also finds a mother figure in their mother Mel. Mel gives her the love and support that she needs since Jessi's mother is severely depressed and barely functional . But something happens that changes their relationships and the book alternates between Then and Now. I found the book frustrating. I guessed what had happened, but I think that it would have been better to find that out earlier instead of near the end of the book. The vague references to what happened became repetitive and started to annoy me midway through the book. Jessi's actions actually make more sense once you know why she feels that she needs to punish herself. I downloaded this book since it was described as similar to Far From the Tree, which is one of my favorite books. Maybe that set the bar too high. Teens might not figure out what happened as soon as I did and so may enjoy the book more than I did.

Where were all of these amazing young adult books when I was a teen?! I loved this one and think it's a great one for parents to pick up for their kids.

This book was absolutely fantastic. I've already added it to our library collection and recommended it to students.

My interest was immediately piqued the moment this book was described as This Is Us for teens.
Jessi has always longed to be apart of the Cohen family. And the Cohen's mother, Mel, watched over and cared for as if she was her mom. Unfortunately, that was all taken away from when she kissed one of the Cohen boys.
The boys aren't talking to her because they feel like she led to breaking their family apart. But when Luke asks her to be his pretend girlfriend for the last few months of Mel's life, Jessi jumps back in wholeheartedly because of how much she has been longing for that true family.
This book was beautiful and heart wrenching. Uncomfortable truths and heartwarming moments will endear you to this book.I'm fascinated when people can pull off these kind of stories, with events that we know will make us upset but you still will want to continue to read it. Overall, this was a really great read that will make you cry and weep but you'll feel good about it.