Such a sweet, cute book.

I love the idea of wondering "what if I made choice A instead of choice B?" These types of books always draw me in.
The writing was well done, and I really felt empathy for all of the characters. I was torn between which choice she should make, and I was secretly rooting for one of the relationships.
One thing I didn't like was that there was an obvious right outcome- choice to be made. In reality, this is probably realistic. However, for such a great story with such great characters, I hated that one outcome was really bad. I wanted there to be good and better... lol

I want to thank the author, the publisher and #netgalley for the ARC which did not impact my review. This would make a great Netflix movie.

This story is amazing! It quickly sucked me in and I couldn't put it down once I started it! Can't wait to read more by this author!!

I have never read a book like this one. It switches back and forth to different paths that the story could go. I was rooting for one love story and then when I read it I changed my mind. It was a very interesting read. It really made me wonder what actually happened. The ending is very open ended.

Have you ever read a book and wish they ended up with a different person? I'm sure you have because love triangles are a trop. Hello Twilight. But Where It All Lands isn't your typical love triangle. Jennie Wexler takes you on a journey of "what if's." I loved how the ending between duel timelines brought Stevie to where she needed to end up at. Some times all paths lead to the same end. It is just a matter of how you get there. While I do wish that I could mix and match timelines to make the story I would really want (I guess those are called Choose Your Own Adventure books) I still was satisfied with how the story played out and the outcome that happened in both time lines.

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We don't get a confirmation on which time line is the right time line, but I think that was wise of the author. I mean it's about a flip of a coin, what if's and the inevitable. I think in both cases Stevie, Drew and Shane all change in the end. That to me is more important that which is the right path. They all become who they should be.

This book is great! Would definitely recommend. Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

I loved this book! It was heartwarming and strong. It was exactly what I needed with everything going on in the world! A happy little escape!

How do I even review a book that left me bawling? How do I put everything I loved about this book into words? This book was one I went into blind, and I don't think I'll recover for quite some time.

Part of that is definitely on me... I was in the mood for a fluffy romance, and thought that this might be one. Yah, no. This was a thought provoking piece on loss, and choice. I loved it, but it definitely wasn't what I was expecting.

Part of what I loved about this was how well it captured the essence of choice. One small choice can change so much, and this book showed it so well. At first, I was a bit skeptical of the dual plotlines, but I ended up loving how they concluded the book.

I will admit that I didn't love either of the romances in this. Truthfully, the only reason this is getting 5 stars and not 4 is that this book had me so invested that I was bawling at the end. I was just so attached to Shane and Drew, and the friendship between them. I was slightly frustrated that they let a girl come between them, but I also loved their friendship so much.

To me, this felt a lot like They Both Die At the End. It hit all the right notes, with scenes that had me smiling, and of course, the heartbreaking ending. I can definitely see myself rereading this, it was that good!

Thanks to Netgalley and Jennie Wexler for providing a free copy in exchange for an honest review!

Stevie Rosenstein is used to frequently moving around and the things that come along with it, like not having enough to form real and meaningful relationships and friendships. However, it seems like this time, things might be different.

Drew and Shane are best friends. They've been with each other though hard times, so when they both are instantly interested in Stevie, they decide to make it fair. They flip a coin to see who gets to be the one that gets to talk to her. We follow Stevie, Drew and Shane in dual timelines. One where Drew wins the coin toss, and another where Shane does.

Where It All Lands wasn't as light hearted as I had been expecting it to be, but I still really enjoyed. I loved the dual timeline/parallel universe aspect of it and how we follow the two different stories and see how a simple decision to flip a coin chances the course of their entire lives, depending which side the coin lands on.

**Review to be posed to Goodreads and blog closer to publication date.

Where It All Lands by Jennie Wexler had a great concept, but for me failed to deliver. I just couldn’t get past certain things. I love the idea of the coin flip and liked that aspect of the book. It just seemed that the story would change in the middle of a chapter and you had to figure out who’s was telling the story. I think that this could easily be fixed and hopefully will be before final publication.

Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday books for the opportunity to read this book for an honest review.

When Stevie Rosenstein moves into Shane and Drew's small town in New Jersey, they both fall in love with her instantly. In fact, they both want to ask her out, so in order to determine who gets to try first, they decide to flip a coin. Told in two different timelines, experience Stevie's relationship with both of the boys.

I really enjoyed Where It All Lands. At first, I was a little bit worried because of how simple the plot line seemed, but once I got into the novel, I couldn't stop reading it! I really loved the characters. I think my favorite character was Shane. He was so sweet and caring, and he only wanted the best for Stevie. Shane also is a really good friend to Drew. He cares about him and gives him the advice he needs, especially about his dad. Shane is the best thing about Where It All Lands. I did like the two different timeline. It was interesting to see how they both treated Stevie. Where It All Lands is a fantastic book that I recommend for fans of Emery Lord, Jessi Kirby, and and Stephanie Perkins.

Thank you NetGalley for this Arc, all thoughts and opinions are my own. I really enjoyed this book, the duel timelines was unique and interesting. But it was a little hard to tell when it changed over. I also didn't feel that the characters where too relatable. at times. But other than that it was a great book that I was really happy to get the chance to read.

I think that, overall, this book sets out what it tries to do. I personally didn't really connect with the characters which made it hard to be as invested in the story as I would have liked. IT could have just been the nature of the ebook, but some of the formatting did make it a little hard to follow the transitions in the book, which is a problem when your book follows three different storylines, as it sometimes took a little while to figure out which segment of the book I was following at a given point.

The premise of this book intrigued me and I was excited to read it. I love stories about parallel timelines/alternate universes and things like that. This story is about three teenagers and is told in dual timelines.

The main characters are Stevie, Drew and Shane. Stevie is new to town and moves constantly due to her fathers job. Drew and Shane have been best friends their whole lives. They are both immediately drawn to Stevie. The story is about their relationships and takes place over about 4 months total.

There were some things I did like about this book, but I didn't love it as much as I wanted to based on the description. I love Sarah Dessen and Rainbow Rowell so the fact that it was described as being for fans of their work made me excited.

I thought the characters were explored with a good amount of depth throughout the book and the switching POVs provided insight into their thinking. They had relatable struggles and challenges they all faced.

The writing style itself was one of the things that did not work as well for me, I found some of the transitions jarring and there were times when a paragraph ended and the next paragraph was not indented and just jumped to a completely different situation and was confusing. I did have an ebook ARC copy so it is definitely possible that is a formatting error that will be fixed. Another thing that I didn't love was the ending, it didn't feel very conclusive and I finished the book feeling fairly unsatisfied.

I would recommend this book to young adult readers who are looking for book about teenagers struggling with family dynamics and the everyday challenges of being a teenager. It is possible I am getting too old to enjoy books set in high school and find it harder to connect with teenager characters. I do read a lot of YA and have recently read several YA books that I did love. This book definitely had some strong points to it but is not one I would come back to and read again and again.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and St. Wednesday press for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review, All opinions are my own.

It took a little bit for me to get into this, but once I did, I was hooked.

Shane and Drew have been best friends for forever. If there's any disagreement or competition between them, they flip a coin. Enter new girl, Stevie. Both halves of this best friend duo quickly become smitten. Drew suggests a coin toss to preserve their friendship and Shane reluctantly agrees.

This story follows the two timelines: heads or tails? I loved the set-up of the timelines, and how they intertwined. While one timeline was my favorite, both timelines felt like they could be their own ya contemporary novel. But the way the two storylines differ was interesting to witness. One change could lead to many other ripple effects.

All in all, this was a heartbreaking, hopeful tale of how our lives are connected, and was well worth the read. Many thanks to St. Martin's Press / Wednesday Books and NetGalley for the eARC! I really appreciated the opportunity to read this wonderfully crafted novel.

"Drew is the opening song on my favorite album. He’s the song that everyone loves, the song that draws me in and makes me want to listen to the whole album without stopping. He’s the catchy song with the great hook, fancy guitar solo, and soaring vocals. But Shane … Shane’s the hidden track. He’s the song I don’t listen to until I’ve devoured the whole album. He’s that quiet song with the unbelievable melody. The song that makes me understand myself a bit better. Once I discover a truly special hidden track, I never get sick of it."

Once again, Stevie Rosenstein is the new girl in high school, forced to move yet again for her famous father’s football coaching job. On her first day of band practice, she meets Drew and Shane, who have been best friends for as long as they can remember. She’s immediately attracted to Drew and can easily relate to Shane’s quiet sweetness and love for music. What Stevie doesn’t know is that both boys like her too, and they settle the question of who gets to ask her out first with a coin toss. Where it lands will change all their lives. I received a free e-ARC through NetGalley from the publishers at St. Martin’s Press. Trigger warnings: character death, car accident, hospitals, severe injury, divorce, infidelity.

I read a YA book last year, Again Again by E. Lockhart, that plays with multiple timelines like this, and it wasn’t quite as good as I’d hoped. I was eager to give it another try, and I’m glad I did because Where It All Lands does dual timelines a lot more effectively. It works better on a purely structural level, giving us Stevie’s relationship with Drew in the first half of the novel and her relationship with Shane in the second half. This gives us plenty of time to get invested in both stories, to get to know these characters, and to see how with just one change, all these little events play out differently. Despite going over the same timespan from a different angle, I was never bored because nothing goes in quite the same way the second time around. The end changes things up, moving back and forth between the two timelines from chapter to chapter, and this works really well too. Endings are naturally more suspenseful, and Wexler avoids the awkwardness of a climactic ending in the middle of a book by putting them both at the end where they belong. Masterfully done.

Okay, now that I’m done nerding out about things I find interesting in books, let’s talk about things other readers actually care about! This is an absolutely delightful contemporary romance with strong characters and good writing. Yeah, there are going to be readers moaning about how much they hate love triangles who won’t pick up this book just because of that, but tropes–even the love triangle trope–aren’t inherently evil. Like all things, it’s what you do with them that counts, and this is a love triangle (I guess–I hate even calling it that, since there’s no crossover in one of the timelines and barely any in the other) put to good use. Drew and Shane bring out different aspects of Stevie’s personality and force her character growth in slightly different directions. Both are valuable learning experiences, and both are good people; there’s no obvious better choice for Stevie to make. (I’ve dated both these guys. They weren’t friends and it wasn’t one after another like Stevie, but it was still a bit uncanny. Team Shane, btw.)

I love the characters. This might even be a 5-star book for me after a reread. (I was in too much turmoil over the ending to pay as much attention as I should, so I’m staying at 4 for now.) Stevie feels like a realistic teenager, privileged and slightly sheltered, and just looking for a place where she actually fits. She and Drew have similar issues with the way their very successful, famous fathers don’t pay attention to them, and the way that they never quite know people’s motivations for befriending them, and I like the way they’re able to bond over it. It’s rare to find someone whose experiences so closely match your own, and Drew helps Stevie be a braver, more carefree version of herself.

But I love Shane so much more. I love that he’s not the skinny, smirking, conventionally attractive male love interest like Drew, but he’s the kindest, most talented character on the page. He doesn’t make Stevie braver, but he does seem to bring out a more authentic version of herself, one who’s more comfortable in her own skin. Since there’s more time spent establishing their friendship, their romance also seems stronger, with more to base it on than plain attraction. I did wish there were more scenes of all three of them hanging out, or even more of Shane and Drew together (they’re best friends, but we almost never see them together), but I don’t know. Maybe it would have slowed down the pace. All quibbles aside, the concept really works, and it brings together what’s probably going to be one of my favorite YA contemporaries this year.

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Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!
This book was a mixed bag. I always enjoy a book with dual timelines, but this one fell a little flat. I just couldn’t get invested in any of the three main characters. It is hard to enjoy a book that is completely based around the relationships between three people you are just kind of indifferent about. I have read this type of tearjerker YA before and have been a sobbing mess, but this one just didn’t get me.

A beautiful story about first love, second chances, and the choices that define our lives.

I was first drawn to this book because of the concept - dual timelines showing the impact of a single moment, a coin toss. Oftentimes, a concept like this is easy to market, but hard to pull off. That was not the case with this novel.

The author does a remarkable job of telling two stories, that feel like a single narrative - showing the ways small choices can change lives. While the stakes are incredibly high, and definitely a sense of which way the reader will hope it all lands, the themes are nuanced and not prescriptive. Additionally, the characters are unique, compelling, and relatable, and the author does a great job of dismantling stereotypes.

Overall a thought provoking debut that makes me eager for more from this author!

Ugh, my heart.
I have steered clear of YA novels lately, but wow. I loved this one.
Anyone remember those “choose your own adventure” books? This reminded me of that a bit, but you get to see all sides laid out.
This is a romance, yes, but it was so much more than that. It’s about life and happenstance, destiny.
One choice can change your life forever.

The concept of Where It All Lands hooked me from the beginning. Unfortunately, the delivery missed the mark for me. I really enjoyed the characters and their relationships with each other - Drew and Shane’s friendship was a definite high point - but the romance aspect as well as the dual timeline fell flat for me. I started getting very confused toward the end and found it hard to keep track of what timeline I was reading, which took away from my enjoyment.
2.5 stars

I enjoyed this book so much. It was so incredibly fun to read, and I loved the concept. I went into this book not knowing anything about it, which was honestly the best decision I've made in a long time. I was surprised by the course the book took, but in a good way. It's been a long time since I've been surprised by a book like this. The story of Shane, Drew, and Stevie is one that I fell in love with. They're such dynamic characters that make so much sense. I loved how they all developed their own characteristics and they stayed true to that. They didn't act out of character, they acted as if they were real people. This doesn't mean that they were predictable, but that they were real. I honestly can't stand when characters make decisions or act in a way outside of how the author has set them up to be. That would be why I'm talking about it for so long haha. Other than that, the plot was fantastic, the ending was everything I needed and more, and I just really loved this book. It went deeper than I expected, which was another good surprise. Overall, kudos to the author, you made a fantastic debut!!