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Very enjoyable read. Excellent use of dual timelines. I loved the characters and the author's writing style. Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book

I really enjoyed like 99% of this book, but it kinda fell apart for me towards the end. overall, it was a great read and I think a lot of people would like it, just maybe pay more attention to the end than I maybe did

Can love be so powerful that it is cyclical and everlasting? Libby Monroe finds her life suddenly completely altered — by love. A deep love of a Victorian-era house falling into disrepair. Love of herself and her new desires, while wrestling with the love of her family, who sometimes don't agree. Surprising, new, right love.
Tish, her fellow student, has struggled for and lost love. The love of her mother. The love of her ex-girlfriends. She fights for love, in her own way — throwing herself deeply into those she cares about. But when she is swept up in Libby's life, everything seems altered.
And it isn't just their story... somehow, every step they take is intertwined with the lives of two girls who lived 100 years ago, Elizabeth and Patricia. They begin to wonder, could love be repeating? Elizabeth and Patricia. Libby and Tish.
This is a young adult, sapphic love story. The prose is similar to any old book you might pick off the young adult shelf. That piece of the book is not striking, even a little cliché at times. But the pacing and plot held me. We weave through two timelines, slowly bringing ourselves to the revealed picture. There is something genuine in the feelings and emotions that push through the pages. It is intriguing. It is sweet. It is a lovely young romance book that feels very whole to itself.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book was so cute, and so incredibly smart as a concept. A story of star crossed lovers who meet again no matter what is my new favorite thing. Getting to see all the similarities between the 2 stories was riveting, and I was on the edge of my seat whenever new details from the past were revealed. I loved this book!

Don't we all secretly want to buy old Victorians and piss off our dads? And then get kicked out of home and make friends with our hot lesbian classmate and fix up the Victorian with her and become roommates and wear flapper dresses and fall in love, time after time...
This was super sweet and romantic! I won't really spoil the plot, even though it might be pretty obvious, but the reveal is one of my favorite romance tropes. Brings me to tears almost every time. Bari as Trish's friend was just a side character, but her family situation was very touching, as is the concept of meeting our loved ones again after this lifetime. The climactic love confession scene was a bit too dramatic (don't storm off in the middle of a snow storm!! oh look girl you almost died), but still, the ROMANCE! Sapphics get their happy ending! What a lovely story!

Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I didn't expect to love this from the first page, but I did. I loved the slow burn romance most, it was perfectly paced for me. The dual timelines were great but I definitely preferred the Elizabeth/Patricia parts. I did feel like Libby and Elizabeth had distinctly different voices, so I had no trouble switching back and forth between POVs.
This was just a really sweet book and I really enjoyed it.

The thought that so many of Libby’s friends are gay is not believable to me. The premise of after death reclaiming a lost love is also so far fetched. The book seemed to be too preachy

This book is beautifully written. It's about two different stories with two different relationships. Set in the past and present. In 1925 Elizabeth is wealthy and falls in love with Patricia a personal maid. They both managed to keep their relationship a secret. In the modern day Libby who used her college money to buy Elizabeth’s Mulberry home falls in love with Tish who Libby’s classmate. Libby along with Tish are restoring the Mulberry home. Libby discovers Elizabeth’s journal and read through so many things.
Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for giving me an opportunity to read this book and do a review.

Time after Time tells a story about love, loss, heartbreak and friendships. It's a beautiful tale about the eternal quality of love and how it defeats time.
I really liked this book and its characters, especially Joe who had my whole heart. Truly I can't say I disliked any of the characters, except one (if you know, you know). This story reminded me how fickle life can be and that you need to hold close your loved ones.
Mikki Daughtry did an amazing job at writing such loveable characters and such an unique story, it was hard to put the book down.
Thank you Netgalley and Penguin Group for this advanced readers copy.

This was an interesting and enjoyable story. I liked the way the author intertwined the story of Elizabeth and Patricia and the story, a hundred years later, of Libby and Tish. Even the names are similar — Elizabeth can be shortened to Lizzy, which is close to Libby, while Patricia can be shortened to Trish, very similar to Tish.
Libby has long had an attraction to the old rundown Victorian home on Mulholland St. and when the opportunity arises to purchase it at a bargain, she cannot resist, despite knowing essentially nothing about renovations and using most of her available funds to make the house purchase. Tish also finds herself strangely drawn to the house and is surprised when she impulsively knocks on the door and finds her new set design classmate, Libby. They strike up a friendship and Tish begins using her construction skills to make needed repairs. She also begins spending more time at the house, which presents a much better living situation than she currently has. Their friendship eventually leads to the opportunity for something more, which mirrors Elizabeth and Patricia in some respects. Societal acceptance of lesbian relationships has certainly improved over the century. However, Libby faces some of the same pressures of family expectations and traditional behavior that Elizabeth faces. Tish is not a servant of a despised nationality as Patricia was (as she was Irish at a time when prejudice against the Irish was still strong), but she is from a lower economic background than Libby and has the same fears about not being good enough for Libby that Patricia had about Elizabeth.
There is a great supporting cast with Joe, Cam and Bari. Also, the Mulholland house itself is essentially a character, with its various quirks.

Are you looking for your next read? Pick up Time After Time by Mikki Daughtry. I found this book to be very engaging.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for this book!
What a cute romcom! I really enjoyed this book and had such a hard time putting it down. I enjoyed the writing style. The characters worked so well together and the plot was great.

This book is so devastatingly beautiful. I can't. It hit in all the right ways. It was romance at its finest. The way the plot lines weave together was masterfully done. I found myself simultaneously wanting to flip through pages faster to see what happened next, and not wanting the story to end.
We meet Libby after she has recklessly bought a victorian house she has always loved with the money she is supposed to be using for college. But there is something about this house that calls to her. Tish is just trying to get by in college, she's on a tight budget and knows a little about building things. The two slowly work together to restore Libby's house and the story that unfolds between them is wonderful.
If you love rooting for sapphic couples, love that defies time, and romance this is a must read. This is one that will stick with me. Thank you to the publisher for providing an advance copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.