A review by bardo
All This Time by Mikki Daughtry, Rachael Lippincott

3.0

Kyle and Kimberly are a match made on paper until Kimberly wants to go her own way. On a night that should be a highlight, turns into a nightmare Kyle must live through. All This Time explores what it means to love someone and the depths our brain will go to recover from devastation and loss. Daughtry and Lippincott build a world that seems tangible, the rips it away once you think everything is stable again. The plot lags at some points and do not really add to the story. The supporting characters are only superficially orbiting the main characters are are only there to fill gaps instead of round out the story. Kimberly is shallow and does not really invoke a sympathy or bond with the reader. The way she is portrayed at the start is cold and detached. While Kyle seems to be based on a stereotypical love struck puppy. There is nothing in the story that allows the characters to fully embody themselves and never get the chance to tackle the real issues besides love. Both authors had a chance to approach depression, death, expectation, relationship toxicity within the premise of the book but opted out to only do a surface level story.