This book was so cute and well written. And it makes me believe in love😍. Usually I'm not a big fan of romance books that have the time travel or loop trope however I will make this book an exception. I still feel like I was waiting for this big revelation that never happened and I was almost hoping that Nieve returned back to her original timeline. These types of books always leave me spiralling about how the main character will keep her time travel a secret for the rest of her life without telling her love interest. It always makes me feel like the book was left unfinished. BUT, all in all, this was a great book that I would recommend to my Lynn Painter lovers!

Thank you to NetGalley for this arc - all opinions are my own.

In Time With You is an emotional magical-realism time-travel romance.

This book had me reflecting on how everything we go through brings us to the moments we’re living now, and how even the smallest actions can change the course of our timeline.

The story was captivating with great character development. The true standout, though, was the romance—I honestly can’t stop thinking about this love story!

The writing style was easy to read, with beautiful quotes scattered throughout that kept me wanting more.

I really loved this book, the narration has a rather slow rhythm, but it is clearly because the story demands it, the plot needs to unravel in small waves, just like time.

​I have always been a big fan of time travel stories and I think that in this case it is a great way of dealing with Nieve's grief, of showing her that not everything was how she thought it was. The book is full of magic but in a really natural way.

​Thanks NetGalley for the ARC!

In time with you was such an interesting expression of grief, and not only in the situation you expect.

The concept of time travel is always intriguing to me, but the way this book deals in time jumps in such constant and swift succession had me both enthralled and sometimes confused. ‘Small ripples and no big splashes’ and seeing how the smallest choice led to such massive consequences, like the death of a person or the death or a relationship had me genuinely feeling stressed for Nieve.

She kept feeling like she was literally losing her mind and I kind of felt the same! What’s real, what do people remember, what version of yourself or this person is this one, who do I love and who loves me?

The relationship with Grandee was beautiful, and contrasted heavily to the one with her mother and her cousin. I think these relationships had their own portrayals of a different kind of grief which I liked.

Seeing all the different views of Carter was also an interesting way to understand their relationship. Max was both beautiful and extremely frustrating - I found myself getting a little confused at some points around his feelings or decisions, but I think the time jumps were the main thing leaving me confused for their relationship. Sometimes I had no clue which context clues I was meaning to pick up and what was just filler.

Overall, I did like this book but found the structure of the jumps took me out of the feelings.

3.5!