"Great concept, a sweet story and a strong connection to music throughout."
Being someone who searches the songs mentioned in stories, I loved the concept of ‘Everything All At Once’ by Ivy Cayden, combining a playlist with a storyline so that you can listen along with the characters.
Telling a coming of age story of a group of friends, all excited for and heading towards their first relationships the plotline is full of romance, daydreams and teen angst. The story has been created without a fixed narrator, allowing the reader to get to know more about each character, hear their thoughts and let us know where the love triangles lie.
I enjoyed the story, I found it a light and entertaining story that I think could be enjoyed by readers of YA fiction. The playlist included some songs I knew and some I didn’t and look forward to listening to more. I did feel that the ending was a bit abrupt, potentially this is to set up for a second book, but I would have preferred for Kila, Anna and Brixton’s stories to have reached a more definitive conclusion.
I think this would also allow Timothy’s storyline to have a bit more relevance to the rest of the story.
I found ‘ Everything All At Once’ a sweet and entertaining read that put me in mind of the YA I used to read as a teen. I liked the concept and the strong connection to music throughout.
Charlotte Walker, A LoveReading Ambassador
Winner, 2021 Independent Press Award, TeenGold Medal Winner, 2021 Readers' Favorite Awards, Young Adult - Coming of AgeFirst Place, 2021 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, Arts/MusicGold Medal Winner, Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards, Books for TeenagersFirst Place Blue Ribbon, Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction
Winner, 2021 Independent Press Award, TeenGold Medal Winner, 2021 Readers' Favorite Awards, Young Adult - Coming of AgeFirst Place, 2021 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, Arts/MusicGold Medal Winner, Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards, Books for TeenagersFirst Place Blue Ribbon, Dante Rossetti Awards for YA FictionTeenage life (with a playlist). Nearly sixteen, Kila Lorens showers herself in music, lives in plush corduroys, and always applies a double layer of lip gloss.
Everything All At Once features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Fiction, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Relationships (non-family / groups), Indie Author Books, Recommendations
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Everything All At Once was written by Ivy Cayden and published by Hidden Meridian, LLC
