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Everything All at Once

Katrina Leno (Goodreads Author)

3.84 · Rating details · 1,541 ratings · 396 reviews

24 dares. 3 weeks. Take the leap.

Lottie Reaves is not a risk taker. She plays it safe and avoids all the ways she might get hurt. But when her beloved aunt Helen dies of cancer, Lottie’s fears about life and death start spiraling out of control.

Aunt Helen wasn’t a typical aunt. She was the author of the bestselling Alvin Hatter series, about siblings who discover the elixi ...more

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Published July 25th 2017 by HarperTeen

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Jul 10, 2017 emma rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, ya, beautifully-written, best-contemporaries, diverse, library, magical-realist-urban-whatever, recommend, slump-worthy, reviewed

ok so maybe i forgot this book entirely but i DIDN'T forget to post this review. nailed it. find it here: https://emmareadstoomuch.wordpress.co...

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I am truly between a rock and a hard place here.

In September, I read this book. I loved it so much that I gave it five stars, which I straight up never do.

Now, it is January. It is well past write-this-review o'clock. But there is a Problem.

I do not remember this book at all.

I know. I KNOW! There is no way on god's great green earth that a five-star ...more

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Sep 22, 2018 Chelsea (chelseadolling reads) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

I loved this SO MUCH. So very, very much. However.... there is a romance-y part of this book (the ending, so I can’t give specific details) that I didn’t really like, so keep that in mind. It clearly didn’t affect my overall rating or enjoyment of the book as a whole, but it’s definitely a thing that I can’t pretend didn’t happen. This is still one of my absolute favorite books of the year and I’m still very much obsessed with Katrina Leno, but, yeah. Lol

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Apr 10, 2017 C.G. Drews rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 4-star, contemporary, magical-fantasy, young-adult, read-2017

Oh this book was a special little pocket of goodness. It perfectly combines contemporary with a smidge of magical realism that just pleases my heart greatly because MAGIC. I love magic!! And this one kind of sneaks up on you, because it's first and foremostly about dealing with grief, anxiety disorders, epic families, slightly mysterious boys, and a whole lot of ice cream. As books should be. Honestly if a book doesn't have ice cream, what's the point of its face. I ASK YOU.

THINGS I LOVED SO MUC ...more

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Jul 15, 2017 Jasmine from How Useful It Is rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: edelweiss, contemporary, young-adult

About: Everything All At Once is a young adult fiction written by Katrina Leno. It will be published on 7/25/17 by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins, 368 pages. The genres are young adult, contemporary, mental illness, and fiction.

My Experience: I started reading Everything All At Once on 7/12/17 and finished it on 7/15/17. This book is really a great read! There were many valid questions that makes me think about life and death. I love the characters and plot. I love the letters Aunt Hele About: Everything All At Once is a young adult fiction written by Katrina Leno. It will be published on 7/25/17 by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins, 368 pages. The genres are young adult, contemporary, mental illness, and fiction.

My Experience: I started reading Everything All At Once on 7/12/17 and finished it on 7/15/17. This book is really a great read! There were many valid questions that makes me think about life and death. I love the characters and plot. I love the letters Aunt Helen left behind for Lottie and how meaningful they are. Despite the seriousness of the topic in this book, I love those rare humor that creeps out. I love how well Aunt Helen knows Lottie. The letters feels so real, as if she’s there talking and I can’t help smiling while reading them.

“It is one thing to crawl into bed after a normal day, but it is another thing to crawl into bed after an adventure – that’s the best kind of sleep, the still-excited, still-buzzing kind of sleep where dreams blur into reality and it’s almost like the sleeping and waking worlds blur and become one.” 41%

In this book, readers will follow the point of view of Lottie Reaves, a senior in high school going through the motions of losing her aunt to terminal cancer. She has anxiety attacks but she keeps it a secret, only her aunt Helen and best friend Em knows. Her family suspects of it but gave her space. Lottie is very close to her aunt because her parents are doctors and overworked and her aunt often babysit her and her brother Abe. Before her aunt passed away, she wrote 24 letters with missions/tasks for Lottie to complete. Her aunt was famous similar to JK Rowling where she published Alvin Hatter and the Overcoat Man series. Her letters would ask Lottie to take risk once in her life, let go of something she couldn’t live without, or cry hard and long. This book also posed a question of immortality and would you drink it if there is a fountain of youth available.

“for every single thing you learned about someone, there were a hundred other things you might never know.” 73%

This book is very well written. The characters are well liked and the plot is interesting. I love Lottie and her brother Abe’s relationship. I love Abe’s book collection. I like her friendship with Em. I like the diversity in this book where Lottie’s English teacher is Vietnamese, her mom is Peruvian, and her friend is a lesbian. I like Lottie-da’s easy going family. The letters from her aunt are interesting to read. I like following Lottie’s train of thoughts, yet it is sad and it makes me cry. One thing I don’t enjoy much from this book is the snippets of Alvin Hatter and the Overcoat Man series. It reminds me of Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell’s snippets of Carry On. I just personally don’t enjoy little pieces of a story because it’s a constant cliffhanger. Other than that, this book is a page turner and I highly recommend everyone to read it.

Pro: questions to think about life and death, questions about time, diversity, family dynamic, friendship, page turner, fast paced, adventures, humor,

Con: not really a con, but just be prepared to cry because there are sad parts

I rate it 5 stars!

***Disclaimer: Many thanks to the author Katrina Leno, publisher HarperTeen, and Edelweiss for the opportunity to read and review. Please be assured that my opinions are honest.

xoxo,
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Aug 26, 2017 Heather rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-contemporary

I expected more from this honestly. I enjoyed the message & the fact that her aunt was a bestselling middle grade author but I wanted a little more depth.

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May 06, 2017 Sarah rated it liked it

Shelves: netgalley-edelweiss, contemporary, death, r2r-read, read-2017, young-adult, magical-realism

(I received an advance copy of this book for free. Thanks to HarperCollins and Edelweiss.)

“I know Aunt Helen is the one who died, but now it kind of feels like I’m next.”

This was a YA contemporary story, with a bit of a fantasy twist towards the end.

Lottie was an okay character and I felt sorry for her when she had to try and deal with anxiety and panic attacks. It was also quite sad that her aunt had died so young.

The storyline in this was about Lottie receiving 24 letters from her aunt af ...more

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Jul 19, 2017 Katrina Leno rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

Wish I could give this 6 stars!!!!!!!! (Have we decided whether it's tacky to rate your own books?)

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Feb 03, 2016 Crini rated it it was amazing

Shelves: class-of-20-fucking-perfect-17, diversity, read-2017, read-again-soon-and-often, feels-galore, my-precious-boys, no-you-are-crying, reality-bites, the-magic-of-great-parents, unbreakable-families

Aug 2017: pretty sure someone was cutting onions right next to me the whole time while I was reading the book.

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MANY FEELS, NO WORDS TO WRITE A COHERENT REVIEW RN.

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Jan 23, 2018 Misty rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I really enjoyed this book.
Lottie's aunt has just passed away and now Lottie and her family are trying to deal with the loss. Aunt Helen was a famous book author. Let's pretend she was like J.K. Rowling, but instead she wrote a children's series about immortality and was the biggest selling author etc etc etc.

Lottie received letters from her aunt after she died. The letters instructed Lottie to take chances and to get out of her comfort zone. The letters also told of a secret Aunt Helen was hid ...more

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Apr 10, 2017 Maraia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-2017, reread-me-please, we-are-pack, g-magical-realism, favorites, oh-hey-i-actually-own-that

This was all sorts of perfect. I love that Katrina Leno's books are 100% relatable and 0% cheesy. She never "cures" her characters. She lets them grow while still being themselves, and they're always wonderful. This is a very emotional book, and I read it at exactly the right/wrong time, which only made my feelings while reading it that much more intense. Also: A+ for all the book love!

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Sep 10, 2018 Shari (colourmeread) rated it it was amazing

Recommended to Shari by: Crini

Shelves: 2018-favourites, contemporary, highly-recommended, read-in-2018, young-adult

I don’t know if you’ve ever had a book call to you, but when I was thinking about what I might want to read next one day, my eyes landed on this book and I knew it was time. Everything All at Once was everything I didn’t know I wanted and needed.

It was funny. It was relatable. And it was vulnerable.

Katrina Leno was able to write Lottie’s story in a way that felt like she was also writing to the reader. It never comes off preachy or pretentious, but always like having an Aunt Helen who’s there to ...more

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Nov 18, 2018 Julie Zantopoulos rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own-it, read-in-2018

I really do adore Katrina's writing but there was something just off about this story that got to me. Like, the big "reveal" came so late and it was so obvious to everyone but the main character. It would have been so much better to explore the story without the "secret" being held for so long. So many interesting discussions could have been had if all information was out in the open for more than the last 20 pages.

However, it was a great look at loss, grief, mental health, and healing. I adore ...more

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Mar 13, 2017 Sana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arcs, fucking-perfect, to-reread-the-fuck-out-of, 10-10-would-recommend, a-love-like-this, characters-who-are-everything-to-me, co-pilot-recs, cried-all-the-way-through, feeling-the-aster, friendship-of-the-unshakable-kind

Every single thing that happens in Everything All at Once is nothing short of amazing. It was, simultaneously, too late and too early in the week for all the emotions that this book made me feel.

It was so easy, almost effortless, to relate to Lottie. So many little things and big things about life and loss and death and family and siblings and friendship to relate to. ENDLESS LOVE FOR THIS BOOK LIKE HOW IS SUCH PERFECTION EVEN REAL.

Lastly, there are so, so many words just dedicated to books and ...more

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Oct 02, 2017 Kitkat rated it did not like it · review of another edition

I was so excited for this book and maybe that's why I'm really disappointed. I just am so angry at the ending that I don't even want to talk about it. I just can't deal with the ending. I wasted my time with this book and I don't say that about every book I read. I was so excited to read it but then it just got ridiculous. The ending is just ridiculous and I can't understand the fantasy being added. It was so good until the author revealed Sam's secret. The characters were too perfect and their ...more

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Aug 10, 2017 Inge rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, contemporary, diverse-reads, lgbtqiap, mental-health, smiles-a-plenty, wishlist-paperback

This book is like a YA version of P.S. I Love You and it was absolutely lovely.

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Jul 12, 2017 Danielle (Life of a Literary Nerd) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: arcs, magical-realism, standalones

“Books can make you live a thousand different lifetimes, a thousand different lives. Books can make you immortal.”

Everything At At Once is a beautifully moving story of grief and finding happiness when you feel like there is none left. Following letters from her recently passed aunt, Lottie Reeves grows in courage and boldness in this fun and engaging contemporary with a bonus scavenger hunt feel!

Things I Liked :
Lottie and her family are charming and create a warm atmosphere that easily invites you into the story. Aunt Helen's letters are familiar and comforting. They further this wonderful sense of family in the story.

I also LOVED the hints of magic in the story and the whimsiness it added. It really elevated the story and made the entire story a grand event, which I'm sure Aunt Helen would have appreciated.

There was really excellent pacing in the story. Often when we have a character who is reading letters from someone, were begging them to hurry up and “keep reading, you’ll get your answers,” but here, Lottie doesn’t dwell on the letters, or let them hold her back. Yes, she’ll reflect on them, but they really serve to move the story and her development forward.

Things I Didn’t Like :
I had a few clarity issues in the story. It took me forever to figure out who was the older sibling and who was the younger sibling between Abe and Lottie. A minor detail, but it was a little annoying for me personally. I also must have spaced, because it took me a while to realize they were in New England. I’m also a little confused about why Sam reached out to Lottie, was it just because of her relationship to Aunt Helen, or something else?

This was a super fun summer read, that packed a lot of emotion into a great discovery story. The characters and family shines, captivating you and drawing you into their world as they come to terms with a recent tragedy. You really connect with them and Aunt Helen as we follow these little adventures she left for Lottie. Everything All At Once is an emotional adventure that feels both familiar and magical.

I received a copy of the book from HarperTeen via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. ...more

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Apr 22, 2018 Mehsi rated it it was amazing

Shelves: cover-love, warning-english-books, octarine, lgbt-let-people-love-who-they-want, 4-5-twinkling-stars

A beautiful book about family, anxiety, friendship, mourning, letting go, and sadly also a magical element.

So this book was, up tot the revelation of the magical element, 5+ stars. I just couldn't, wouldn't, didn't want, to stop reading (sadly, one has to stop at times for sleep or for boyfriends), but you get my drift. Then the magical element was added, and my rating dropped to 5 stars. At this point I am still wondering if I should have this book to be 4.5 instead, and you know what, 4.5 star A beautiful book about family, anxiety, friendship, mourning, letting go, and sadly also a magical element.

So this book was, up tot the revelation of the magical element, 5+ stars. I just couldn't, wouldn't, didn't want, to stop reading (sadly, one has to stop at times for sleep or for boyfriends), but you get my drift. Then the magical element was added, and my rating dropped to 5 stars. At this point I am still wondering if I should have this book to be 4.5 instead, and you know what, 4.5 stars it is. As that magical element really ruined my enjoyment and the beauty of the book.

I will put this part under spoiler. (view spoiler)

Phew, now that is out of the way, let's talk about the rest of the book. The book starts off when Lottie and her family are throwing out the ashes of her aunt (poor dad btw), and then we go back in time to when her aunt just died. When her family was hearing Aunt Helen's will, and the letters that came with it. The letters which Aunt Helen wrote for Lottie, as she knew that Lottie needed some extra love and care, knew she would be the most affected and the one most likely to collapse. Lottie has anxiety, and we see her go from light panic attacks to full blown panic attacks that feel like heart attacks. We see her cry, we see her world collapse, and we see her think of death (a lot). The letters are definitely helping her a bit more, bringing her closer to her aunt, and also easing the way for her to let her aunt go.
The letters vary from talking about Helen's life to how her life felt after the diagnosis, she reminiscences about how Lottie and Abe were back when they were younger, but they also contain dares, assignments, little or big things to do for Lottie. Like going out and meeting new people, letting things go, or picking up things or bringing things to people. It seems all very simple but for Lottie it is a big deal, and I loved how the author wrote about Lottie's reactions to the letters to when she had to do certain things for her aunt.
I have to say that for a while I thought Lottie was way younger than that she actually was. For a bit of the book I thought she was 14, maybe 15, but later on I could see she was definitely not that, it was as if something had shifted and Lottie acted more like her age or older.
I could talk for a lot longer about Lottie, but I will just end this section with that I loved Lottie and she was just fabulous, sweet, real.

Of course there are tons of other characters featured in this book. All of them are mourning the loss of Aunt Helen in their way, but we also see them try to continue with life.
Em was my favourite girl, followed by Lottie's parents, Aunt Helen (from what we could see of her in the letters she seemed like a wonderful person), Abe, and lastly Sam. I never did quite like Abe and Sam, but if I had to pick who was last, it would be Sam. He was just too perfect, too much there, right in the moment when he was needed, and again what I mentioned in the spoiler, that is what ruined his character further for me.

What more? Oh, yes, could we have a real Alvin Hatter series? Because I adored those excerpts from the books, those little parts that made me fall in love with Alvin and Margo and I wanted to see more of their story, of them, I wanted to read the whole thing, and not just parts of it.

Oh, and it took me up to the moment to realise the cover wasn't her jumping of a boat. :P

All in all, 5+ stars for most of the book, and sadly going downwards nearer to the end. *sighs* I would still recommend it, but if you don't like a magical element in a serious book, then don't read this one or drop it at the right moment.

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Jul 15, 2018 Antonia rated it liked it

“The moment I started reading, I was no longer in my bedroom, no longer sad, no longer even myself.”

This was literally the weirdest book I have ever read. I was expecting a good contemporary about grieving with a little love-story, and that's what I got. For 300 pages. And then the last 50 started. I have no idea what the author was thinking, it makes zero sense and I'm super confused. Also the anxiety representation is horrible. At one point her love-interest tells her to breathe deeply and sh ...more

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Apr 26, 2018 Iryna *Book and Sword* rated it liked it

Shelves: let-down

“The moment I started reading, I was no longer in my bedroom, no longer sad, no longer even myself.”

This is a mediocre/good book that had the potential to be great/amazing, but alas, it didn't reach that potential. It's a shame really, because I loved many components of this book, but I didn't love the book as a whole all that much.

Let's start with the good stuff:
- Healthy and heartwarming siblings relationship portrayal.
- Diversity all throughout.
- Anxiety representation.
- And the main topi ...more

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Aug 22, 2017 Rian *fire and books* added it · review of another edition

I'm not sure how to rate this book yet.... once I figure it out I'll let y'all know.

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Jun 16, 2017 Zemira (Kylo Ren fangirl) Warner rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary, death, edelweiss, best-of-2017

I was one of the few people who actually loved Katrina Leno's first book, The Half Life of Molly Pierce and I was so happy when I saw Everything All at Once was getting a lot of positive reviews. I knew I had to read it.

And it didn't disappoint. Leno delivers a moving story about extremely caring and lovely family, their grief over loosing one of their members and mental illness. You could feel the love they share for each other. I wanted to be a part of their dynamic.

I was surprised with the ...more

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Feb 04, 2016 Catherine Tinker rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2017-most-anticipated, favorites

This sounds exactly like my sort of thing. I need it so bad.

10/12/16: WE HAVE A COVER https://www.facebook.com/katrinalenob...

7/10/2017:
I received an ARC in the mail today and now, five hours later, have finished it.

It's going to take a while to find all the right words for what this book means to me. For now, I'll simply say that this is one of those books I wish I'd written.

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Nov 23, 2018 Jenny Baker rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary, mental-illness, young-adult, 2018

Wow. This exceeded my expectations. I thought this was just going to be an ordinary YA contemporary novel that would entertain me for a few hours, but nothing more. I wasn’t expecting to connect with it on such a personal level. For me, this was one of those novels that I didn’t know I needed until I read it.

I love it when novels mention books, movies, and music. As soon as finished reading this book, I immediately listened to Jim Croce’s song Time in a Bottle. Once you read this novel, and I h Wow. This exceeded my expectations. I thought this was just going to be an ordinary YA contemporary novel that would entertain me for a few hours, but nothing more. I wasn’t expecting to connect with it on such a personal level. For me, this was one of those novels that I didn’t know I needed until I read it.

I love it when novels mention books, movies, and music. As soon as finished reading this book, I immediately listened to Jim Croce’s song Time in a Bottle. Once you read this novel, and I hope you do, that will make sense. Now I want to read Pride and Prejudice, Lord of the Rings, and so many others that were mentioned.

Whenever Lottie read a letter from her Aunt Helen, I thought of my Aunt Zonia who passed away of cancer when I was in my twenties. I kept wishing she had left me twenty-four letters each with a new task for me. There were moments in the story that I felt were directed at me, especially in the letters. My Aunt Zonia would have given me similar advice as Aunt Helen gave to Lottie. She would have told me to challenge myself, to do things out of my comfort zone, to really live.

I have a strong urge to flip through this book again to each letter and write down those tasks, because I can’t remember them all. I just kept thinking, I should do that. I feel like I can’t share any of the tasks with you, because part of the fun of this book is the discovery of those tasks. I loved that anticipation of when Lottie read another letter (and the reader gets to read them too) and saw the next task.

I could completely relate to Lottie. She has an anxiety disorder, and I had that issue when I was her age and still in high school. She has some repetitive thoughts that overwhelm her until she has a panic attack. She’s afraid of dying and of not knowing when and how that will happen. She’s grieving over her beloved aunt that she can’t imagine living without. I was grieving with her.

Lottie and Aunt Helen weren’t the only good characters in the story. I loved her family. She lives with her parents and her brother Abe. Her best friend Em is really cool and supportive, although she faces challenges of her own at home. Her mother doesn’t support her gay lifestyle. Sam is an interesting character and what I loved most about him was his incredible thirst for knowledge.

I guessed the plot twist, but it took me a few clues. It was my first guess and I thought my guess was a little silly at first until I thought about Aunt Helen’s Alvin Hatter book series.

I feel like my review isn’t doing this book justice, but hope you take my word for it when I say READ IT. This book had me thinking about how much I’ve been wasting my time instead of living to the fullest. I don’t see that as a bad thing though.
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Oct 23, 2018 Madalyn (Novel Ink) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: library

*3.5 stars*

I really enjoyed this!

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Dec 16, 2016 Molly rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: top-5-to-read-in-2017, 2017-priority, harper-2017, favorites, i-know-the-author

I HAVE SO MANY EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW.

This book was so amazing and hit me so close to home. Much like Lottie, I was close to my grandmother the same way she was with her aunt. All of her emotions and grief I felt deeply while reading this and there were parts that really gut punched me at the most random times.

This book made me cry. I rarely cry over books and I choked up quite a few times and kinda lost it at the end. SO MANY EMOTIONS.

The characters were all so wonderful. I really love the way tha I HAVE SO MANY EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW.

This book was so amazing and hit me so close to home. Much like Lottie, I was close to my grandmother the same way she was with her aunt. All of her emotions and grief I felt deeply while reading this and there were parts that really gut punched me at the most random times.

This book made me cry. I rarely cry over books and I choked up quite a few times and kinda lost it at the end. SO MANY EMOTIONS.

The characters were all so wonderful. I really love the way that Katrina Leno writes siblings and best friends. I also loved the parents in this book A LOT. Abe was my favorite & I wish that I had a brother like him.

The whole Alvin Hatter book series was fucking perfection. To be honest I am NOT a fan of the "book within a book" type of books (I loved Fangirl but hated the Simon parts and won't read Carry On. There have also been other books that I have skipped or dropped because of the book within a book parts) but it worked SO WELL in this book. The sections that were from the Alvin books actually made me yearn for a Harry Potter reread. But the best thing about the Alvin books is that they AREN'T Harry Potter specifically. They are Narnia, they are Percy Jackson, they are A Wrinkle in Time, they are The Golden Compass. Alvin Hatter is the stand in for your favorite childhood books paying homage to them all. And that is what I loved so much about them. (Yes Aunt Helen is totally the JKR of this world).

This book is surprising too and if you're a close reader you'll be able to figure out the magic. I was SO PLEASED with the ending and with the clues and with Aunt Helen's big secret. I was so happy with the choices Lottie made too.

There is also A TON of diversity in this book that is reflective of the world around us. I really love how naturally Katrina writes diverse characters without it feeling like she just forced them in for diversity's sake. It feels very REAL and authentic.

I feel like this book was meant for me. I am so honored that Katrina let me read it so early. This book was made up of so many things that I love (letters in a book! Amazing friendships, quite romance, hilarious conversations, musings about time and the universe, magic, Conor Oberst).

Lastly, if you are a book lover or a writer, this book will be something that you can really understand and just really connect with. So please check it out this coming July! ...more

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Aug 27, 2017 R. G. Nairam rated it it was ok

Shelves: august-2017-readathon

Okay, first off: (view spoiler) Not that that really needs to be censored because it becomes painfully obvious at about 35% of the way in.

I liked the idea of this book. In the beginning, I found the combination of the idea plus the sufficiency of the character/authorial voice enough to keep me going. But at about 30-40% I begin to have my suspicions about some things and over 50% it was a bit of a grind I kept at bec ...more

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Jun 22, 2017 Thamy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book wasn't at all what I expected. This in a good way, don't worry. It was still a 3.5, not a full 4-star because the author was so daring with her planning that she could have written this more with a bang. I'm sure the idea had potential to become a real classic.

Still, I'm sure most YA readers would enjoy this. Because it's different but it's not too weird. Thus, it's very easy to like and unlikely to forget.

It all starts with the death of Lottie's beloved aunt, and her will. She was som This book wasn't at all what I expected. This in a good way, don't worry. It was still a 3.5, not a full 4-star because the author was so daring with her planning that she could have written this more with a bang. I'm sure the idea had potential to become a real classic.

Still, I'm sure most YA readers would enjoy this. Because it's different but it's not too weird. Thus, it's very easy to like and unlikely to forget.

It all starts with the death of Lottie's beloved aunt, and her will. She was some JK Rowling equivalent and, to help her niece cope with it all, leaves to Lottie 24 letters, in which there are a few tasks, challenges and a big secret. Lottie needs to fulfill the task of one letter before reading the next. Thanks to that, Lottie learns how to face her panic attacks and meets Sam, a mysterious boy who also knew her aunt.

By the way, this is more like a mix between PS I Love You and Since You've Been Gone than Thirteen Reasons Why.

With a formula similar to Fangirl, this book brings excerpts of Lottie's aunt's book series, about two siblings in a magical world who have their parents taken away and end up becoming immortal. Unlike Fangirl, even f this magical world is obviously inspired in Harry Potter, it's surely not fan fiction. You can see a lot of the aunt reflected on the younger sister of the siblings and feel there are important clues of her message to Lottie might be.

Yes, this is one of my favorite kinds of books. A story with an underlying secret.

Lottie's voice and her aunt's were quite different, and I was also glad that the aunt didn't sound like the author intervening in the story. She does sound a little too full of advice in the first letters but as it goes, Katrina Leno was able to build the character so well, it was as if she were still alive and interacting with the others. I'm not sure if I would have liked receiving those letters but I can't say the aunt didn't seem real.

Sam was one I'm still not sure I liked. I didn't hate him, though. He was just not my type, I think. It was more than "I can't figure him out". Nevertheless, his plot gripped me almost from the time he appeared.

Lottie, our main character, and her whole family, as well as Em, her best friend, they were so heartwarming I wished to become one of them. This is a family I'm taking with me.

The tasks were a little of a let-down. To be honest, very few piqued my interesting. This was the most disappointing in the book, especially since they were supposed to be the main thing. Some of them didn't read like Leno gave that much a thought or maybe she just couldn't think of anything better and she needed to have anything. When it comes to books with a list of tasks, Since You've Been Gone is still my favorite. Maybe that's why everything that followed didn't feel right?

Now my big complaint was the ending. Although I understood it well, I wasn't a fan. It felt underwhelming taking into consideration everything we go through.

I think this book deserved to be more entertaining but it was sweet. And it was a good, surprising story, I'm sure readers of all ages will enjoy it a lot.

Review based on an ARC provided by Edelweiss. I also want to thank the publisher for giving me this opportunity. ...more

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Aug 15, 2017 Caitlin Christensen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, diverse-reads, young-adult

While I really loved Katrina Leno’s The Lost and Found, I don’t even have words to describe what I felt for Everything All at Once. I wasn’t even planning on reading it right away when it arrived, but then I read the first page and I couldn’t put it down. I dropped the other book I was reading so that I could devour this one.

It’s got the blend of contemporary and magical realism that I love so much perfected into a delicious morsel of goodness. The entire book has you second-guessing reality ju ...more

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Sep 03, 2017 Jennika rated it liked it

Recommended to Jennika by: UppercaseBox

Shelves: genre-contemporary, signed, stand-alone, subscription-box

I think this novel started out amazing! I loved the concept. Lottie's aunt, Helen, passes away earlier than most were expecting. I related to Lottie a lot with regards to losing someone you love when you aren't ready. Aunt Helen also happens to be a well known author of a children's fantasy series, which the author has included excerpts of the novels between chapters. I loved this aspect of the novel. I also loved that Aunt Helen planned ahead and wrote Lottie a bunch of letters to read after sh ...more

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Sep 04, 2017 Ara rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017, young-adult, mental-health, contemporary

3.5 Stars

My Thoughts
- Quick, easy to read.
- Accurate representation of anxiety. (A+)
- VERY little romance. The book didn't need it at all, actually.
- I understood and liked Lottie a lot more than I thought I would.
- I love that the characters are book lovers themselves.
- The synopsis is somewhat misleading. The "dares" are meant to help Lottie get out of her comfort zone, so they're not anything extreme, like it suggests.
- I didn't like the ending. The elements of fantasy in the "plot twist" rea ...more

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