Girl, I don't care. Before I expand on my perspective, I'll begin by saying I really don't like stories within stories. Maybe in this lifetime was not 2 stories in one perse, but it was. There's an alternate reality, which seemed to exist just to prove the love between Leyland and Clementine could withstand time and space. However, I didn't know enough about either character to be invested in their love. Was this book poorly written? Absolutely not. Was there a beginning, middle, and end? Absolutely. There were also 5 epilogues spanning 7 years and glimpses into the lives of characters irrelevant to this story. I know those were likely breadcrumbs for future or existing books, but girl, I don't care. The concept of the story was great, but I thoroughly disliked the execution.