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A review by arthuriana
The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
5.0
This book is quite simple, really: there's this poor girl who meets up with a rich boy, who then hooks up with said rich boy, encounters some trouble along the way, and becomes rich herself. This story is so stereotypical, that I'm pretty sure that it's already become a TV Trope. Yet, if you look past the stereotypical plot line, you'd discover something that is so unexpected that . . . well, there are no words for the feeling: this story is cute and feels-worthy and so utterly fantastic that I've put it in my favorites shelf.
Alright, to start with, the book has capital-A amazing characters, and I really do mean amazing. Caymen and Xander have one of the best chemistry I've ever read in literature. While they may be riddled with your typical YA love triangle kind of stuff (which I seriously deem surplus to YA in general; can't we have a nice, good story about two and only two people in love?), they aren't that typical and, seeing as the major hurdle didn't really exist, just made their love all the more . . . I dunno, real, I suppose? All I know was that, despite never having fallen in love, I literally flat-out squealed in that typical fangirl-y kind of way during their moments together (and, at times, felt sympathy for the characters).
The amazing thing, however, is the fact that this is a completely normal love story between two teenagers, yet it still manages to hook the reader in and brings them along for one unforgettable ride. I cannot tell you how utterly thankful I am that, finally, after so many tries of reading YA, hoping to get a great read, I finally found one that would rule them all.
This has it all: great characters, great arcs, great development, and, while its plot might not be original, its great writing will lure you away.
There's just one word for it, really: perfect
Alright, to start with, the book has capital-A amazing characters, and I really do mean amazing. Caymen and Xander have one of the best chemistry I've ever read in literature. While they may be riddled with your typical YA love triangle kind of stuff (which I seriously deem surplus to YA in general; can't we have a nice, good story about two and only two people in love?), they aren't that typical and, seeing as the major hurdle didn't really exist, just made their love all the more . . . I dunno, real, I suppose? All I know was that, despite never having fallen in love, I literally flat-out squealed in that typical fangirl-y kind of way during their moments together (and, at times, felt sympathy for the characters).
The amazing thing, however, is the fact that this is a completely normal love story between two teenagers, yet it still manages to hook the reader in and brings them along for one unforgettable ride. I cannot tell you how utterly thankful I am that, finally, after so many tries of reading YA, hoping to get a great read, I finally found one that would rule them all.
This has it all: great characters, great arcs, great development, and, while its plot might not be original, its great writing will lure you away.
There's just one word for it, really: perfect