Solid 4 star book.  

I don't know that I was smart enough to read You Between the Lines. So much of the poetry/English stuff sailed right over my head.  It's clear Katie Naymon knows what's she's writing and doing.  What I did understand was beautiful, but I lost a lot in the jargon.  As an accountant, I wouldn't start out using accounting terms without first giving a real life comparison of what I'm discussing for those that don't have accounting degrees.

I really enjoyed the friendships, Kacey and Gen were top tier.  I loved the moment with Gen during spring break where Leigh was lashing out and Gen, who would have been totally justified popping off, just... didn't.  So much respect for that, that takes a strong confident person to listen and recognize what's being said comes from a place of hurt.

There were a few lines I highlighted because the author wrote them so beautifully. When they were in the bedroom during the Halloween Party and she wrote "...his thumb dragging up and down in a constellation so perfect, it's as if he already knew my body's cartography." WHAT?! Get out of here with that poetic beauty (no pun was intended there) I loved that.  And of course, she got me in the corn maze with, "I will hold on so tightly," *Sigh* So good.

I didn't love Leigh's parents. I know that's the whole entire point, but I really just wanted to slap them around.  Going to a huge event for her and bringing their drama with it?  No, you shouldn't have even come.  Wait until she's done and FaceTime her later to tell her, once she's completed one of the bigger moments off her life.  Of course, then we wouldn't have had all that we did and the book would have gone in a different direction, but I was SO MAD at them. 

I received a free e-ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.