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Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer
4.0
Rounding up a 3.5.
Nice teen romance. I loved the overall concept: book characters (at least in this particular story) come to life when the pages are not being read. They are forced to act out the same story time and time again, whenever a reader opens their book. Oliver has grown tired of this monotony. He doesn't love his princess, he's tired of tricking the bad guys, and he wants the chance of being more than what has been written. He wants to see what lies beyond his pages.
Delilah is a lone soul. She happens across Between the Lines by chance in the school library and it instantly spoke to her from the first page. She's drawn to the prince there and wishes for something more than just a brief respite from reality. One day she notices something different: the prince of the story Oliver is alive!
The book follow the journey of Oliver and Delilah as they try to break Oliver free while growing closer together.
The story is light and fun, definitely meant more for a younger audience (which makes sense that it was written by an mom/teen daughter duo). It's easy to keep in mind that the teenagers act like teenagers (and have the relevant misconceptions). Super quick read!
Nice teen romance. I loved the overall concept: book characters (at least in this particular story) come to life when the pages are not being read. They are forced to act out the same story time and time again, whenever a reader opens their book. Oliver has grown tired of this monotony. He doesn't love his princess, he's tired of tricking the bad guys, and he wants the chance of being more than what has been written. He wants to see what lies beyond his pages.
Delilah is a lone soul. She happens across Between the Lines by chance in the school library and it instantly spoke to her from the first page. She's drawn to the prince there and wishes for something more than just a brief respite from reality. One day she notices something different: the prince of the story Oliver is alive!
The book follow the journey of Oliver and Delilah as they try to break Oliver free while growing closer together.
The story is light and fun, definitely meant more for a younger audience (which makes sense that it was written by an mom/teen daughter duo). It's easy to keep in mind that the teenagers act like teenagers (and have the relevant misconceptions). Super quick read!