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kellysrambles 's review for:
The Distance Between Us
by Kasie West
3.5 stars
Contemporary novels are not my usual choice but I had this one on my Kindle and thought I would give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly I read this. It was an easy read and the writing style was simple and addictive.
The Distance Between Us tells the story of Caymen, a girl who lives with her mother and works in their doll shop (a little creepy), and Xander, the rich son of a client, who Caymen quickly falls for.
Most of this book is spent looking at the reasons why Caymen feels that Xander is out of her league and it all boils down to their class difference. I liked how realistically this was portrayed and how the differences between them were so obvious in a material world, yet emotionally those differences didn't matter. I thought that this was one of the most important messages in this book.
There was too much of an 'instalove' element for me, which is why I usually don't get on too well with contemporary novels. I was most intrigued by the background story of Caymen and her mother and the secret her mother was so obviously hiding from her. To me, it felt like the story ended just where it was picking up most. I would have loved a few more chapters exploring what happened next in the story of Caymen, Xander and her mother. It just finished too soon.
I really liked Caymen as a character. Yes, she certainly had her flaws, but her sarcastic nature really made me connect with her. I laughed out loud several times whilst reading this because I knew exactly how Caymen felt in certain situations. Some of the responses she gave were so similar to the kind of thing that I would say and I loved how real that made her feel as a character. Kasie West certainly has a lot of wit about her.
On the whole this was a lovely read. A nice story line with some interesting twists and turns, I just felt that there were a few too many loose ends that needed to be tied up to make it 4*'s.
Contemporary novels are not my usual choice but I had this one on my Kindle and thought I would give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly I read this. It was an easy read and the writing style was simple and addictive.
The Distance Between Us tells the story of Caymen, a girl who lives with her mother and works in their doll shop (a little creepy), and Xander, the rich son of a client, who Caymen quickly falls for.
Most of this book is spent looking at the reasons why Caymen feels that Xander is out of her league and it all boils down to their class difference. I liked how realistically this was portrayed and how the differences between them were so obvious in a material world, yet emotionally those differences didn't matter. I thought that this was one of the most important messages in this book.
There was too much of an 'instalove' element for me, which is why I usually don't get on too well with contemporary novels. I was most intrigued by the background story of Caymen and her mother and the secret her mother was so obviously hiding from her. To me, it felt like the story ended just where it was picking up most. I would have loved a few more chapters exploring what happened next in the story of Caymen, Xander and her mother. It just finished too soon.
I really liked Caymen as a character. Yes, she certainly had her flaws, but her sarcastic nature really made me connect with her. I laughed out loud several times whilst reading this because I knew exactly how Caymen felt in certain situations. Some of the responses she gave were so similar to the kind of thing that I would say and I loved how real that made her feel as a character. Kasie West certainly has a lot of wit about her.
On the whole this was a lovely read. A nice story line with some interesting twists and turns, I just felt that there were a few too many loose ends that needed to be tied up to make it 4*'s.