Review: A satisfying follow-up to Dear Cassie
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2014
When Lisa Burstein announced she was writing a follow-up to Dear Cassie, I knew that I would have to read it. It's funny, before the announcement, I didn't realize how much I missed the characters, Cassie and Ben. But as soon as I knew there was more to their story, I obsessively checked to see when the book would be published. I waited as patiently as I possibly could and thankfully, Lisa posted teasers every once in a while to tide her readers over. The day the e-ARCs came out, nothing else mattered until I knew what had become of Cassie and Ben.I loved, loved, loved this book. The Possibility of Us was a completely satisfying follow-up to Dear Cassie. Cassie is still stubborn Cassie, and Ben is still hopeful Ben. We get to experience their heartache as they finally realized that "they" can become a "them."I like how the story was told from both Cassie and Ben's perspectives. I am a huge fan of duel storytelling because we get to know how both characters perceive the same situation.  We get to learn a lot more about Ben and his feelings for Cassie and what he thinks about them no longer being together. This story is just as much Ben's as it is Cassie's.One of my favorite things about The Possibility of Us was the intimacy between Ben and Cassie. Kissing scenes really get readers going and I am a fan of those too, but Lisa Burstein writes some of the best hand holding scenes I've ever read. So much is communicated in this seemingly simple gesture. I will take some hand holding with Ben any day.With each book, Lisa makes me an even bigger fan of her writing. Like with The Possibility of Us, I will anxiously await her next story and the characters she will introduce to the world.