Review: Between These Lines
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2013
If you are like me, then contemporaries are my go to summer. And Between These Lines is perfect for a quick and surprising but totally entralling romance. But it was totally different than I first thought it would be. I thought it would be this easy breezy book but there was much more meat on its bones than just a fun beach read. I loved it so much! You can't help but fall in love with the characters and root for them the whole time. And the alternating point of view from chapter to chapter is a stylistic favorite of mine. I love getting to know the main guy and main girl this way. Plus I like the inside peek into a guys point of view in contemporary romances especially.Chase starts out the story, which makes me feel like he was the true main characters and I have to say that I enjoyed it was the guy and not the girl. Typically the girl in the story takes center stage, and in between these lines both Chase and Evie are prominently featured but I still felt like it was a little bit more about Chase's story, and I wouldn't have had it any other way.I liked Evie a lot but Chase just melted my heart. I just really connected with him. I wanted to just walk up to him and hug him half of the time. Sometimes to try and cheer him up and sometimes just because he was way too adorable. Evie was pretty cute too. Her boyfriend really bugged me and so did her friend, Tara.I thought that Between These Lines was going to a light and easy romance, but it is darker and more complicated than that. Chase and Evie both have so much going on in their lives. They have both been called "damaged" for one reason or another. Chase lost his parents in a horrible accident and Evie's parent's marriage is falling apart and she is left to fend for herself. It was sad to think about these two great teens having to go through all of that on their own. Which is why I liked them so much for each other. They were able to bring each other out of their funks.Between These Lines is beautifully written. You can't help but to get sucked into the world of Whitley prep with its secrets and manipulation and Shane. (ugh I hate Shane!!) The ending completely took me by surprise too, which is not all that easy to do. Jennifer Murgia is a really fantastic job with Between These Lines and I think you need to go out and read it right now!4.5/5*Disclaimer- I got a copy of this book for free in exchange for my honest review. I was not compensated for my thoughts.