A review by misterintensity
We Used to Be Friends by Amy Spalding

4.0

Before starting high school, BFFs James and Kat buried a time capsule in tribute to their friendship. When it comes time to dig it up after senior year the two are barely speaking. What made the “Forever” in BFF end for these two former BFFs? The end of their friendship is told in alternating chapters: James’s start after the end of senior year, Kat’s at the beginning. The shifting timelines may confuse some readers. Yet as one reads on the events alluded to in James’s chapters become clearer when reading about it as it happens from Kat’s perspective. What immediately becomes clear is that James and Kat are two different people and the end of their friendship is inevitable. There wasn’t one dramatic moment that ended their friendship, it was more like the two had grown apart. And yes, the end of their friendship is as heartbreaking if not more so. In balancing the two viewpoints, readers may prefer one over the other, yet it wasn’t any one thing that ended the girl’s friendship. Other books that focus on changing friendships include Little Do We Know by Tamara Ireland Stone and Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner.

Thank you NetGalley for providing an ARC for this book.