A review by thebookberrie
I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest

This was a fun quick read!

I Wanna Be Where You Are is about a girl named Chloe who is a ballerina. When her mother forbids her to apply for a spot at a dance conservatory of her dreams, she devises a secret plan to drive there. Before she can even start, her neighbor Eli insists on hitching a ride, threatening to tell her mom if she doesn't. Along with him is his stinky dog and along they go on a roadtrip that has many speed bumps.

I listened to this on audiobook and this was such a zoom boi. I think I like fun, cute roadtrips where they are on the way to achieving their dreams and not roadtrip because they're on the run from the FBI. (Which I have read many times, all sucking.)

They have a stinky dog that gets INTO it and it's just so funny the situations that happen while trying to hide the dog and then just Eli and Chloe dealing with each other in general. It's ex-friends to lovers and it's such a vibe because Eli is a goofball and Chloe is like absolutely not, you are annoying. They worked so well together even though there was a big thing in their past that had me salty.

According to the author's note, the author used to dance and you can just tell because I really felt how passionate Chloe was to dancing. But other things were just like... yeah I'm too old and teenagers are annoying haha like a lot of this could have been avoided but it's finee.

Loved the vibe.