A review by mzdeb
Four Days of You and Me by Miranda Kenneally
3.0
I received a digital ARC from NetGalley.
I wanted to give this four stars, but the alternating timelines kinda dinged it a bit. There is the annual May field trip timeline, and the overall school year timeline. Both focus on Alex and LuLu and their friends. And a current field trip (always marked "today") can be broken up into any number of segments around the events of that school year. It's a gimmick that doesn't quite work. I know it's supposed to create some sort of suspense (wait, they're dating now? Broke up? Back together? What the heck happened?), but I found myself re-reading passages afterwards, trying to focus solely on a particular field trip, or solely on the events of the year, just so I could get the details straight.
It's hard being in love in a small town when you both know leaving can improve your own life so much--hence the events that drive them apart sophomore year. It's also hard when the best option might take someone out of your life completely. Alex and LuLu are both too young for the HEA--we all know for lovers this young, it's HFN. Only time will tell.
I wanted to give this four stars, but the alternating timelines kinda dinged it a bit. There is the annual May field trip timeline, and the overall school year timeline. Both focus on Alex and LuLu and their friends. And a current field trip (always marked "today") can be broken up into any number of segments around the events of that school year. It's a gimmick that doesn't quite work. I know it's supposed to create some sort of suspense (wait, they're dating now? Broke up? Back together? What the heck happened?), but I found myself re-reading passages afterwards, trying to focus solely on a particular field trip, or solely on the events of the year, just so I could get the details straight.
It's hard being in love in a small town when you both know leaving can improve your own life so much--hence the events that drive them apart sophomore year. It's also hard when the best option might take someone out of your life completely. Alex and LuLu are both too young for the HEA--we all know for lovers this young, it's HFN. Only time will tell.