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cobaltbookshelf's review
3.0
I really wish this was dual pov it would hit more but anyways cute and fast read.
aered59's review
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
steph01924's review
3.0
Didn't love this one as much as I'd hoped. You can read my full review at Forever Young Adult.
lawbooks600's review
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Representation: Minor Black character
Score: Six points out of ten.
I wanted to read this for a while but never got around till now. I picked With and Without You not knowing how well the authors wrote it. I glanced the blurb, which made it seem unique and romantic, but the low ratings warned me not to read it. When I closed the final page of With and Without You, it could've been better.
It starts with the first two characters I see, Siena and Patrick, initially seen together until they broke up. To add salt to the wound, Patrick moves away after the opening pages to a new location, presumably somewhere in America. Siena believes that if Patrick moves away, the relationship will eventually deteriorate into nothing, and the chemistry would be non-existent. Or so she thought.
It turns out that the relationship remains passionate, disproving the theory, but the plot twists kept coming. My most prominent gripes with With and Without You are the characters, particularly Siena. She tries to come off as snarky but she's irritating to read, especially around Patrick. The text message pages quickens the pace but nothing much happens besides the romance and what happens in Siena's life. I would've appreciated the authors if they wrote a POV from Patrick. Alas, that never happened. Toward the concluding pages, Siena and Patrick broke up again but still remain friends, finishing With and Without You on a bittersweet note.
Score: Six points out of ten.
I wanted to read this for a while but never got around till now. I picked With and Without You not knowing how well the authors wrote it. I glanced the blurb, which made it seem unique and romantic, but the low ratings warned me not to read it. When I closed the final page of With and Without You, it could've been better.
It starts with the first two characters I see, Siena and Patrick, initially seen together until they broke up. To add salt to the wound, Patrick moves away after the opening pages to a new location, presumably somewhere in America. Siena believes that if Patrick moves away, the relationship will eventually deteriorate into nothing, and the chemistry would be non-existent. Or so she thought.
It turns out that the relationship remains passionate, disproving the theory, but the plot twists kept coming. My most prominent gripes with With and Without You are the characters, particularly Siena. She tries to come off as snarky but she's irritating to read, especially around Patrick. The text message pages quickens the pace but nothing much happens besides the romance and what happens in Siena's life. I would've appreciated the authors if they wrote a POV from Patrick. Alas, that never happened. Toward the concluding pages, Siena and Patrick broke up again but still remain friends, finishing With and Without You on a bittersweet note.
Content Warnings
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
kthornette's review
5.0
4.5 ⭐️ rounded
You know what, this might be my favourite Wibbroka to date. I have a soft spot for this story being based on their relationship.
I really love the premise and that our main couple weremostly together for the entire book. It's refreshing to read an established pairing figuring things out and growing rather than that conquest for love. I would've liked for there to be more moments where Siena and Patrick weren't reunited, as in them living their day to day lives on their own with the long distance. Given that, a Dual POV would've been great for this book since I think Patrick had more obstacles to face.
This book was honestly close to being close to five stars but I had to dock a half because of the classic "third act drama" which was really three chapters (which made it worse. For a moment, I thought we weren't going to get that). I like how the conflict itself developed but it was so rushed to have it finally break down in the final few chapters. With that, there wasn't any real development between said conflict and our HEA. It didn't have a point.
But yeah, this book was amazing.
“But of a relationships is meant to be, the distance doesn’t matter, right?” It’s a more revealing question than I intended. Nevertheless, I’m hungry for the answer — for someone to just tell me whether I should break up with him or not. What if long distance is like the natural selection of relationships? If it only kills the weak ones? Does the fact that it’s hurting Patrick’s and mine mean we’re not right for each other?
You know what, this might be my favourite Wibbroka to date. I have a soft spot for this story being based on their relationship.
I really love the premise and that our main couple were
This book was honestly close to being close to five stars but I had to dock a half because of the classic "third act drama" which was really three chapters (which made it worse. For a moment, I thought we weren't going to get that). I like how the conflict itself developed but it was so rushed to have it finally break down in the final few chapters. With that, there wasn't any real development between said conflict and our HEA. It didn't have a point.
But yeah, this book was amazing.
readingwithmelodie's review
5.0
4.5 stars
this is a bit of a different sort of book, which is fun! I like how it started off with an established relationship and it’s the story of watching them grow, instead of just getting together, and seriously that is underrated
the miscommunicationess of Siena was UGHH and she was so weirdly whiny at the start, but I did like how at the end she got better at it, because Life! Working on things! Yay!
and this book may not be super fun or romantic, but in a way it felt real. like I can see some 17/18 year old feeling this. it’s been a while since I’ve read these authors other books, but this one is definitely the most down the earth one. not better or worse, just different
this is a bit of a different sort of book, which is fun! I like how it started off with an established relationship and it’s the story of watching them grow, instead of just getting together, and seriously that is underrated
the miscommunicationess of Siena was UGHH and she was so weirdly whiny at the start, but I did like how at the end she got better at it, because Life! Working on things! Yay!
and this book may not be super fun or romantic, but in a way it felt real. like I can see some 17/18 year old feeling this. it’s been a while since I’ve read these authors other books, but this one is definitely the most down the earth one. not better or worse, just different
achaperonwrites's review
5.0
“Sometimes, high school feels like a place where you can be whoever you want as long as it’s who you already were. When everyone here has known you since kindergarten, the you they expect is only the product of unconscious choices from when you were seven, or ten, or fifteen. The contours of a mold you didn’t know you were carving.”
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