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The Space Between by Sarah Ready

8 reviews

brittandwaffles's review against another edition

5.0

Andrea and Jace are meant to be together. They know it from the moment they meet in Central Park. She’s a wealthy girl living in The Tower playing by her parents’ rules, and he’s an orphaned musical prodigy living in the Bronx. Despite their differences, they really see each other. But what happens when life tears them apart? Can they find their way back to each other all those years later?

I loved this so much. The author did a great job painting the scene, and it felt like escaping into an epic love story movie every time I picked this one up. It made me feel all the things and was a really sweeping and moving story of all the different kinds of love. Broken into three parts, you really got to go through life with these characters and see their development and how various events affected and changed them. The depth of the story was really gripping, and I didn’t want it to end.

Thank you to Sarah Ready, W. W. Crown, IBPA, and NetGalley for the advanced listeners copy in exchange for my honest review. This book is out now!

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elyssam's review

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emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

The Space Between follows Jace and Andi after meeting one evening. They fall in love and Andi decides to follow Jace and his band on tour. Despite the strength of their love, one night forces them to fall apart. Years later, Jace is in one of the most popular bands of their time and Andrea is working for her father’s company. They are worlds apart, but they may just be brought back together.

Let me start by saying, I’ve read a Sarah Ready book before and enjoyed it so I was really surprised by how much I didn’t like this one. By the time we got to their breakup, the book was only 50% in and it felt like it had been dragging on for so long. After that, it gave us an entirely different love story which really takes you out of the original romance, but it didn’t really matter to me because I was already so removed from the book at this point. At the 50% there were two very traumatic events (not to mention, both Andi and Jace has childhood trauma) which felt like a lot all at once. But it didn’t stop there. From then on it was traumatic event after traumatic event sprinkled with some confession that added more trauma. It was a lot. And felt like the only reason this book was capable of moving on was through giving these characters a lot of grief and turmoil to deal with, and not in a well thought out way.

I guess this is all to say I may have liked this better if the story structure was different, maybe a little less linear. And I would have loved it if there was more cohesiveness in how the big events and confessions were delivered.

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laceyr's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

"Is it possible to love in more than one way?"

This could be one of my favorite reads this year. It is certainly one of the most impactful books I’ve read this year.

Jace and Andrea come from vastly different backgrounds. She comes from an extremely wealthy family and he is from a family of aspiring musicians barely getting by. When their paths cross as teens they fall hard and fast, and are certain their love can endure. What will happen when fate tears them apart? Will the love they were so sure of at 17 weather all that the universe has to throw at them?

This was my first book by this author and I absolutely adored it. It is beautifully written and the characters are fully fleshed out. It is a coming of age story spanning 15 years, during which Jace and Andrea experience multiple lifetimes worth of misfortune and tragedy, but also an abundance of love. I particularly like the exploration of the different kinds of love that people can experience.

Andrea and Jace’s love story is beautiful and heart wrenching, and this book will tear you apart just to put you back together.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a free copy of the audio book in exchange for an honest review.

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kaci_gets_lit's review

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4.25

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dianaschmidty's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really have no idea if I rated this book correctly. This book made me want to scream and throw the book across the room then call everyone I know to read it so that they can experience the same pain as I’ve endured over the last two days. I’ve really enjoyed Sarah Ready’s writing in the past, but this book was so full of emotion that I’m in awe. The book was also painful. This book could have been named Miscommunication, since that was at the core. It was like Jace and Andi kept barely missing each other, and it was so infuriating, but I just couldn’t look away.

I loved Jace and Andi’s love story. Their first chance at love reminded me a lot of Billy and Camilla in Daisy Jones and the Six if Billy were a better guy. I loved hearing both of their perspectives and Jace is the guy you hope that all famous rock stars truly are.

Without too much spoiling, the second half of the book had me wanting to scream. I was so frustrated, but not in a bad way. If you want epic love story, that’s definitely this book!

I also grew to really like Reid. While I don’t exactly like what ended up happening with him, I appreciate how this book has a lot of different layers as to what love is.

I also loved the audiobook narrators. Andi’s narrator really reflected the hope she had in the first half of the book and I loved the shift in the second half where she sounded more aged and wary. I thought that the Jace narrator sounded like someone who had lived a hard life but was making it through.

Also, this book needs so many content warnings…

Thank you to NetGalley, W.W. Crown, and Sarah Ready for providing me access to this book.

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chloelj27's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

What I liked:

• The two opposite worlds colliding.

• The very different, but emotional back stories of Jace and Andi.

• The range of emotions packed into the story and felt as a reader.

• The writing - it was unpredictable with a few twists, but clever in places too.

Wow! I don’t even think I can put into words how much I adored this book. I first discovered Sarah Ready when I was accepted as and arc reader for French Holiday earlier this year and this book confirmed, I am a HUGE fan!

The emotions packed into this story were so powerful with a storyline that gripped me from start to finish. I thought this was going to be a nice, cute romance, but it was so much more! I was sobbing, laughing, grinning and everything in between.

The plot and characters were all incredible and have definitely left a big lasting impression on me. The depth and development of the characters was gorgeous to read. I truly felt a part of this story.

The meeting between Jace and Andi would come under the insta-love trope and if you know me, I’m not a fan of that, however I adored this book so it was very easy to overlook, especially as the connection was built quick but strong between them.

There’s definitely some sensitive topics covered (some brief, some detailed) and so I would advise reading the trigger warnings beforehand.

I could talk about so many points and aspects of The Space Between, but don’t want to give anything away so I will leave it by saying that I would read this book a thousand times over. I can’t wait for release day to buy a copy!

Thank you Netgalley, Sarah Ready and @socialbutterflypr for accepting me as an arc reader in exchange for an honest review.

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kaitsbooked's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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bookstagramming_through_life's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is my favorite read of 2023 so far. I hybrid read the book while listening to the audio.

I laughed, I was angry, I cried (a lot), and I fell in love with the journey of these characters. Like many books in this genre, there are absolutley areas where you have to suspend your disbelief, but I felt that was easy in this novel. Sarah Ready did an excellent job developing life circumstances and character development that let those more unbelievable situations have a modicum of belief.

I loved every minute of this, even the parts where I was sobbing. This is ej excellent exploration of different types of love, bonds between family, and long journeys that get us where we were always supposed to be. RUN to get this as soon as it is available.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are mine.

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