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A review by kiaramedina
A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall
5.0
Originally posted on Oh, Read it in a Day Reviews
I finished this book on June 1st, in the middle of my three hour flight from New York to home. I giggled, I got teary eyed, I may have squealed at one point. The lady sitting next to me must have thought I was a little bit insane.
I read the last sentence, hugged the book, and started at the beginning again. I couldn’t think about anything else, let alone start reading another book on the plane. (Result: although I wanted to spend the next two hours thinking about the book, I eventually gave in and read something else-it wasn’t as great, in case you were wondering)
While on the plane, I contemplated writing a review on the spot, with the story fresh and alive in my mind. I had my iPad, so I could do it. No matter how agonizing it is to write on an iPad. I didn’t though, because 1. writing a review three months before its publication date is kind of extreme, even if you don’t plan on posting it until the week of publication, and 2. if I waited, I got to read it again!
A Little Something Different is…well it’s different, and yet, the same. It’s the love story you expect, yet don’t expect at the same time. It’s happy sighs and frustrated grunts. It’s “I love you so much I could kiss you…right after I punch you.”
This book tells the story of Lea and Gabe, college kids you immediately know are made for each other. I mean, they’re so perfect for each other it hurts. Everyone knows they’re meant to be together. Well, everyone except…them, that is.
The story is told by 14 other people. 14 viewpoints and none of them are Lea or Gabe. We see things through the eyes of everyone else. Friends who want to see their friends happy, teachers who play matchmaker, even a squirrel (by the way, the squirrel is my favorite narration). Everyone has a part to tell in this story. Everyone has a say, except for Lea and Gabe, of course.
The narration makes things frustrating, because all you want to do is smack both kids on the head and tell them they need to be together. Not knowing what’s going on in their heads is so hard. It’s so obvious to everyone else, why can’t you two see it either?!
I’m still frustrated. And it’s been three months.
But it’s the best kind of frustration. The frustration with hope. I mean they have to get together eventually, right? They have to see it eventually. They can’t continue living in the dark without each other, right?!
This is a story about falling in love. It’s about falling in love with love, it’s about the simplicity of love, even with it’s complexity. It’s a story about the little things and how sometimes a little something different can be just what you need.
I am in love with this book. It’s a fluff read. It’s the supreme of all fluff reads I have read, and it is my favorite. I smiled the entire time I spent writing this review. I smile when I think about this book. I think I’m head over heels over this book.
You will be too.
I finished this book on June 1st, in the middle of my three hour flight from New York to home. I giggled, I got teary eyed, I may have squealed at one point. The lady sitting next to me must have thought I was a little bit insane.
I read the last sentence, hugged the book, and started at the beginning again. I couldn’t think about anything else, let alone start reading another book on the plane. (Result: although I wanted to spend the next two hours thinking about the book, I eventually gave in and read something else-it wasn’t as great, in case you were wondering)
While on the plane, I contemplated writing a review on the spot, with the story fresh and alive in my mind. I had my iPad, so I could do it. No matter how agonizing it is to write on an iPad. I didn’t though, because 1. writing a review three months before its publication date is kind of extreme, even if you don’t plan on posting it until the week of publication, and 2. if I waited, I got to read it again!
A Little Something Different is…well it’s different, and yet, the same. It’s the love story you expect, yet don’t expect at the same time. It’s happy sighs and frustrated grunts. It’s “I love you so much I could kiss you…right after I punch you.”
This book tells the story of Lea and Gabe, college kids you immediately know are made for each other. I mean, they’re so perfect for each other it hurts. Everyone knows they’re meant to be together. Well, everyone except…them, that is.
The story is told by 14 other people. 14 viewpoints and none of them are Lea or Gabe. We see things through the eyes of everyone else. Friends who want to see their friends happy, teachers who play matchmaker, even a squirrel (by the way, the squirrel is my favorite narration). Everyone has a part to tell in this story. Everyone has a say, except for Lea and Gabe, of course.
The narration makes things frustrating, because all you want to do is smack both kids on the head and tell them they need to be together. Not knowing what’s going on in their heads is so hard. It’s so obvious to everyone else, why can’t you two see it either?!
I’m still frustrated. And it’s been three months.
But it’s the best kind of frustration. The frustration with hope. I mean they have to get together eventually, right? They have to see it eventually. They can’t continue living in the dark without each other, right?!
This is a story about falling in love. It’s about falling in love with love, it’s about the simplicity of love, even with it’s complexity. It’s a story about the little things and how sometimes a little something different can be just what you need.
I am in love with this book. It’s a fluff read. It’s the supreme of all fluff reads I have read, and it is my favorite. I smiled the entire time I spent writing this review. I smile when I think about this book. I think I’m head over heels over this book.
You will be too.