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A review by corgimuffins
We Used To Be Friends by Amy Spalding
3.0
3.5/5
this book slowly broke my heart. almost everything about it was good.
“It was easy to believe that romance was the only heartache out there.”
this book starts out with james about to move to college, talking about how she misses kat. james’ pov goes backwards throughout senior year while kat’s moves forward. and how their friendship ended.
something i really appreciated about this book was the dual povs. from james’ pov, kat was selfish, self centered, dramatic, and annoying. from kat’s pov, james was distant, closed off, tight lipped, and short with her. it really hurt to see how they slowly grew apart and came to only see the worst in each other. though, they both weren’t completely wrong. by the end, james is learning to be more open and kat is learning to make more room for everyone in her life besides quinn, her girlfriend.
the timing and pacing of the book annoyed me at first, but i think it worked well at the end because the parallels between the first and last chapters are a punch to the heart.
the only thing that annoyed me about this book was how kat talked sometimes. i know that’s the point and that’s kat’s personality but the constant “duhs” “omgs” and “like” got on my nerves. especially the “omg” i never want to see that more than once in a book again. other than that, this book was well written and broke my heart a bit.
this book slowly broke my heart. almost everything about it was good.
“It was easy to believe that romance was the only heartache out there.”
this book starts out with james about to move to college, talking about how she misses kat. james’ pov goes backwards throughout senior year while kat’s moves forward. and how their friendship ended.
something i really appreciated about this book was the dual povs. from james’ pov, kat was selfish, self centered, dramatic, and annoying. from kat’s pov, james was distant, closed off, tight lipped, and short with her. it really hurt to see how they slowly grew apart and came to only see the worst in each other. though, they both weren’t completely wrong. by the end, james is learning to be more open and kat is learning to make more room for everyone in her life besides quinn, her girlfriend.
the timing and pacing of the book annoyed me at first, but i think it worked well at the end because the parallels between the first and last chapters are a punch to the heart.
the only thing that annoyed me about this book was how kat talked sometimes. i know that’s the point and that’s kat’s personality but the constant “duhs” “omgs” and “like” got on my nerves. especially the “omg” i never want to see that more than once in a book again. other than that, this book was well written and broke my heart a bit.