A review by wanderinglynn
The Space Between by Kate Canterbary

emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.25

I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as Matt and Lauren's story. (Matt's still at the top of the Walsh book boyfriend list.) There are two reasons. First, I never really warmed up to Andy. I had to agree with her ex-friend Jess that she's rather self-centered and and asshole. Andy was never really honest with anyone and acted as if she was better than everyone. Second, the age gap trope is hit or miss for me, and it's normally a miss when the characters are under 30. Here, Andy is only 24. And even though age gap isn't that large (less than a decade), Andy started fan-girling over Patrick while in school. So it felt more teenage boyband type crush turned slightly more and it just made me cringe a bit. Adding on top of that, that I didn't like her character and well, I'm happy Patrick got his HEA but I think he could've done better.

I also thought the book started dragging in the middle. So overall, an okay but not great read for me.

5 stars for Christian Fox's narration.