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bookswritingandmore's review
4.0
I adored this book. The characters, storyline and writing just drew me in quickly. Once I got to about 25% in, I had to keep reading non-stop till I finished it. A true gem in new adult romance. My full review will be up Saturday November 9th, stay tuned.
lolasreviews's review
3.0
I got a copy in exchange for an honest review
I have some mixed feelings about this book, there where parts I really liked, but also some parts that I didn't like and even some parts that where so disgusting it ruined part of the book for me. But I wanted to keep reading and in the end I did enjoy this book.
Let me start with the disgusting part, Daniel sleeps with older women for money and I think that's disgusting and then when he falls in love with the daughter of his current fuck body it's just weird. I just couldn't wrap my mind around the fact that he did this for money and wondered if there really wasn't another option to get money that wa sbetter than this. After the initial scene with grossed me out it started like a normal romance book. Daniel is teaching Stella art lessons and her om hopes this will help Stella who has Argoraphobia, which means she get's panic attacks when she's outside the house.
I liked how the story progressed although I thought it was a bit weird that Stella her phobie is such a big part of the story and at other points seems not to play such a big part at all. So she has this fear, but certainly in the first part we don't really see her struggle with it, she says she trying, but we don't read about this and I thought this was a bit weird. I wanted to see her trying to get outside and then having a panic attack not just hear her say she's trying while we don't read about those efforts. I know struggling with a phobia is difficult, but I would've liked if we read more about it and her struggled, but we only get to read about that at the end of the book.
The story was a bit predictable at some parts and I think the plot of a man-whore falling in love with an innocent girl is just a bit overdone. I have read so many books with this theme already and I think I just have read too many of those books. Also there is a certain scene later on in the book, where I couldn't believe Stella actually said/did a certain thing and it made someonething more ugly than it should be. It just felt off and it ruined some scènes for me, because it just felt wrong how it happened.
I didn't like Daniel at all at first, it was just so difficult to get over his disgusting behavior, especially because I didn't buy the explanation. Really you don't do things like that just because you're good at it. I am sure he is good at other things too. So I had some difficulties connecting with Daniel at first. I did like how he was hiding himself and only gradually learned to be himself. I wasn't sure what to think of Stella at first, but at the story continued I started to like her more. I liked the fact that she liked to bake and that she had to muster the courage to choose what she really wanted to instead of what her parents wanted for her. Also in the last 70 or so pages she really shows some strenght and does some brave things. Let's say I liked the last 70 pages the best.
To conclude: I liked this book, but I had some problems with a concept that I found disgusting and distrubing andf this ruined the book a bit for me. The story has some great scenes, but also some I didn't like. I had some trouble connecting with the characters at first, but I started to like them more as the story goes on.
I have some mixed feelings about this book, there where parts I really liked, but also some parts that I didn't like and even some parts that where so disgusting it ruined part of the book for me. But I wanted to keep reading and in the end I did enjoy this book.
Let me start with the disgusting part, Daniel sleeps with older women for money and I think that's disgusting and then when he falls in love with the daughter of his current fuck body it's just weird. I just couldn't wrap my mind around the fact that he did this for money and wondered if there really wasn't another option to get money that wa sbetter than this. After the initial scene with grossed me out it started like a normal romance book. Daniel is teaching Stella art lessons and her om hopes this will help Stella who has Argoraphobia, which means she get's panic attacks when she's outside the house.
I liked how the story progressed although I thought it was a bit weird that Stella her phobie is such a big part of the story and at other points seems not to play such a big part at all. So she has this fear, but certainly in the first part we don't really see her struggle with it, she says she trying, but we don't read about this and I thought this was a bit weird. I wanted to see her trying to get outside and then having a panic attack not just hear her say she's trying while we don't read about those efforts. I know struggling with a phobia is difficult, but I would've liked if we read more about it and her struggled, but we only get to read about that at the end of the book.
The story was a bit predictable at some parts and I think the plot of a man-whore falling in love with an innocent girl is just a bit overdone. I have read so many books with this theme already and I think I just have read too many of those books. Also there is a certain scene later on in the book, where I couldn't believe Stella actually said/did a certain thing and it made someonething more ugly than it should be. It just felt off and it ruined some scènes for me, because it just felt wrong how it happened.
I didn't like Daniel at all at first, it was just so difficult to get over his disgusting behavior, especially because I didn't buy the explanation. Really you don't do things like that just because you're good at it. I am sure he is good at other things too. So I had some difficulties connecting with Daniel at first. I did like how he was hiding himself and only gradually learned to be himself. I wasn't sure what to think of Stella at first, but at the story continued I started to like her more. I liked the fact that she liked to bake and that she had to muster the courage to choose what she really wanted to instead of what her parents wanted for her. Also in the last 70 or so pages she really shows some strenght and does some brave things. Let's say I liked the last 70 pages the best.
To conclude: I liked this book, but I had some problems with a concept that I found disgusting and distrubing andf this ruined the book a bit for me. The story has some great scenes, but also some I didn't like. I had some trouble connecting with the characters at first, but I started to like them more as the story goes on.
heatheray's review
5.0
This book hit so close to home. I have suffered from anxiety and panic attacks for years, it was so bad, I was trapped like Stella. I wouldn’t leave my house except to go to my mom’s and to the grocery store (on a good day). I’m so much better, I am not crippled by the thought of leaving the house anymore, but I still have a few triggers: crowds are really hard for me, confrontations are bad, and having someone in my house that I don’t know really well still can push me over the edge. I completely get what Stella was feeling when she would have them. For me, my chest tightens (it literally feels like there is a band around my chest squeezing it tighter and tighter), tears start rolling, and I start to hyperventilate.
Mila did such a wonderful job portraying feeling and really showing that it is not because we don’t want to do these things, it is because we physically feel like we can’t. I know nothing bad is going to happen to me (most likely) in a crowd, logic doesn’t stop my chest from squeezing so tightly and it doesn’t stop my breathing from being too shallow, too fast.
I read something once. It said people who suffer from anxiety/panic attacks aren’t weak, it is that they have tried to be strong for too long.
That’s exactly how I feel.
I loved this book. It portrayed that struggle, the longing that we have to be “normal”, to be back to where we used to be – outgoing, fun, able to go out to eat without having a nervous breakdown.
I adored Daniel. He really wanted to help Stella once he understood her. The problem is that nobody else can make panic attacks go away. You can give support and understanding. You can be an ear during moments of frustration where we just want to scream. You can not make it stop.
Only we can do that.
We have to face our fears. There is no other way around anxiety and panic attacks. You have to face your fears. I obviously haven’t faced every single one of mine, but I have come a long way. I loved watching Stella go on this journey and while she went on hers, Daniel had one of his own, learning a bit more about himself. He ended up having some fears to face on her own.
Did she end up breaking through? Do her and Daniel make it? You have to read it to find out. It is definitely worth the read, especially if you suffer from or know someone who deals with anxiety.
Mila did such a wonderful job portraying feeling and really showing that it is not because we don’t want to do these things, it is because we physically feel like we can’t. I know nothing bad is going to happen to me (most likely) in a crowd, logic doesn’t stop my chest from squeezing so tightly and it doesn’t stop my breathing from being too shallow, too fast.
I read something once. It said people who suffer from anxiety/panic attacks aren’t weak, it is that they have tried to be strong for too long.
That’s exactly how I feel.
I loved this book. It portrayed that struggle, the longing that we have to be “normal”, to be back to where we used to be – outgoing, fun, able to go out to eat without having a nervous breakdown.
I adored Daniel. He really wanted to help Stella once he understood her. The problem is that nobody else can make panic attacks go away. You can give support and understanding. You can be an ear during moments of frustration where we just want to scream. You can not make it stop.
Only we can do that.
We have to face our fears. There is no other way around anxiety and panic attacks. You have to face your fears. I obviously haven’t faced every single one of mine, but I have come a long way. I loved watching Stella go on this journey and while she went on hers, Daniel had one of his own, learning a bit more about himself. He ended up having some fears to face on her own.
Did she end up breaking through? Do her and Daniel make it? You have to read it to find out. It is definitely worth the read, especially if you suffer from or know someone who deals with anxiety.
hazelstaybookish's review
4.0
Originally posted at Stay Bookish
There are things we never expect to happen. For Stella and Daniel, it was seeing through each other. Daniel saw past the antisocial girl who held back from the world and Stella saw what was underneath the artist who slept around with rich women. But the rich woman Daniel was currently having an affair with was Stella’s mom, who is incidentally the one paying for Stella’s art lessons with Daniel. Talk about complicated.
Weirdly enough, this troublesome plot line was what prompted me to want to read this. I was curious to how things would happen and fall in to place. The story sounded scandalous and I wanted to know more. At the same time, I was scared that this would be too steamy and too climactic, a stereotype of the New Adult genre. Fortunately, it wasn’t. Although it had some elements of the stereotype, I feel that Everything Between Us offers a story unlike others.
“I love the feel of the pages between my fingers, of slipping into a world different from mine. Of sliding into the skin of someone different from me. Anyone different from me.”
The reasons why I liked this book had to do much with the characters. Stella was a strong female lead, in my opinion. Strong in the sense that her personality really developed throughout the story. I liked how we get to see her weaknesses through her thoughts and yet we see how she is much braver than she thinks she is through Daniel’s eyes. Stella’s struggle was portrayed quite realistically. Not that I’ve ever experienced or seen panic attacks first hand but Stella’s voice then felt completely raw and genuine. I felt her fears and I felt the pain that they inflicted on her.
“You’re saying that because you’ve tried really hard, and you’ve felt defeated every time, and that’s exhausting.” Tears start in my eyes before I can stop them.
“That’s exactly what it is. I’m so tired.”
Daniel was also great as a male lead. He had his own issues and while I sometimes couldn’t understand why he always kept people at arm’s length or why he kept putting a mask on, I did understand why he was anxious about people seeing through him. Aside from this, I liked Daniel’s family and friends. I believe the author really did a good job building her characters.
Of course, I won’t forget to mention the romance between Stella and Daniel, which was lovely to watch. I loved how the walls between them were broken down and how their “falling in love” stage unraveled. I honestly didn’t know what to think about Daniel’s relationship with Stella’s mother at first and I still cringe inwardly as I think of it more, but in the end, it felt more like an afterthought because I was already invested in Daniel and Stella’s relationship.
“I’ve never been around anyone who saw me as clearly as you do, who pushed back as hard as you do. You feel whole to me. And I feel whole when I’m with you.”
I really liked Everything Between Us. It was my first time reading anything by Mila Ferrera and she has left a good impression. If you want a heartwarming NA read, give this one a go.
There are things we never expect to happen. For Stella and Daniel, it was seeing through each other. Daniel saw past the antisocial girl who held back from the world and Stella saw what was underneath the artist who slept around with rich women. But the rich woman Daniel was currently having an affair with was Stella’s mom, who is incidentally the one paying for Stella’s art lessons with Daniel. Talk about complicated.
Weirdly enough, this troublesome plot line was what prompted me to want to read this. I was curious to how things would happen and fall in to place. The story sounded scandalous and I wanted to know more. At the same time, I was scared that this would be too steamy and too climactic, a stereotype of the New Adult genre. Fortunately, it wasn’t. Although it had some elements of the stereotype, I feel that Everything Between Us offers a story unlike others.
“I love the feel of the pages between my fingers, of slipping into a world different from mine. Of sliding into the skin of someone different from me. Anyone different from me.”
The reasons why I liked this book had to do much with the characters. Stella was a strong female lead, in my opinion. Strong in the sense that her personality really developed throughout the story. I liked how we get to see her weaknesses through her thoughts and yet we see how she is much braver than she thinks she is through Daniel’s eyes. Stella’s struggle was portrayed quite realistically. Not that I’ve ever experienced or seen panic attacks first hand but Stella’s voice then felt completely raw and genuine. I felt her fears and I felt the pain that they inflicted on her.
“You’re saying that because you’ve tried really hard, and you’ve felt defeated every time, and that’s exhausting.” Tears start in my eyes before I can stop them.
“That’s exactly what it is. I’m so tired.”
Daniel was also great as a male lead. He had his own issues and while I sometimes couldn’t understand why he always kept people at arm’s length or why he kept putting a mask on, I did understand why he was anxious about people seeing through him. Aside from this, I liked Daniel’s family and friends. I believe the author really did a good job building her characters.
Of course, I won’t forget to mention the romance between Stella and Daniel, which was lovely to watch. I loved how the walls between them were broken down and how their “falling in love” stage unraveled. I honestly didn’t know what to think about Daniel’s relationship with Stella’s mother at first and I still cringe inwardly as I think of it more, but in the end, it felt more like an afterthought because I was already invested in Daniel and Stella’s relationship.
“I’ve never been around anyone who saw me as clearly as you do, who pushed back as hard as you do. You feel whole to me. And I feel whole when I’m with you.”
I really liked Everything Between Us. It was my first time reading anything by Mila Ferrera and she has left a good impression. If you want a heartwarming NA read, give this one a go.
mjessamir's review
3.0
It definitely was weird at first that she and her mom have the same guy but I didn't want to judge the book with only that in mind and I'm glad I pushed through.
I thought at first it's going to be a flimsy plot focusing more on sexual tensions as most books now but it surprised me of its candid tackling of a mental illness that is very present and which people often misjudge.
I'm quite a sucker for plots that have emphasis on character development--especially with mental issues--because it gives me a perspective about things and people. It keeps me in check whenever I feel like judging others. Makes me a better person one chapter at a time.
I really like Daniel and Stella's relationship. There's a rawness in them that is almost innocent. I don't know. They're tragic and beautiful at the same time and I really wanted them to be happy.
I thought at first it's going to be a flimsy plot focusing more on sexual tensions as most books now but it surprised me of its candid tackling of a mental illness that is very present and which people often misjudge.
I'm quite a sucker for plots that have emphasis on character development--especially with mental issues--because it gives me a perspective about things and people. It keeps me in check whenever I feel like judging others. Makes me a better person one chapter at a time.
I really like Daniel and Stella's relationship. There's a rawness in them that is almost innocent. I don't know. They're tragic and beautiful at the same time and I really wanted them to be happy.
hannah109's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Panic attacks/disorders
ashielizz's review
4.0
What happens when you fall in love with your lover’s daughter? That’s exactly the situation aspiring artist Daniel finds himself in. Originally hired to give Stella art lessons, Daniel finds himself consumed with her. She’s infuriating and uncivil but yet he finds himself instantly drawn to her. She sees through the person he portrays himself as…and she like what she sees.
I have to say I really like Daniel, even though his private shows consisted of showing more than his art. He has built up this playboy persona, never letting anyone get too close…until Stella. He finds himself revealing more to her than he ever has to anyone. Once lets her into his head, it’s hopeless to try to get her out. The same is true for Stella. She has become reclusive due to her paralyzing anxiety. She has formed these unbreakable walls that can’t be torn down until Daniel walks into her life. He makes her want to live, because she can no longer live without him.
Mila has done an excellent job of creating an emotional romance. Dealing with anxiety issues myself, I can relate somewhat to how Stella feels. It’s a long, hard struggle and she did a wonderful job of showcasing what some people go through. I cried so hard at times. I loved how she worked the romance in, never forcing it, thus making it seem so much more real. The characters were able to see their mistakes and overcome their boundaries, making them grow in such a positive way. This really resonated with me because I can’t stand stories where people never grow or learn from their actions.
I would recommend this to fans of New Adult, especially those who love a good romance. There isn’t a lot of sexual content but I would recommend this to readers 17+ due to what is incorporated.
Disclaimer:
I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me, in exchange for my honest review.
I have to say I really like Daniel, even though his private shows consisted of showing more than his art. He has built up this playboy persona, never letting anyone get too close…until Stella. He finds himself revealing more to her than he ever has to anyone. Once lets her into his head, it’s hopeless to try to get her out. The same is true for Stella. She has become reclusive due to her paralyzing anxiety. She has formed these unbreakable walls that can’t be torn down until Daniel walks into her life. He makes her want to live, because she can no longer live without him.
Mila has done an excellent job of creating an emotional romance. Dealing with anxiety issues myself, I can relate somewhat to how Stella feels. It’s a long, hard struggle and she did a wonderful job of showcasing what some people go through. I cried so hard at times. I loved how she worked the romance in, never forcing it, thus making it seem so much more real. The characters were able to see their mistakes and overcome their boundaries, making them grow in such a positive way. This really resonated with me because I can’t stand stories where people never grow or learn from their actions.
I would recommend this to fans of New Adult, especially those who love a good romance. There isn’t a lot of sexual content but I would recommend this to readers 17+ due to what is incorporated.
Disclaimer:
I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me, in exchange for my honest review.
katrinamarie's review
4.0
Everything Between Us is a great contemporary read with a few smexy scenes. Mila Ferrera did a fantastic job of keeping me engaged during this crazy story of love.
Daniel is a total man whore. He knows it, and so does everyone else, except his family. His world gets turned upside when he meets Stella. Stella is a mess. She doesn't go outside because of her panic attacks. I love the way these two characters interact, and how they met. It was awkward, and funny all at the same time. Both Daniel and Stella are stubborn. They don't know how to deal with each other, and the decisions that have to be made.
Mila Ferrera takes us through heartbreak, family crisis, and how to deal with extreme panic attacks. Nothing in this book felt rushed, and I loved the family dynamics. Stella and Daniel come from two different worlds. I think that has a lot to do with how they react to situations, and how they view the world. I also admire Daniel's strong friend connections. I think with the right friends, a person is able to get through anything.
Everything Between Us had me laughing, swooning, and crying. I love when a book can bring out so many emotions!
Daniel is a total man whore. He knows it, and so does everyone else, except his family. His world gets turned upside when he meets Stella. Stella is a mess. She doesn't go outside because of her panic attacks. I love the way these two characters interact, and how they met. It was awkward, and funny all at the same time. Both Daniel and Stella are stubborn. They don't know how to deal with each other, and the decisions that have to be made.
Mila Ferrera takes us through heartbreak, family crisis, and how to deal with extreme panic attacks. Nothing in this book felt rushed, and I loved the family dynamics. Stella and Daniel come from two different worlds. I think that has a lot to do with how they react to situations, and how they view the world. I also admire Daniel's strong friend connections. I think with the right friends, a person is able to get through anything.
Everything Between Us had me laughing, swooning, and crying. I love when a book can bring out so many emotions!