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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between is perfect for any fans of fluffy YA contemporary romance, especially if you've read and enjoyed any of the authors previous work. Following Clare and Aidan the night before they leave for college as they retrace all their firsts, having been dating for 2 years and unsure of whether to break up or not, this is such a realistic story. It's fast paced and fun but brings all the feels. I did feel like I didn't connect to the characters as much as I would've liked, but I enjoyed their story and finding out all their history. Some parts were just too fun and cute for words and overall I really enjoyed this one and, as an avid fan of Jennifer E. Smith, was not disappointed with her newest release.
Read this if you love fluffy contemporary that's realistic. Because Jennifer E. Smith always tackles the biggest cliches and tropes about love (Love At First Sight, Falling For A Famous Person, Long Distance Relationships*) with so much realism that it's painful, okay? It's painful.
Would I Recommend This? Definitely!
Who To? Fans of all the fluff and feels.
Will I read more from this author(or series)? #CantStopWontStop
In order:
The Statistical Probability Of Love At First Sight
This Is What Happy Looks Like
The Geography Of You and Me
Read this if you love fluffy contemporary that's realistic. Because Jennifer E. Smith always tackles the biggest cliches and tropes about love (Love At First Sight, Falling For A Famous Person, Long Distance Relationships*) with so much realism that it's painful, okay? It's painful.
Would I Recommend This? Definitely!
Who To? Fans of all the fluff and feels.
Will I read more from this author(or series)? #CantStopWontStop
In order:
The Statistical Probability Of Love At First Sight
This Is What Happy Looks Like
The Geography Of You and Me
I want to thank Poppy for supplying me with a copy of this book to read and give an honest review. Receiving this book for free has in no way altered my opinion or review.
So far I've really enjoyed Jennifer E. Smith books. Usually I get a bit frustrated at the open endings of the books. I can see the author wants you to draw your own conclusions as to where the romance goes. But I like a nice solid ending. One that wraps it up and tells me the romance remains strong or fizzles to nothing. But I also understand that theses stories are about teenagers. Teens who have no real life experience and would be remiss to commit at such a young age.
This story really touched a spot for me. I love the idea that Clare wants to take 24 hours to "relive" parts of her relationship with Aidan and see if it's worth them sticking out a long distance relationship after their graduation from HS. One last "fling" to decide if their bond is strong enough to weather such a storm.
Clare is very practical in this book. She really pushes her feelings for Aidan aside during her 24 hour experiment. Part of me understands this detachment. Perhaps distancing herself will enable her to move on without the heartache she inevitably feels will come no matter what. I like that she sticks to her guns on how she feels about their separation, though you see her waiver quite a bit throughout their night as she relives all the sweet an wonderful moments they have shared.
Aidan can't see why Clare wants to split. He's determined to change her mind. He's sweet and loving and wants to show no mercy with his thoughts on where they stand. He believes there's more to them than just a HS fling and he's willing to fight it out. But he also is understanding of Clare's position. After all they will be so far apart and who knows what will come between them.
As with all Smith's books, she touches on real life experiences of teens. Both characters are very relatable and real. Their feelings are conveyed effectively through their words and actions. At no point did I feel like I didn't understand them. I love how Smith picks things apart and then puts them back together. I particularly love the ending of this book, which I won't spoil but it put the biggest smile on my face to read the very last page.
This story is much shorter than her other books but it's no less effective in evoking all those strong feelings we may have felt as teens. Even being separated from friends, not just boyfriends, was a tough adjustment. In the end, you can see how strong ties keep people in each others thoughts and hearts. This book conveys the truth of life. Fans of Smith's other books and Stephanie Perkins will enjoy this addition to Smith's repertoire.
So far I've really enjoyed Jennifer E. Smith books. Usually I get a bit frustrated at the open endings of the books. I can see the author wants you to draw your own conclusions as to where the romance goes. But I like a nice solid ending. One that wraps it up and tells me the romance remains strong or fizzles to nothing. But I also understand that theses stories are about teenagers. Teens who have no real life experience and would be remiss to commit at such a young age.
This story really touched a spot for me. I love the idea that Clare wants to take 24 hours to "relive" parts of her relationship with Aidan and see if it's worth them sticking out a long distance relationship after their graduation from HS. One last "fling" to decide if their bond is strong enough to weather such a storm.
Clare is very practical in this book. She really pushes her feelings for Aidan aside during her 24 hour experiment. Part of me understands this detachment. Perhaps distancing herself will enable her to move on without the heartache she inevitably feels will come no matter what. I like that she sticks to her guns on how she feels about their separation, though you see her waiver quite a bit throughout their night as she relives all the sweet an wonderful moments they have shared.
Aidan can't see why Clare wants to split. He's determined to change her mind. He's sweet and loving and wants to show no mercy with his thoughts on where they stand. He believes there's more to them than just a HS fling and he's willing to fight it out. But he also is understanding of Clare's position. After all they will be so far apart and who knows what will come between them.
As with all Smith's books, she touches on real life experiences of teens. Both characters are very relatable and real. Their feelings are conveyed effectively through their words and actions. At no point did I feel like I didn't understand them. I love how Smith picks things apart and then puts them back together. I particularly love the ending of this book, which I won't spoil but it put the biggest smile on my face to read the very last page.
This story is much shorter than her other books but it's no less effective in evoking all those strong feelings we may have felt as teens. Even being separated from friends, not just boyfriends, was a tough adjustment. In the end, you can see how strong ties keep people in each others thoughts and hearts. This book conveys the truth of life. Fans of Smith's other books and Stephanie Perkins will enjoy this addition to Smith's repertoire.
When I first started this book, I didn't think I would like it because it was so much like the others that Jen has brought out. All of which I love for their own reasons. After a while of reading this specific one, it grew on me so much because it was so relatable; not just to me, but to people my age. Those who are leaving for college and leaving a life behind them. As well as that, it was so relatable to my own life right now. Not only that, but the story shows that love and timing are so important when it comes to relationships.
Just because it doesn't happen now, there is always later. There is a quote I have taken away from this book, and I think everyone should live by. Make memories, go on adventures and experience what you can; make those stories, so you can bring them home again to tell loved ones!
Highly recommend this story!
Just because it doesn't happen now, there is always later. There is a quote I have taken away from this book, and I think everyone should live by. Make memories, go on adventures and experience what you can; make those stories, so you can bring them home again to tell loved ones!
Highly recommend this story!
This was the right balance of humorous, heart warming, and cheesy. I loved Clare and Aiden so much, and I'm so glad it's later for them.
Really disappointed in this. The way they went about deciding if they should stay together or not was stupid as the main characters says at the start she has already decided. That isn't something that should be decided alone to do with a long distance relationship. Also I dislike how this book painted the whole situation as black and white, either stay together so go separate ways. What about the option where they both realise that this relationship actually means a lot to them and want to try it anyway? I feel it was all played very negatively and if I had read this before going into my 4 and a half year long distance relationship, it would have made me feel uneasy.
I feel very strongly that these relationships should show the hard times yes, but not in such a negative way.
I disliked both the main characters, I wanted to shake Clare and Aidan wasn't much better.
The only parts I liked were the two side characters Stella and Scotty. Also the ending made up for it a tiny bit hence the three stars instead of two.
I wanted so much more from this book
I feel very strongly that these relationships should show the hard times yes, but not in such a negative way.
I disliked both the main characters, I wanted to shake Clare and Aidan wasn't much better.
The only parts I liked were the two side characters Stella and Scotty. Also the ending made up for it a tiny bit hence the three stars instead of two.
I wanted so much more from this book
Jennifer E. Smith books are just so darn fun! While this wasn't my favorite, it still took just one sitting to read.
During this book, it hit me that I have rarely read a book about an existing relationship. Most books are all about the chase and the romance, but this one started right off with the main characters as a couple. So that was interesting!
And that ending was so freaking perfect, I re-read it numerous times.
During this book, it hit me that I have rarely read a book about an existing relationship. Most books are all about the chase and the romance, but this one started right off with the main characters as a couple. So that was interesting!
And that ending was so freaking perfect, I re-read it numerous times.
Okay. It was pretty good, but it wasn't the BEST book I've ever read. It was sweet and it was heartbreaking, but sometimes I felt like it was a little too draggy? I liked it though. There were deeper things in there. There were meaningful parts. It feels more realistic than other romance books, which I appreciate and yeah. It was good but not great.
Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between is the story of Clare and Aidan who have been dating throughout high school but they’re both about to leave for Universities at opposite ends of the country; Clare has decided that they should break up because long distance relationships don’t work. Aidan has just one night left to convince her that they should stay together.
I really enjoyed this novel. I liked that it was a little different from other contemporary young adult books in that it starts at the end and we get to hear the story though reminiscing; it added a different dimension to the characters. Clare has made a list of all the places in the local town where meaningful things have happened in their relationship and over the course of this last evening together they will visit them all one last time. As Clare and Aidan stop at each place on Clare’s list we get to see how they feel being there now and we get to hear about why each place means so much to them. I loved how sometimes they remember things a little differently, and how they discovered new things like when they’d each first noticed each other.
Clare and Aidan have made so much of this last night together that the underlying tension is very apparent. Inevitably, the stress of making this last evening perfect begins to take its toll and arguments happen and a secret gets revealed. It’s the way these things go in real life and as much as I was willing these two on to have a brilliant night full of happy memories, it was much more believable that the worries and upset about their future apart from each other would creep in.
I really felt for them because they weren’t breaking up because they’d fallen out of love, they’d both made the very adult decision to apply to colleges that were the best fit for what they wanted to do in the future and rather than choosing based on them being able to live near each other. I really appreciated this in the novel too, as so often in books things all work out neatly because the characters end up living near by.
I was really torn about how I wanted this novel to end. I was half-hoping they’d decide to stay together and make a go of it. In this day and age with texting and FaceTime etc they maybe could have at least tried but I understand Clare’s point of view that if they tried and failed they might end up not even being friends, whereas if they end on a good note now they could remain friends. I was also half-hoping that Clare would stand her ground and that they would make a clean break as she did have a good point and she so badly wanted Aidan to still be in her life, at least as a friend, rather than him ending up as no one to her.
I really wasn’t sure how this novel was going to end but Smith ended it perfectly, I’m not going to give any spoilers at all but the end was just right.
The title of this book is perfect, it really does sum up what the book is about and it’s very memorable too! I really enjoyed Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between, it’s a heart-felt novel with characters that are easy to connect with; the story pulls you straight in and holds you there right to the end!
Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between is out now and available from Amazon.
I received this book from Headline via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.
I really enjoyed this novel. I liked that it was a little different from other contemporary young adult books in that it starts at the end and we get to hear the story though reminiscing; it added a different dimension to the characters. Clare has made a list of all the places in the local town where meaningful things have happened in their relationship and over the course of this last evening together they will visit them all one last time. As Clare and Aidan stop at each place on Clare’s list we get to see how they feel being there now and we get to hear about why each place means so much to them. I loved how sometimes they remember things a little differently, and how they discovered new things like when they’d each first noticed each other.
Clare and Aidan have made so much of this last night together that the underlying tension is very apparent. Inevitably, the stress of making this last evening perfect begins to take its toll and arguments happen and a secret gets revealed. It’s the way these things go in real life and as much as I was willing these two on to have a brilliant night full of happy memories, it was much more believable that the worries and upset about their future apart from each other would creep in.
I really felt for them because they weren’t breaking up because they’d fallen out of love, they’d both made the very adult decision to apply to colleges that were the best fit for what they wanted to do in the future and rather than choosing based on them being able to live near each other. I really appreciated this in the novel too, as so often in books things all work out neatly because the characters end up living near by.
I was really torn about how I wanted this novel to end. I was half-hoping they’d decide to stay together and make a go of it. In this day and age with texting and FaceTime etc they maybe could have at least tried but I understand Clare’s point of view that if they tried and failed they might end up not even being friends, whereas if they end on a good note now they could remain friends. I was also half-hoping that Clare would stand her ground and that they would make a clean break as she did have a good point and she so badly wanted Aidan to still be in her life, at least as a friend, rather than him ending up as no one to her.
I really wasn’t sure how this novel was going to end but Smith ended it perfectly, I’m not going to give any spoilers at all but the end was just right.
The title of this book is perfect, it really does sum up what the book is about and it’s very memorable too! I really enjoyed Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between, it’s a heart-felt novel with characters that are easy to connect with; the story pulls you straight in and holds you there right to the end!
Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between is out now and available from Amazon.
I received this book from Headline via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.
