By: Miranda Kenneally
Genre: Y/A. Contemporary Romance
Year: 2020.
Rating: 4 stars.🌟🌟🌟🌟
“Every May 7, the
students at Coffee County High School take a class trip. And every year, Lulu’s
relationship with Alex Rouvelis gets a little more complicated. Freshman year,
they went from sworn enemies to more than friends after a close encounter in an
escape room. It’s been hard for Lulu to quit Alex ever since.
Through breakups, make
ups, and dating other people, each year’s class trip brings the pair back
together and forces them to confront their undeniable connection. From the
science museum to an amusement park, from New York City to London, Lulu learns
one thing is for sure: love is the biggest trip of all.”
Even though this book
isn’t entirely about a sport, like every other story by the author it has his
magic. To be honest, I had to force myself through the first couple of chapters
to get into the book, but once it got me, there wasn’t any way I couldn’t put
it down until I finish it.
‘Four Days of You and Me’
has all the whole package of an excellent Y/A story, friendship, romance,
growing up and learnings, with a particular concept, that I think is the key for
this story’s success, It’s told through entire high school experience. No one
year, no one season, with this book, we have the opportunity of living the life
of the characters and their adventures for four years.
I love the writing, it’s
so powerful, I feel everything, anger, depression, sadness, euphoric and happiness.
Lulu and her gang are fantastic, I laugh and cry with them. Alex, on the other
hand, gets on my nerve more than once, but with every page, I start to understand
him and kind of like him. Still, the author has created better male characters
in the past.
Another thing it doesn’t
convince me well, it’s the idea of the antagonist comforting the protagonist. Don’t
get me wrong, it’s a good example and great learning, but for a reader like me,
that it needs to feel everything like it is real, this situation doesn’t work, maybe
with some more explanation. And what about children deciding on their healthcare
over teachers, the only thing I could think at the moment was a liability. However,
those are small details that anyone can overlook and just appreciate a well-done
plot.
I really enjoyed the
reading, especially when it helped me to bring those memories of my high school
years, the feeling of having the best time of my life, the longing at the end
and those friends that I might or might no seeing again, but that always were
going to be important in my heart.
100% Recommended
Best phrases:
“When I was younger. I wondered
if happily-ever-afters were realistic. Were they a myth? I still don’t know the
truth. A friend could choose a different path. A lover could leave. Family can
change their minds, there’s only one thing I know for sure. … No matter what
we’ll find our way back.”
I received an ARC from
Sourcebooks through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review. And I
voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and
opinions are my own.
Note: Picture was taken from www.goodreads.com
