#Review | Four Days of You and Me

Four Days of You and Me
Author: Miranda Kenneally
Series: Standalone
Pages: 352 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Release Date: May 5th,2020
Source: Received a copy via netgalley
Big Shoutout to Sourcebooks Fire for sending this one to me!

Summary:

A new swoon-worthy romance following a couple's love story on the same date over four years.

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. 

WOW! Okay! Hello friends it’s been a REALLY long time since I’ve done this. I feel like I have to find my reviewing style all over again so bare with me! Let's get in to it, shall we? J

Meet, Lulu Wells. She is your typical, not so typical high school student. Lulu is a very smart and kind, vegan activist. When Lulu comes up with some great ideas to help the school become more eco friendly,  she decides to run for class president of her freshman class. There’s only one problem, Alex Rouvelis. Alex Rouvelis, is Lulu’s enemy  or so she thinks. After one school field trip leads to flirty bantering, suddenly, in Lulu’s eyes, there is more to Alex than just the popular guy. However, just when Lulu thinks things are going her way, they suddenly aren't anymore because let's face it, love isn't easy. Every May 7th, Lulu and Alex are always thrown together, is it faith or is it love? Do they have what it takes to make it through the ups and downs of highschool, love and heartbreak? Follow Alex and Lulu along and find out :)

Miranda Kenneally has always been on of my favorite authors. When I started out as a book blogger so long ago, Miranda was one the authors that really caught my attention. I followed her writing through each and every Hundred Oaks book as they were released. Needless to say, I absolutely loved them all. With that being said, the bar was set really high for Four Days to You and Me, but let me just say, this exceed every expectation I had by far!

First off let’s talk about the writing style. The writing style for this one was really different than any of her previous novels. In this particular novel Miranda alternates between past and future in just about every chapter, but it really flows well and does not affect the overall plot of the story. Personally, I've never read a book that, for lack of better words, jumped around so much,but I think it was a really fresh and exciting approach. I actually really liked it because it kept me on the edge of seat and just flying through this book to get to see what happened. I will say I wish I got to see a little more of the non-essential moments in between all the big things that were going on, but four years is a lot to cram into just one novel, so it's not a huge disappointment.

Moving onto the characters! I'm going to throw everything out on the table when it comes to the characters. I read a comment about this book that said it was unrelatable, unrealistic and that Lulu's and Alex's relationship was toxic. Let me just say that I 100% disagree!Alex and Lulu could not be more different from each other and that's why things are difficult for them. Does That make them unrelatable/unrealistic? No, far from it, I think that's what makes this book REAL! I believe that this story shows true character development and takes you on a the journey from start to finish. Lulu really develops her own self worth throughout this book and Alex essentially grows up. I think both have very relatable character development. We are talking about two high schoolers finding their way over the course of 4 years, it's not an instant love story! You as a reader have to remember that in this story they are not only finding themselves, but trying to figure out what they want in life and that's not easy to do!  I think that this novel captures the heat and accurate emotions of what love is and I absolutely love it! 

The supporting characters in this novel play such an important role and it makes me truly grateful that I still have a group of friends just like them. Max is,Lulu's, best friend who honestly reminds me a lot of my guy best friend. Max is straight up truthful and while sometimes it can be painfully honest truth, sometimes it's just him picking on her.Their relationship really made me laugh so hard throughout this novel. Grace is a huge supporting character, but I didn't feel as strong of a connection between her as I did with Max. I feel like that was a little bit of a missed opportunity, but I do love what we see on surface level between her and Ryan. This novel did not lack swoon worthy love let me tell you! 

Overall I think the plot of this story was great! I do think there was a moment towards the very end that was kind of thrown in there and didn't really flow with the story as a whole. It almost gave me a heart attack to say the least, but It was definitely out of place for me! I put this book down with a smile on my face and I really debated whether or not it was a 4 or 5 star read, but I decided it was a 4 in the end due to the simple fact that I did wish that there was a little more build up of the regular everyday relationship between Alex and Lulu. The readers really only got to see the big events. Also, that one incident towards the ending, really just threw me off.

In the end, I could probably go one all day about how much this novel made me laugh and cry. It's a painstakingly beautiful, and real portrayal of the ups and downs of falling in love. Miranda Kenneally has always left me wanting more with her Hundred Oaks Series and it’s safe to say this one is no different friends.

I highly recommend this book if you like:

💗Diverse characters

💗 A Cute and upbeat read

💗Contemporary YA

💗Swoony Worthy Romances

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