Four Days of You and Me
Author: Miranda Kenneally
Publication Date: May 5, 2020
Publisher: Sourcefire Books
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Note: This review is for an ARC and is my unbiased opinion.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
Synopsis:
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.
Four Days of You and Me was a fun book that was able to pull me in and keep my attention where other books couldn’t in these crazy times. It had an upbeat feel and didn’t go so deep in emotions that I wanted to shy away from it. (Sad, I know, but these times make me crave light and easy.)
What I liked about Four Days of You and Me:
- Like I said, it was pretty much upbeat the most of the time. Even when the characters had struggles, it had that sweet contemporary feel.
- Lulu was a great character. She was a bit of an outcast, but I liked that about her. I guess that part was a little cliche, but I didn’t mind.
- While I wasn’t 100% happy with the way Alex treated Lulu, I did think he really liked her. I loved when he showed his kindness and love. He frustrated me a lot in his boyish ways, but he was a boy in high school so it was exactly how it should have been.
- It took me a while to get used to the format of a day of school field trips each year and then flashbacks in between. I liked the way it was set up for the most part.
What wasn’t my favorite:
- The flashbacks were cool because I felt like that’s when I got to see snippets of their day to day relationship, but it also made me crave more of those times. I wanted to see their relationship actually unfold, and I was robbed of that.
- I needed an epilogue that took place one year after.
Overall, I enjoyed reading Four Days of You and Me. It was a light YA romance that was almost everything I needed in these dark times.
I’m with you on craving light reads these days. I like the premise of this one but I could see where an epilogue with a jump ahead would be preferred.
Yes, light is the way to go!
Great review. Light and easy sounds perfect right now.
It really does, right?
I always want an epilogue. This book is on my TBR for the upcoming week, so I am happy to hear it was good. I am all about the upbeat books right now
I hope you enjoy it!
It is definitely a great escape story for right now, isn’t it?! So glad to hear that you mostly enjoyed this one. I would love an epilogue as well. 😉
Yes, it was. Maybe she’ll give us one some day.
Great review! I haven’t seen this one before. It does sound like a light and breezy read, though. I know we can all use that these days!
I’m with you on needing some light and easy right now!
It’s just too hard to read anything deep!
I completely agree! I need all the funny things right now.
I’ve been waiting for this review! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it. I think I will probably not like the same things you did. I definitely want to read this, though, now. I’ll wait for it to come to the library, though. Great review!
I think that’s a good plan. I think you will like most of it.
Yeah I’m definitely looking for more light romances right now- and this sounds like it delivers there!
I think many of us are. We need that fun mental break.
Great review! I agree that flashbacks that dont give me everything I want can be a tad disappointing. It looks like you enjoyed it overall though! 🙂
I did. Thanks!
This sounds like such a perfect read for these times. I’m so happy you enjoyed it and was able to escape for a bit <3
Thanks!
Great review! This sounds fun! I haven’t read any of the author’s previous works but I might give it a shot. I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Thank you! I really liked her first series, too.
This is a great review and thanks for putting this one on my radar because I hadn’t heard of it before now! I’m totally with you on the light-hearted books these days and they’re the only ones that can hold my attention lately. I’ll definitely be checking this one out. It sounds super cute 😀
Thank you! I found this one on NetGalley, so you might be able to still get a copy there, if you use that site.
I’m glad you enjoyed this overall. I was given a widget to read it on NetGalley so I snatched a copy up. Just need to find time to read it.
I hope you enjoy it. It’s a fun, light read for the times.