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Meh. This was okay. I actually think I would have loved this when I was in high school. But as a mid twenty year old adult I felt way too old for the plot line. I do like Jodi Picoult but I think I'll stick to her adult books. 

 

Oliver is out of the two dimensional world (his classic picture book) and living in the real world. At first Delilah is thrilled. Her prince boyfriend from her favorite story come to life? But then she realizes she has to share him with the rest of the school. Things aren't the way they were supposed to be. And now they have the two worlds mixed together and a big mess to follow with it. 

 

I didn't care for this audio book either. I dislike when they have a cast of people reading but they only read their characters in their chapters and not throughout the whole book. It creates a major disconnection for me and probably other listeners as well. 

 

Delilah annoyed me. But I suppose she's a typical 16 year old teenager falling in love with her fantasy boyfriend. Again, I would have liked this much more if I had read it as a teenager. 

 

Not my favorite. I like the concept. But not something I'll remember in a few years to come. 

I said that the first book, although it should feel like your typical YA romance that annoys me, was actually really cute and enjoyable. For some reason, though, this one was way more generic and felt more juvenile. I didn't really like the plot, and a lot of the drama between couples felt unreasonable. The present tense still didn't bother me at all, so that's a bonus. I'm still pretty impressed with that.

This is the companion novel to Between the Lines.  You don't HAVE to read the first book before this one but I recommend it.  

This book is about Oliver, a prince who came out of a fairy tale and Delilah they are finally united but there is some complications.

I LOVED this book!  I pretty much finished it in one sitting.  It is a really cute and funny read.

I have no idea why I enjoyed that so much.

I found the premise fairly interesting, so I decided to read it, but I wasn't expecting that much out of it, since I really dislike most YA romance.

And from the get-go, all the red flags were raised. Delilah is pretty stereotypical, as teen protagonists go. She loves reading, is a loner, everybody at school hates her, etc. Oliver is better, but not much, although he does make some pretty big mistakes that steer him fairly well out of the Gary-Stue territory.

Furthermore, most of this book is written in first person present tense, switching between the viewpoint of Oliver and Delilah. Normally, I have two problems with this.

1. I hate present tense. I can get through it, but it's always distracting.
2. Often with YA I can't actually tell the main character's voices apart and I wind up confused when they change viewpoints. Not always, but often.

Neither of those things happened. Both voices were clear and distinct. I was especially surprised that I wasn't distracted by the present tense, since not only is it in present tense, the chapters that tell the story of the book Oliver is from are in past tense, and whenever they switch between the two it normally bothers me. But it didn't here. In fact, I didn't even notice it was in present tense until 75% of the way through the book, which shocked me. It was written that well.

And that's really what it comes down to. On the surface, it feels rather flimsy. I kept telling myself "these characters aren't, critically-speaking well-rounded. So why am I enjoying this so much?" Somehow, the writing is just delightful enough that all of that is overcome and the characters just spring off the page. It's a cute, delightful read, and definitely for younger readers. The illustrations are lovely as well, although I couldn't appreciate them fully because I was reading on a Kindle.

I'll admit, I wasn't crazy over the ending, not because it felt unearned but because I'm pretty sure (spoilers) Edgar's mom would be devastated over losing her son.

Regardless, it was a delightful read. I don't think I've ever had a reading experience quite like it. Will definitely be reading the second one!