And, that hem and haw often has more to do with what they think is right or wrong in the moment or wondering how a popular girl would actually want to befriend the unpopular girl than a romance does she like me, like me not kind of thing. So, the angst is off the charts and you'll see the girls hem and haw, going back and forth about what they think the other feels for them or what they should do but, at the same time, they keep plowing forward, escalating their relationship in a really satisfying way. I know other books have done something similar but the way this author did it just seemed different to me. One in which the two people go into it not yet understanding they are gay and are intrigued by each other for who they are.and that slow, super slow unraveling of day by day excitement and jitters and growing affection and discovery on both of their parts that makes them lead with their feelings not able to say what they are (i.e. What we get is a love story between two unlikely girls one being the most popular and the other being the unpopular pariah.and, it's a very specific love story. What this book got right is the feeling of being a teenager the intensity of feeling and the microcosm of high school with the pressures it can entail. My overall verdict is that it was worth reading, at least for me, because it resonated. "The Space Between" is a YA novel that has its issues but there's a lot that it captured that was just right, too. Full disclaimer, I'm having a hard time writing a review for this.
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