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The Space Between
By Victoria Smith
Genre: New Adult
5 Stars
Goodreads Blurb:
When Drake started the night at his father’s campaign fundraiser, he never imagined he’d end it being conned into buying drugs on the West Side. Losing high-stakes poker has its consequences, but he’d repeatedly face them just to hear Lacey Douglas sing. Drake sees Lacey light up the stage, and he has to have her. But his intentions for being on her side of town turn out to be the reason he can’t. Chicago native Lacey has dreams of the opera, but life has its obstacles. Lacey has come to know her hardships as part of living in the real world and accepts them fully. When Lacey meets the intense and invigorating Drake, a fire is lit inside her, unleashing those dreams again.Two paths that should have never crossed prove to create the exact pairing the other needs. But when their worlds take time to catch up, everything they have is tested. Finding the space between the two sides that challenge them will be hard, but it’s the only place that will keep them together.The Space Between is a new adult contemporary romance.
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Book Review
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How do I begin? I so enjoyed this book from the beginning to the end. It had a fresh new base of a story line and I loved where it was taking me.
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The author Victoria Smith’s writing style for the book was in both the two main characters’ point of view, Drake and Ashley. You could understand what they were feeling and why they made their decisions. This book drives deep into America’s hot topics – dating, International adoption, and the stereotypes that come with it. There are two Caucasian parents who are in high society and could not bear a child who decides to adopt a Korean child. Then there is a biracial woman who grew up with humble beginnings and lived in a single parent home most of her life. It has you asking yourself what would you do in these situations, or wondering how many people have to make these kinds of decision from day to day.
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There are so many layers to this story that it is hard to pin point the turning points in the book. You find yourself thinking you have Drake all figured out, but toward the end you realize you are sorely mistaken. Then there is Lacey, who struggles with taking care of her sick mother and has a hard time holding on to her dream. It is heartwarming that Lacey has a strong support system that does help her with her decisions, but you still feel for her as she goes through life making decisions.
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There are parts of this book that made me want to scream:
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“I guess they let just anyone join up here. Did your dad start a scholarship program or something?”- Ashley
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“I am aware you hired someone, but I was not aware they’d be joining me for meals. I don’t pay these people” – stopping for a second, he cleared his throat, “’The help’ to eat our food Madeline” – Mr. Drake.
I did enjoy reading these quotes in the book:
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“You inspire me every day, Lacey. You get crap thrown at you from every which way but you don’t let it defeat you. You stay strong, and you fight back every time.” – Lacey.
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In the end, I overall enjoyed the book. I like how there is an open ending to it all; not all the issues are resolved, it’s just what it’s supposed to be for their story. I do know that the author is currently a working on a sequel – and the cover reveal is coming soon – called The Dividing Line – sqwee! (There was also a lot of “sqwees” in the book too) 😉 I was so excited when she told me so. I would definitely recommend this book and when you do read it, I would love to hear from you and please leave a comment.
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“The Space Between” a very inspirational story that will entertain you and make your heart leap when you read it” – Andrea’s book blog
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About the Author:
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Victoria H. Smith has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. She puts it to good use writing romance all day. She resides in the Midwest with her MacBook on her lap and a cornfield to her right. She often draws inspiration for her stories from her own life experiences, and the twenty-something characters she writes give her an earful about it.
In her free time, she enjoys extreme coupling, blogging, reading, and sending off a few tweets on Twitter when she can. She writes new adult fiction romance in the sub-genres of science fiction, urban fantasy, and contemporary, but really, anywhere her pen takes her she goes.
