I wanted a quick, light read and so I e-borrowed this from my local library. If you’ll remember, I was not a huge fan of The Kissing Booth until I watched the Netflix movie and they killed it for me…ultimately leaving me to fall in LOVE with the book. So, what, a sequel?! Heck yes, let me read this bad boy!
This follows the story of Noah and Elle after Noah graduates high school. He moves across the country to attend Harvard while Elle is finishing out her senior year of high school in California. I would highly recommend you read The Kissing Booth as you’ll miss out on a few things in this book. You could be a rebel and just read this one, but I warned you…
I just want to point out how much Beth Reekles has GROWN as a writer. Yes, she wrote The Kissing Booth when she was 15. This novel was absolutely PHENOMENAL. The growth as a writer displayed between these two books is just, it leaves me speechless and makes me so happy to have watched the writing evolve!
Back to the book. There’s high school drama and the tension kills me. We are introduced to a new character, Levi, and he shakes things up a little bit. I loved seeing Lee’s (Elle’s bestie) relationship with his girlfriend, Rachel, bloom and all that comes from trying to balance your friends, girlfriend, and extra curricular activities.
I want to talk more about this book, but anytime I went to type something I felt like it would give too much away and I didn’t want that. So…reader’s digest version: we get to see the drama unfold between Elle and Noah, see how Levi (cutie) fits in to a new group of friends, and we watch Lee and Rachel grow up a little. Yes, yes, yes.
5 stars. What? Listen…I fell in love hardcore with this one. I read it in a day. Sometimes a fun, light read just picks you up and makes you happy and that’s that. I just hope Netflix doesn’t ruin the movie this time…haha. Honestly, if you love young adult novels you will really enjoy this one. Highly recommend!
Title: Going The Distance
Author: Beth Reekles
Genre(s): Fiction, Young Adult, Romance
Publisher: Ember
Release Date: January 7, 2020
Find it here on Goodreads
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