The Miles Between- REVIEW

Erika's review of The Miles Between by Mary E. Pearson

So, I started writing this review on a plane, which for those who have read the book will find the irony in that.

The Miles Between is one of those books that if I say too much about will completely spoil everything. I can tell you it's about a girl named Destiny who feels betrayed by her parents, does not want to get attached to anything, and feels that everything goes wrong on October 19. This October 19th however is different. This day takes Destiny on a road-trip that gives her friendship, adventure, and helps her to expose herself.

There are fantastical elements along with realistic. It has just enough to make you believe which is in a sense the moral of the book itself. It plays with the question of if coincidences exist and also what is reality. It's not only this that makes the story so strong and heart-wrenching, but the twists and turns as a whole that the road-trip takes you on. The Miles Between is filled with so much emotion that it has the ability to make you laugh on one page while cry a few later.

Those who are not completely into realistic fiction may love this as much as those who do. If you want to go on a wonderful trip inside a book, pick The Miles Between up now; I highly recommend you do.

The Miles Between Road Trip!

Erika was lucky enough to be one of the first ones to receive an ARC in The Miles Between Road Trip. For more information go to Mary Pearson's blog post about the trip and to her blog for the other amazing stops it's been on so far. Now to Erika:

So, basically the requirement was to take pictures somewhere in your city or town, so I thought, what better place than Books & Books. I love the store and every ARC wants to be on a bookshelf; that's the one place they never get to be. (So sad.) So here's The Miles Between where you'll be able to find it in September:

And here's The Miles Between looking out at the beautiful courtyard (And it's begging Mary to come)...

I figured I needed to also show another place in Miami. Considering I hardly ever go to the beach (which would have been typical anyways) and though I really wanted to bring The Miles Between to the Everglades, wasn't able to get there, so I brought it to the Biltmore hotel... It was a hotel, then a hospital, and now back to a hotel, so there are some spooky stories like "The 13th floor is haunted". I've never seen a ghost and am there a lot because of the golf course, so there you go. It still looks pretty and is historical-ish. The Miles Between enjoyed itself. Much better than the day I took her (I'm assuming it's female apparently) to school all day.

And here's a picture of me pretending to read in front of The Biltmore... Considering I'd already finished it (Thanks to Julie for being the hand model above and taking the photo below).:

There will be a review in the coming weeks, but tomorrow I along with The Miles Between are heading to another place (though different places...). Though I can tell you now that it was amazing!

Thanks Mary for giving me the chance to be part of this! 

*Packages and sends to Boston*