ACROSS the DISTANCE by Marie Meyer - PROPER REVIEW
The Explanation: I HAD CONFERENCE BRIAN.
There, I said. it. Do you guys ever get conference brain? You're running around like a toddler on her first soccer team, because you have so much to do to prepare, yet you STILL have SO MUCH regular work to do - all the writing, all the blogging, all the reading, all the reviewing - that you look back and realize how disappointed you are in how you put something together?
So here is my REAL, review of Marie Meyer's ACROSS THE DISTANCE - which was a phenomenal story of pain, grief, trust, love.
The Book:
There’s a drawer I never open. It holds a picture I never look at. It reminds me of a day I hate to remember, but I’ll never forget.
I’d give anything to be like the other girls on campus. Going to parties, flirting with boys, planning for a future. But that’s not me. And hasn’t been since the day my parents died. The only thing that got me through was Griffin. Even though I didn’t have my family, I always had him. Only, now I’m not so sure I do.
It’s not just the eleven hundred miles separating us now that I’m at college. And it’s more than his band finally taking off, and all the gigs and girls suddenly demanding his time. It’s like everything is different—the way we talk, the way we text . . . the way he looks at me and the way his looks make me feel.
Griffin has been the only good thing in my life since that horrific day. I can feel our friendship slipping away—and I’m terrified of what will be left in its place…
The Review: I read this book in one night. All of it. In one sitting - or lying - since I was in bed. You may need tissues if you read it. I did, because the issues hit so close to home. SO close to home.
Marie Meyer has the ability to eloquently and masterfully write about characters who have lived through a horrific tragedy and writes their story so emotionally intense and real, while still telling a gorgeous story of love and trust and compassion. Her writing and descriptions of setting and action are beautiful. I always feel like I'm in the story with the characters. Whether I'm at Jillian's college, in design class with her or eating a blueberry muffin with Griffin (or I want to be, because UMMM hottie rock god!), I'm there. Meyer's voice is strong and funny.
There aren't enough words to describe Griffin. I'm not even talking in my usual hot Rock Star alert way. He was strong, sweet, loyal, compassionate. He never let Jillian down. And when "things" happen in the book, they don't seem forced or contrived for a plot line. It's a normal friendship, a normal relationship, the ups and downs of living life long distance from someone you love.
Meyer makes me feel the sadness and anger and emptiness of two girls who have to deal with the most horrible thing that could happen to children. My heart hurts for them. The portrayal of the differences in how two sisters grow up and handle grief is heart wrenching, yet extremely accurate.
ACROSS THE DISTANCE is a well written, heart-tugging, but still uplifting story. Meyer just sealed herself a spot on my "One-click the crap out of all her books" list.
The Author:
Marie Meyer was a Language Arts teacher for fourteen years. She spends her days in the classroom and her nights writing heartfelt new adult romances that will leave readers clamoring for more. She is a member of RWA and the St. Louis Writers Guild. Marie's short fiction won honorable mentions from the St. Louis Writers Guild in 2010 and 2011. She is a proud mommy and enjoys helping her oldest daughter train for the Special Olympics, making up silly stories with her youngest daughter, and bingeing on weeks of DVR'd television shows with her husband. The Social Media: Website // Facebook // Twitter
There, I said. it. Do you guys ever get conference brain? You're running around like a toddler on her first soccer team, because you have so much to do to prepare, yet you STILL have SO MUCH regular work to do - all the writing, all the blogging, all the reading, all the reviewing - that you look back and realize how disappointed you are in how you put something together?
So here is my REAL, review of Marie Meyer's ACROSS THE DISTANCE - which was a phenomenal story of pain, grief, trust, love.
The Book:
There’s a drawer I never open. It holds a picture I never look at. It reminds me of a day I hate to remember, but I’ll never forget.I’d give anything to be like the other girls on campus. Going to parties, flirting with boys, planning for a future. But that’s not me. And hasn’t been since the day my parents died. The only thing that got me through was Griffin. Even though I didn’t have my family, I always had him. Only, now I’m not so sure I do.
It’s not just the eleven hundred miles separating us now that I’m at college. And it’s more than his band finally taking off, and all the gigs and girls suddenly demanding his time. It’s like everything is different—the way we talk, the way we text . . . the way he looks at me and the way his looks make me feel.
Griffin has been the only good thing in my life since that horrific day. I can feel our friendship slipping away—and I’m terrified of what will be left in its place…
The Review: I read this book in one night. All of it. In one sitting - or lying - since I was in bed. You may need tissues if you read it. I did, because the issues hit so close to home. SO close to home.
Marie Meyer has the ability to eloquently and masterfully write about characters who have lived through a horrific tragedy and writes their story so emotionally intense and real, while still telling a gorgeous story of love and trust and compassion. Her writing and descriptions of setting and action are beautiful. I always feel like I'm in the story with the characters. Whether I'm at Jillian's college, in design class with her or eating a blueberry muffin with Griffin (or I want to be, because UMMM hottie rock god!), I'm there. Meyer's voice is strong and funny.
There aren't enough words to describe Griffin. I'm not even talking in my usual hot Rock Star alert way. He was strong, sweet, loyal, compassionate. He never let Jillian down. And when "things" happen in the book, they don't seem forced or contrived for a plot line. It's a normal friendship, a normal relationship, the ups and downs of living life long distance from someone you love.
Meyer makes me feel the sadness and anger and emptiness of two girls who have to deal with the most horrible thing that could happen to children. My heart hurts for them. The portrayal of the differences in how two sisters grow up and handle grief is heart wrenching, yet extremely accurate.
ACROSS THE DISTANCE is a well written, heart-tugging, but still uplifting story. Meyer just sealed herself a spot on my "One-click the crap out of all her books" list.
The Author:
Marie Meyer was a Language Arts teacher for fourteen years. She spends her days in the classroom and her nights writing heartfelt new adult romances that will leave readers clamoring for more. She is a member of RWA and the St. Louis Writers Guild. Marie's short fiction won honorable mentions from the St. Louis Writers Guild in 2010 and 2011. She is a proud mommy and enjoys helping her oldest daughter train for the Special Olympics, making up silly stories with her youngest daughter, and bingeing on weeks of DVR'd television shows with her husband. The Social Media: Website // Facebook // Twitter
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