Jace and Andrea come from two very different worlds. They’re young and idealistic when they first meet. They need nothing but each other and the love that they feel. Sadly nothing lasts forever and a misunderstanding has them going their separate ways. The Space Between follows Jace and Andrea as they grow and learn to live (for better or worse) without each other in the hope that someday, maybe, they might find one another again.

The Space Between is a heart-wrenching second chance romance. This stand-alone novel is told from dual POVs. I generally prefer dual POV and it was definitely necessary with this story.

This book is an absolute “gut punch” in the best way possible. I have nothing in common with either of the main characters but the connection I felt for them is unreal. The storyline is a beautiful if not somewhat tragic journey from start to finish. This book will probably make you cry but the tears are worth it.

I had the opportunity to listen to an early copy of the audiobook after I read through the ebook. It is dual narrated by Rachel F. Hirsch and James Fouhey. I was not previously familiar with either of these narrators but I think they both did an excellent job with the material.

I don’t know how she does it but Sarah Ready continues to wow me with every new release. I'm not sure if my emotions can make it but I'm looking forward to whatever she has for her readers next.

I voluntarily read, listened to, and reviewed advanced copies of this book and audiobook. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to NetGalley and W.W. Crown (IBPA)!

So, I just finished "The Space Between" by Sarah Ready, and it's a romance novel that promises an epic love story with all the feels. We meet Andrea and Jace, and from the get-go, they're convinced they're meant to be together.

Okay, one cool thing about this book was the audiobook - they had dual narrators! I love audiobooks that do this, I think it adds to the story and mades it more fun.

But here's the thing - I had a bit of trouble feeling super invested in the story. The whole insta-love vibe was way too fast for my taste. Like, seriously, they were head over heels almost immediately, and it felt a bit rushed. I needed more time to believe in their connection and really root for their romance.

The story had potential, and the whole redemption and found family theme was cool. But the quick romance didn't totally work for me. Everyone's different though, so you may find it to be something you’re interested in!

In a nutshell, "The Space Between" delivers on the promise of an epic love story, and the dual narration in the audiobook was a cool touch. But the insta-love thing left me a tad disconnected from the characters and their love. It might still be a fantastic book for you if you're into fast-paced romance, but for me, it didn't hit all the right spots. I would still recommend giving it a try if it sounds like something you would be interested in!

*Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the arc of this book*
4 stars!

The Space Between is a beautiful second chance love story. It's warm and touching while still dealing with real life topics. I really enjoyed the character development and how the story developed over the course of their lives. I've never ready anything by Sarah Ready, but will absolutely read more. *I listened to the audiobook and it was also amazing!*
The story includes lots of twists and turns and doesn't follow a typical trope, which I found refreshing. There's heartbreak and happiness, I laughed I cried! It's an amazing journey that I will probably revisit in the future.

I could not put this book down. I was invested in the love story between Andy and Jace from the very beginning. Andy is a wealthy girl from the Upper East Side. Jace is an orphaned musician who believes in love. The two feel destined to be together despite their differences. There were a few twists and turns I didn't see coming, and I loved them. This was a great contemporary romance and I've already recommended it to friends! Although I could have done without the epilogue.

What an emotional book! It was beautifully written. I was emotionally invested in both main characters, their lives, their relationship and their ending. It was well written, the inner thoughts of the characters were realistic and understood. I found myself feeling all the emotions of the characters and wanting to be a part of their lives. A story about growth, about challenges, about love. About what happens with your perfect love story has a challenge thrown its way. How to overcome obstacles, challenges and emotional difficulties. A beautifully written story - just be prepared for the tears.
Thank you netgalley for my advanced reader copy.

This book was way heavier and more emotional than I realized. I really enjoyed my advanced copy of French Holiday by Sarah Ready so I requested this one without really looking into it. I really enjoyed it, but be warned, it’s very heavy.

This heart-warming and emotional book follows Jace and Andrea as they navigate first love, heartbreak, family dynamics, and everything in between. It’s captivating and sweet, but heartbreaking at the same time. Get ready to feel all the feels. Seriously, so many feelings. Jace and Andrea were both likable characters. The in between time focused solely on Andrea. It would have been nice to get a little bit more insight on Jace’s life.

𝕋𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕤:
Found Family
Second Chance Romance
First Love
Dual POV

The Space Between is one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read. This is a book that had me so immersed in the characters and their love story, I never wanted to put it down. It will be on my mind and in my heart for a long time!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️♾️
🌶️

Andi and Jace have known since the moment they met that they were meant to be together, even though they were only seventeen at the time.

Coming from different worlds, this is nearly impossible. Andrea (Andi) is from a wealthy family, where she feels like a pawn in their games - and never love. Jace’s life is completely opposite, filled with love of family and friends, but without money.

Jace is the first person to see Andi for who she is, and love her for it. Andi is the one to help pull Jace’s music out of him, something that was lost when his parents died.

We see their lives, their love, and love lost and found over several time periods. This was such an emotional journey for me. It ripped my heart out several times, and thankfully eventually put it back together. My heart is heavy, but full.

I tandem read this - ebook and audiobook - and both were wonderful! The narrators (James Fouhey & Rachel F. Hirsch) did a phenomenal job at capturing the depth and emotions of this love story.

What you’ll find in The Space Between:
⭐️ Different Worlds
⭐️ Soulmates
⭐️ First love
⭐️ Musician
⭐️ Song lyrics
⭐️ Rich girl/poor boy
⭐️ Found family
⭐️ Emotional read
⭐️ Multiple timelines
⭐️ Dual POV/first person

Thank you to NetGalley, W.W. Crown publishing (IBPA), and author Sarah Ready for advanced copies. All opinions are my own.

I honestly feel so conflicted with my review here...I know this is a book I will constantly think about because this story is so wonderfully told and written, but there were also moments of this book I absolutely hated, but without them this book wouldn't sit with me the way it does. It all works together to create such a beautiful story that will have you laughing, crying, swooning, and so much more. Andi and Jace's story is so heartbreakingly beautiful, and it is about so much more than romantic love that I can't rate it anything less than 5 stars.

Jace and Andi meet just before they turn 18 and graduate high school and the connection they have is instant. Told in three parts this story follows Jace and Andi through three important times in their lives. It tells the story of how music can save you and how love can be some of the most beautiful real life magic a person can experience.

I've sat with this book for a few days now and I'm still blown away by how much this book impacted me. I hate that I don't know what I want to say about this book, it's like I have so much I want to say, but I also don't want to spoil a single thing about this book. The characters are perfect for this story, their connections to each other are perfectly written, and all of it together creates such a powerful story. A story I would highly recommend and the narrators of this audio did a great job brining it all together.

✔️ Different World
✔️ Love Letter to Music
✔️ Found Family
✔️ Complicated and Emotional
✔️ Beautiful Writing
✔️ First Person Dual POV

I adored this book! This is probably my favorite Sarah Ready book now with no doubt. It had a little bit of everything. There's angst, rockstar, friends to lovers, tears and so much more.

Jace and Andrea meet and that's it. They know it's love and of course nothing can come between them because they love each other. Right? Hmmmm. Not necessarily.

Jace is from the wrong side of "the tracks." and Andrea is from so much money it should be sinful. They are complete opposites but yet they work. But when a misunderstanding comes between them, Andrea isn't sure how to move on. In fact, she doesn't do it well. She basically goes through the motions of living without allowing emotion to enter in. Eventually someone from her past helps her to remember that life is made to be lived. And eventually she will see Jace again....but will they ever find their way back to one another or is their time past?

This is simply such a wonderful book. It broke my heart and put it back together and then broke it again and then put it back together several times. There was just so much emotion written into these pages and I soaked it all up. I love it when an author writes a book that makes me feel so much and this was definitely one of those books. It was a true gift.

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: I really enjoyed the narration for this book. It kept me engaged and connected to the story. 4 1/2 stars

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. I voluntarily chose to read and review it and the opinions contained within are my own.

If you like the Notebook or other romances that slowly rip your heart out until you’re just left with a gaping chasm, then you’ve come to the right place. And then the last five chapters of this book will stitch you back into place!
I loved the first 50% of the book! It felt like the perfect coming-of-age love story about a boy, a girl, and the boy’s guitar. Then the book ripped my heart out and stomped on it. But watching their journeys through life to find each other again slowly stitched me back together.
I love the message about finding someone that will love you for your flaws, which isn’t present only in Jace and Andi’s relationship, but also in Jace’s relationships with his family and band mates and Andi’s relationships with Reid and her mom.
I also thought the narrators did a great job at conveying the wide arrange of emotions that Andi and Jace go through.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to and review this audio arc!
The plot twists in this book were WILD!! This story that spans over a decade follows Andrea and Jace who promise each other forever, but everything in life is tearing them apart. I can't say much more than that but there is sort of a love triangle, kind of grumpy/sunshine, kind of childhood friends to lovers. This book comes out on July 25th! I highly recommend it!

Warning for the casual reader, this is not a romcom. Sure there were a few cute/funny moments but they are all greatly overshadowed by themes of grief, difficult family dynamics, and betrayal. I urge all readers to look up TWs for this book as there are mentions of suicided, ODs, and physical abuse.

Jace and Andi are driven apart for years but always manage to find a way back to each other. I have mixed feelings toward the book, while I liked the characters very much, the pacing of the story made it a difficult read for me. I found myself not really invested in the plot until about half way through when I felt the story finally had a direction. However, I liked The Space Between very much in spite of this, because Andi and Jace had such great chemistry which really came through in the audiobook narration. I would definitely recommend this if you are looking for a character driven emotional roller coaster of a book.

Thank you NetGalley & W.W. Crown for an ARC copy and the chance to give my honest review.

This is a great book about love, in many ways, shapes, and forms. Love for parents, children, siblings, the family that is not related by blood, friends, and of course lovers. I also love how the writer deals with loving multiple people at the same time and loving some people at the wrong time.

The characters are lovable and their problems are so understandable, even considering the contrast between their lives.

I listened to the audio for this book, and the narrators also did a great job showing the characters' emotions in their speaking.

I recommend to anyone!

Thanks to netgalley and the author for sending me the eARC in exchange for an honest review

“What’s your lyric?”


Andi and Jace are the epitome of opposite attract. Andi is from a high society rich family in New York and Jace comes from a broken home, living on the breadline from the Bronx. They meet when Jace is playing music with his brothers and their band in Central Park. Jace gets into some trouble with bullies and Andi saves the day, it is instant attraction. As love blossoms, secrets are unearthed as Andi comes to reveal to Jace that she isn’t in fact Andi but Andrea, living the rich girl life in high society and not fully who he thought she was.

In a whirlwind romance, Andi gives up her high society life. But when it all comes crashing down, she moves back to New York to her family. 8 years later, time has moved on. But do feeling move on with time? What happens in the time they aren’t together - in The Space Between?


I’ll not lie, it took me a good 40% of this book to actually get into it properly. I had both the ebook and the audiobook. I started with the audiobook which I just couldn’t gel with at all, I think it was the voice actors tbh. It just wasn’t for me. After giving it a few days I jumped back into the ebook and persevered. I’m not a real lover of young love romances at all but I did enjoy this (eventually).

Pros -
* multiple POV
* Opposites attract
* Second chance love
* Enemies to lovers
* Emotive writing
* Smidge of 🌶️
* Great character development!

Cons -
* slow slow start
* It’s really quite long imo
* Huge trigger warnings (please check Goodreads prior to reading)
* Slight serendipitous that could be plausible (but not awful I promise)

I’m a mood reader and I think I would have loved this book so much more if I had read it at the right time. But saying that, give it a read. The pros really do our weight the cons with this and I hope to re read it one day!!

Thanks to @netgalley for giving me an advanced copy of this book in return for an honest review. (The audiobook is available instantly on Netgalley btw)

Really enjoyed Ready's "French Holiday", so I was thrilled when I got approved to review and ARC of her upcoming release.

Andrea and Jace could not be more different. Andrea, the darling daughter of one of the wealthiest businessman in bustling New York City. Jace, a musical prodigy born on the wrong side of the tracks with his sights set on fame taking him away from this life.

For Andrea and Jace, it was love at first site. Destined to be together forever, they could over come any obstacle placed before them, as long as they did it together. If only life was fair and didn't have other plans.

This was my second book by this author and I am definitely becoming a fan. I really enjoyed that this was a very different kind of love story than the ones I've read. It felt more realistic, more hopeful, just more. Despite the characters being more well-off than the average Joe, it was the personalities and outcomes that made you relate to the story. Admittedly, when I first started the story I said "Great, another instalove billionaire romance". I could not be more wrong. This story has it all and I loved it. I cant list the tropes without giving spoilers away. Just know that you will not be disappointed if you pick this one up for those feel goods,

Will definitely keep my eyes out for Ready's next one!!

Read how: 🎧
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Setting: NYC
POV: 2
Theme: Insta love, Forbidden love, emotional abuse parents, betrayal, self-discovery

The Space Between is 100 percent my favorite book for July. It was a coming-of-age romance that was emotional, heartbreaking and left me all warm inside at the end. James Fouhey and Rachel F. Hirsh's narration in the audiobook was engaging and adherence my experience. The only thing I wish for and I understand it would have made the book longer but I wish I got more of Jace’s life journey. I enjoyed seeing how Andy navigated family, love, and the changes that come with life.
I recommend this book to everyone especially if you love heartwarming and riveting love stories.

Thank you NetGalley and W.W. Crown Publishing for the advanced audio copy of The Space Between, by Sarah Ready. This is the first book I have read by Sarah Ready and I was blown away by the emotion in this book. I am typically a thriller reader and even though this story was more in the romance genre, I still felt the twists and turns, and anticipation in Andy and Jace’s story. My heart was racing when the character’s heart was racing, I was sad and angry when the characters were sad and angry. I liked the way the author told the story in both Jace and Andy’s point of view. The narrators did a great job! A life love story that is a must read!

I really have no idea if I rated this book correctly. This book made me want to scream and throw the book across the room then call everyone I know to read it so that they can experience the same pain as I’ve endured over the last two days. I’ve really enjoyed Sarah Ready’s writing in the past, but this book was so full of emotion that I’m in awe. The book was also painful. This book could have been named Miscommunication, since that was at the core. It was like Jace and Andi kept barely missing each other, and it was so infuriating, but I just couldn’t look away.

I loved Jace and Andi’s love story. Their first chance at love reminded me a lot of Billy and Camilla in Daisy Jones and the Six if Billy were a better guy. I loved hearing both of their perspectives and Jace is the guy you hope that all famous rock stars truly are.

Without too much spoiling, the second half of the book had me wanting to scream. I was so frustrated, but not in a bad way. If you want epic love story, that’s definitely this book!

I also grew to really like Reid. While I don’t exactly like what ended up happening with him, I appreciate how this book has a lot of different layers as to what love is.

I also loved the audiobook narrators. Andi’s narrator really reflected the hope she had in the first half of the book and I loved the shift in the second half where she sounded more aged and wary. I thought that the Jace narrator sounded like someone who had lived a hard life but was making it through.

Also, this book needs so many content warnings…

The Space Between was so much more than I expected.

First off, it's classed as a new adult book. I am far beyond that in age but loved the book anyway.

Andi, from a wealthy family and Jace, from a struggling family meet as teenagers. Their story is told throughout many years.

I loved the main characters and was rooting for them. I even liked some of the not so nice characters that in another book I would not. There are a few who I loved to hate as well.

This one has all the feels. An emotional roller coaster for sure. It was very different from the thrillers I normally read and was a welcome change of pace. It makes me want to read more of this type of book.

I listened to the audio version of the book. I liked the two narrators performing the male and female points of view. They did a fantastic job.

This one is best read without knowing much about it.

Thanks to netgalley and W.W. Crown for the great listen.

The Space Between was beautiful on audio and kindle version bringing two very different love stories to life. Andrea and Jace meet by chance one afternoon in New York and begin a whirlwind romance that takes them both by surprise. Andrea comes from a wealthy family and lacks for nothing except love from her mother. Jace is an orphan being brought by his older brothers but musically talented and surrounded by the love and support of his family. Andrea and Jace think their love is invincible but it gets put through tests and people they trust interfere and separate them. This story is special allowing you to fall in love with two different love stories.