For Jace it was love at first sight when he spotted Andy across the park while playing with his band. Andy immediately falls for Jace too, but her family will never be willing to accept their relationship. When she leaves behind her life of luxury and wealth to go on tour with Jaces band, things are perfect…until they aren’t, and Andy leaves Jace behind. What happens in the space between when he was there and when he wasn’t?


Wow! This book was so much more than I was expecting! This book broke my heart just to put it back together just to do it all over again. I loved Andi, Jace and Reid so much. The audiobook was long, but I honestly enjoyed every second. I’ve already bought my next Sarah Ready book!

Both narrators were very enjoyable to listen to!

Thank you @sarahreadyauthor, @netgalley and @wwcrownpublishing for the opportunity to read this lovely book!

The Space Between is on my shortlist for my favorite book this year. This will make you feel every emotion during your journey.

Andrea and Jace are from completely opposite sides of the social spectrum. Jace is from the South Bronx and Andrea is from a rich elite part of Manhattan. Both of them had a rough life in their own way and they brought out the best in each other.

This is not only a love story, it's a story about life and how every action has a reaction. Both Andrea and Jace would not be where they are if a certain event did not push them in that direction. I'm not ashamed to say I cried more than once during this story.

This book will hit all of your emotions hard. You will smile, laugh, and cry. You also will love every minute of it. This is a book you won’t want to miss.

It’s been a while since I found a romance novel that I swear made me fall in love right along with the characters. This book is that book! My heart is so full right now! I am literally that emoji with hearts coming out of its eyes.

I loved everything about this book and the narrators did an amazing job! This book is a romance reader’s dream!

I absolutely LOVED this book. The narrator's were great but this story. The twist. My word. I was in a chokehold.

It makes me feel good when true love wins.

Thank you for the opportunity!

Definitely needs trigger warnings. There are so many triggering events in this book. I felt the cover & description were deceiving. I did stick with it and was glad on how it ended. It felt like this could have been two completely different novels though. It was a bit much.

This is my second book by Sarah Ready (French Holiday) and I didn't even realize it until I came here to write this review. I shouldn't be surprised that I would love this book because the other was amazing, I'm pretty sure I gave that one 5 stars as well.

The Space Between had me all in my emotions, I'm not crying you are, the book description tells you that it's a roller coaster and it truly is. We have a love story here that is meant to last a lifetime. These two kids from completely different socioeconomic worlds meet on happenstance as Jace is getting the stuffing beat out of him. He was saved by a girl who he knew he was instantly meant to be with. Was there insta-love....kind of yes, but don't be turned off by that because this isn't that kind of story. You have Jace and Andrea, Jace a poor kid who's parents died tragically and raised by his brother and Andrea, the wealthy socialite that is expected to act and present herself in a certain way to maintain her father's image.

The intro of this book goes into all the houses and what they represent and all that fun stuff. That just went straight over my head, and none of that really stuck. There were so, so many characters in this story that it was almost hard to keep track of it all. My brain was trying to figure out the whole who'd the bad guy in the story angle. I kept coming back to the same person and I was right! The story does not make it obvious at all but that was what made the most sense to me. Though the exact extent I would never have figured out. So, we have Gideon who is basically the muscle of Harrow (the necromancer) in this trial to become immortal. Everyone that enters this trial can theoretically become immortal if they can pass the trials. So you have all the houses together with one necromancer and one cavalier (the muscle). I loved Gideon and how much sass she throws around. She is so full of spunk that you can't help but love her. I loved that this story started off with a fight, which gives you an idea of what is to come. There are plenty of pretty gory elements along side all the fighting and death. I mean it is a book surrounding necromancers so that is to be expected. I can't really go into much of this plot because I don't want to spoil it and it is not in the description. Basically it is these two kids over the span of...15-20 years (I lost count) and how their love is connected through all the obstacles that life throws at you. There were very hard choices for the characters to make and I was mentally yelling at Andrea to not give in at one point because.....let us say some obstacles are temporary. There were characters I hated, then didn't hate and empathized with, some that never grew out of the hate box, and a lot of redemptions. There is just so much packed into this story it is so heart wrenching, beautiful, and sweet. I will cross out any previous mentions of a favorite romance of the year and put this at the top of the bracket. It is hands down just *sigh* perfection.

Let us talk audio books. When this review posts, the book will be published, but as of now I can't find a pre-sale of the audiobook, but I'm sure it is out there. You know that I absolutely love when we have narrators for the different POVs. I am thrilled to say that this one has a narrator for both Jace and Andrea. I have not listened to either of their works previously, but they were both very fantastic. They were able to bring the characters to life, and really give that extra element to keep you engaged in an audio book. They gave it even more life.

This is a great romance novel written by an absolutely amazing romance author who has yet to disappoint me. This story will take you all over the place in your emotions, pull on your heart strings, make you angry, happy, sad, and swoon with all the love these character feel for one another. In other words please grab this book, it is worth every minute of your read.

Definitely my favorite book by Sarah Ready! She really dove deep with this one. While I've enjoyed the romcoms I've read this was a superstar! This book made me feel loads of emotions. I was so mad but then I realized I didn't stay mad. It made me feel happy too. The characters were just so well written. It was just a great book! I switched between the kindle version and the audio and just loved both. The narration was my favorite. All of Sarah's audiobooks have been winners in this area! This book comes out July 25th and I can't recommend it enough.

Good story but struggled with the narration. Got into it eventually but probably would prefer ebook.

Well written though

The Space Between
by Sarah Ready
Narrated by James Fouhey & Rachel F. Hirsch

I give The Space Between by Sarah Ready a wholehearted 5 out of 5 Stars. While the story starts off a little slow, it really picks up and you won't be able to put it down. This is a heart wrenching tale of true love, misunderstandings, and all of the other things that pull at your heart. This reminds me of one of my favorite authors, Brittiany Cherry, in terms of The Space Between being an angsty love story that tears at your heart. While Ms. Cherry is definitely for adults, I think that this book is perfectly categorized as a New Adult novel. There isn't any explicitly adult scenes and the writing isn't quite a mature (not saying it's bad, just saying that it isn't written for a mature audience). Overall, I really enjoyed the story and would happily recommend it to anyone looking for a New Adult gut-punching, hopeless romance with a HEA.

I thought the that narration was excellent and well-suited to the characters. I really, really enjoyed this one. I don't give many 5 star ratings.

Thank you so much to NetGalley, WW Crown, and Ms. Ready for the chance to listen to and review this ARC!

I expected funny and silly romace, but I got heart breaking live story and I loved it. I loved everything about this book.
The easiest 5 stars.

Thanks to netGelley for this arc

The Space Between tells an epic story of love, heartbreak and forgiveness spanning years and long distances.

Andi and Jace, from completely opposite backgrounds, meet and fall in love almost instantly. But their path to happiness is far from straight. We get to see them grow and live their lives together and apart.

It’s rare that a book elicits so many emotions out of me. I cried, I almost threw my kindle at the wall, but then I was so happy to see them finally together for good!

There’s so much betrayal in this book that I was honestly impressed by the capacity for forgiveness our characters possessed. My heart could never be this big. The plot twists are jaw dropping and will leave you frustrated, but it’s all worth it.

As much as there is grief and anger, there is so much more love and hope in this story! Love comes in different shapes and forms, and we should welcome it into our lives, because it only makes us richer. Andi and Jace realise that there is so much place for love in their hearts that it doesn’t leave any space for hate or anger, only forgiveness.

MAYBE SPOILER?

I have only one complaint. I would have liked a bit more agency from the MCs at times. It felt a little bit serendipity-ish, and while I don’t expect my romance to be realistic, it still seems implausible that they’d meet like that accidentally again. I wished it was an active decision from at least one of them.

MAYBE SPOILER END

The audiobook was a great listen, the narrators conveyed every emotion perfectly and made the experience so much better!

Rating:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I received an advance copy from NetGalley, and this is my honest review.

First things first, I cried at work listening to this. I read French Holiday by Sarah Ready earlier in the year and it was silly, lighthearted, and funny. This was none of those things and I freaking love it for it.

Andrea is NYC elite and hates how shallow and cruel everything is. She meets Jace in the park after he's been jumped by rich kids from school. He's an extremely talented musician who is just getting by and she's charmed by the genuine connection they have. They fall into love over the next few months and it was nice to see how hard they were trying. After some machinations against them, they spend the next 8 years without word from the other. She goes back to NYC society and he makes it big as a musician.

*Now, this part is complete spoilers so proceed with caution*

But holy crap I was not expecting Reid to be my favorite part of this book. He's arrogant and smarmy in the beginning but the growth he goes through in the book was stunning. Their wedding night cracked me up and I was grinning at their friendship as they moved through life together. The gentle love he showed her with absolutely no expectation of getting love in return hurt me deeply. I cried as his storyline was wrapping up.

*spoilers over*

After all of that, she finds Jace again exactly when she's supposed to and it was lovely. There wasn't any bitterness for the time that passed or their circumstances, just gratitude. And I'm grateful I got to read it.

The narration was excellent but I wish very much that Reid had his own voice.

Thank you to Netgalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review. My opinions are my own.

The Space Between, written by Sarah Ready and narrated by Rachel Hirsch & James Fouhey, is a fantastic opposites-attract romance. Andrea is a classic Upper East Side princess, Jace is a musical prodigy from the Bronx. As a reader, I was rooting for them from the very beginning. This book is an emotional journey and perfectly voiced by the narrators. Highly recommend!

***DNF 25%****I received an audio ARC through the publisher and NetGalley.***


This book has a ton of great reviews so if you are into cheesy, romance novels that are an easy read, this might be your cup of tea. Sadly for me while I do enjoy the occasional romance story (thrillers are my preferred genre), this story was a bit too much of a struggle for me to get through. I have lined the reasons out below as to why I couldn't finish it.

1. I absolutely could not stand the male narrator. His voice and tone was slightly whiney and it didn't leave me feeling connected with, or caring about his character. The female voice was fine, except when she was impersonating male characters' voice, but overall she sold her role a lot more than the male narrator.
2. Some of the writing was too cheesy and unrealistic for me. For example, at the beginning there is a story about deaths of loved ones close to one of the main characters. I thought the premise/situation of the deaths could be believable, but the details of how the deaths happened were too far fetched and left me rolling my eyes. There is some language surrounding the deaths about unique and unmatched love that was just too cheesy for me.

I am leaving 3 stars for my review to mean "neutral" for my opinion of the book. I feel that due to my inability and lack of desire to finish the story it would be unfair to leave one or two stars.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an audio ARC.

This story was a true fairytale. It was not always perfect, the prince changes and you find yourself rooting for the other guy, but in the end, it has a happy ending.

The narrators did a really good job as well. Thanks for this ARC, I really enjoyed it.

Thank you to W. W. Crown and NetGalley for the ALC of The Space Between.

The Space Between begins with two teenagers, one an orphaned 17 year old, Jace, whose brothers are scraping to get by and trying to get their family band off the ground. Heading home through the Ramble after busking in Central Park on night, he gets attacked by some bullies from his school. He is rescued by a pretty girl who he saw at their performance earlier that night. After beating the boys off with her rock filled purse, Andi and Jace decide to become best friends and spend their summer after graduation together. Of course, their friendship instantly blossoms into something more. Right after their respective graduations, Jace's oldest brother Dean informs the band that a producer is interested in their band and has gotten them a tour opportunity. The band votes to take it and Andi decides to go with them. When Andi and Jace tell Andi's parents, who are some of the wealthiest people in NYC, they vow to disown her. She leaves with the band anyway. While on tour a series of disasters break the young couple apart. Can their love ever be redeemed?

I did not enjoy the first half of this book. Insta-love is my least favorite trope. But, as the characters mature and handle their own tragedies, I came to really enjoy this one.

The narration was good.

Narrated by James Fouhey & Rachel F. Hirsch
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The Space Between Us by Sarah Ready ⭐⭐

**please note due to low rating I will not be leaving a public review for this book as I have not paid for it.**

The Space Between Us left me with mixed feelings. While I understand that the book falls under the "new adult" genre, which seems to cater to a younger audience, I personally found it to be overly juvenile in both content and writing style. Unfortunately, it didn't resonate with me, but I appreciate the opportunity to have read it.

Prepare your heart with this one! It’s an emotional story with so many twists and turns that I kept wondering how it was all going to work out in the end.

Jace & Andrea meet as teenagers and fall in love. The two are from totally different backgrounds but they work. Until a series of events, keep pulling them apart. Over several years, we are told their stories, of their chance encounters at the wrong times, and finally their HEA.

I already said this book is emotional but it should be said again. There are lots of heavy topics so I would check TW/CW.

The narrators were good. I wasn’t a fan of the voice the female narrator used for Jace or any other male that was talking when she was narrating.

Thank you NetGalley and W. W. Crown, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Audiobooks for the audio ARC.

Thanks to NetGalley for this audiobook ARC in exchange for an honest review.
The Space Between is a lovely telling of growth, love, acceptance, and forgiveness. This book had me feeling what the characters were feeling.
Narrator’s voices were nice.

A remarkable book from an author who heretofore has primarily published light romcoms. There is romance in The Space Between, and there are many light, magical moments, but there are also far heavier moments, when all magic is gone and there is nothing to do but carry on.. My attention never wavered, however, and I enjoyed the audiobook so much that I wanted the printed version to follow along. There were many moments when I seriously wondered how the writer was going to conclude her story. Suffice it to say that she did so beautifully. Love is paramount in this story, but it is also a paean to the healing power of music, and I look forward to the day when the book may be turned into a movie and the music will come to life. One criticism: when a book is this good, grammatical errors such as this: "He's been grooming Rob, Elliot, and I" are inexcusable.