The Distance Between Us

The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
Published July 2, 2013

About the Book:

Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers studies the rich like her own personal science experiment, and after years of observation she’s pretty sure they’re only good for one thing—spending money on useless stuff, like the porcelain dolls in her mother’s shop.

So when Xander Spence walks into the store to pick up a doll for his grandmother, it only takes one glance for Caymen to figure out he’s oozing rich. Despite his charming ways and that he’s one of the first people who actually gets her, she’s smart enough to know his interest won’t last. Because if there’s one thing she’s learned from her mother’s warnings, it’s that the rich have a short attention span. But Xander keeps coming around, despite her best efforts to scare him off. And much to her dismay, she's beginning to enjoy his company.

She knows her mom can’t find out—she wouldn’t approve. She’d much rather Caymen hang out with the local rocker who hasn’t been raised by money. But just when Xander’s attention and loyalty are about to convince Caymen that being rich isn’t a character flaw, she finds out that money is a much bigger part of their relationship than she’d ever realized. And that Xander’s not the only one she should’ve been worried about.

My Thoughts:

Funny, cute, quick read!  This book fit the bill for what I was needing.  My schedule has been a little busy since I started my reading challenge, and I'm a bit behind on what I would have liked to have read by now.  I am trying to read some fun, quick reads to get back on track, and this was exactly what I needed.  This was a pretty good book overall.  I really liked the main character, Cayman and her sarcastic sense of humor.  I am pretty sarcastic myself, and I feel that West wrote the character really well.  My one complaint with the book would be that the ending felt rushed.  It just seemed like West got to a point where she was tired of writing and rushed to put together an ending for the book.  Up until that point, I really liked it, so that was disappointing.  I still gave it 4 stars on Goodreads, as I did like the majority of the book a lot.