There are a few major relationships here: 1) Her mother and Caymen. She has that level of sarcasm (though not as good as Rose Hathaway), and she has a wonderful characterization with even more amazing relationships. Just saying.Ĭaymen is a sarcastic teen who has a wonderful mouth everyone would envy. The climax is one of the greatest parts of the book.īecause of how worthy Caymen's sarcasm is, it gets its own mention, in its own separate paragraph from everything else. That is when everything in Caymen's mother's past crashes to the ground like the stock market in the Great Depression. That is when all of the secrets come out. Everything builds up and up and up, lies stack upon each other, and everything is jammed together until it finally breaks apart. The conflict between mother and daughter (or the "don't tell Mom" storyline) is very complicated, and it unfolds very nicely. The vocabulary isn't hard to understand, and anyone who is a teen or older can understand this book. It has a quick plot, and everything flows very smoothly. It all mixes together to make one dramatic and delicious story. Mason (another love interest) is unaware of their dynamic, and he brings more drama to the Caymen and Xander plot. Caymen remains wary and careful of Xander while Xander's feelings are much more visible. There is an obvious spark and tension between them, and the urge to yell something like "Kiss already!" is strong. Told solely from Caymen's perspective, the story starts off on a seemingly normal day until Xander Spence walks into the doll shop. The story comes with minor twists that makes it seem much more elegant, endearing, and totally sweet. Though this cheesy tale has been told many times over and over again, somehow Kasie West manages to make it fresh and new. YA Contemporary and Chick-lit, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US majorly focuses on a sweet and blossoming romance between Caymen Meyers of the lower class and Alexander "Xander" Spence of the upper class.
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