Publisher: Revell
Pub Date: September 3, 2019
About the book (from Amazon)...
Robin Windsor has spent most of her life under an assumed name, running from her family's ignominious past. She thought she'd finally found sanctuary in her rather unremarkable used bookstore just up the street from the marina in River City, Michigan. But the store is struggling and the past is hot on her heels.
When she receives an eerily familiar book in the mail on the morning of her father's scheduled execution, Robin is thrown back to the long-lost summer she met Peter Flynt, the perfect boy who ruined everything. That book--a first edition Catcher in the Rye--is soon followed by the other books she shared with Peter nearly twenty years ago, with one arriving in the mail each day. But why would Peter be making contact after all these years? And why does she have a sinking feeling that she's about to be exposed all over again?
With evocative prose that recalls the classic novels we love, Erin Bartels pens a story that shows that words--the ones we say, the ones we read, and the ones we write--have more power than we imagine.
My thoughts...
The Words Between Us is a sweet love story that unfolds over the span of 20 years. Two timelines told in alternating chapters, Erin Bartels (We Hope for Better Things) gently tells the story of Robin and Peter as they grow to know each other during the late 90's (then) and Robins own individual story (now) in her adult years.
The interaction between the characters, both then and now, draws the reader in and seems like a gentle memory being retold among friends. If you're looking for a great read, you'll want to pick up a copy of this book ASAP! I give this book 5 stars and highly recommend it.
**I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review**
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