From Miranda Kenneally, author of the beloved high school romance Hundred Oaks series, comes a funny enemies to lovers romcom about second, third…maybe even fourth chances.Every May 7th, the students at Coffee County High School take a class trip. And every year, Lulu’s relationship with Alex Rouvelis gets a little more complicated. Freshman year they went from sworn enemies to more than … friends after a close encounter in an escape room. It’s been hard for Lulu to quit Alex ever since.Through break-ups, make-ups, and dating other people, each year’s class trip brings the pair back together and forces them to confront their undeniable connection. From the science museum to Six Flags, New York City to London, Lulu learns one thing is for sure: love is the biggest trip of all.Are Lulu and Alex meant to be, or are they better apart?Other teen romance books by Miranda Kenneally:Catching JordanStealing ParkerThings I Can’t ForgetRacing SavannahBreathe, Annie, BreatheJesse’s GirlDefending TaylorComing Up for Air
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I adored this book so much! I read it in one day, even though I had only gotten to page 68 by dinner time and didn’t pick it up again until bedtime. However once I started reading, I was up all night finishing because I had to know how each day was going to go. Each day was the class field trip at the end of every year of high school. But mixed into the day’s story were flashbacks to how things had gone between Lulu and Alex throughout the rest of the school year, and in between each of the days as well.
The romance was sweet, and just made me smile. But it was so funny and totally made sense why they fought at times, and why they were apart at times. Even when they were apart, if it was seemingly a silly reason, it made sense for a teenager to feel that way. That part was so real there was even one of the characters, Ryan, who was so funny with his snarky, somewhat kiss-up comments to teacher. At one point he said something that I know I’d had students in the past say to me. It just cracked me up.
This is my first book by this author and I’m wondering why! I’ll be sure to look into her future books, as well as purchase them for my school library with future budget money.
I have to say once you get past the first part 1 of the novel, it’s perfect. I loved how we get to be present with these characters on their class trips and then jump back to major events that happened during the school year. At first, I didn’t understand it at all. I was confused and couldn’t really get into the story. But the dialogue and stronghold on the characters made me keep reading, and I’m so glad I did. I enjoyed this novel. The dialogue and how author Miranda Kenneally truly knew her characters and what she wanted to convey was great.
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Four Days of You and Me is a funny, sweet and heartfelt tale of enemies to lovers/second (3rd?!) chance romance.
Lulu and Alex’s relationship is quite the roller-coaster, and I loved watching it unfold. Miranda Kenneally sure knows how to put you through a ringer of emotions. From first love to first heartbreak to bad decisions to romantic moments- you can’t help but root for these two.
I liked how relatable it was that Lulu would sometimes struggle between her heart and brain, and watching her come into her own as the book goes along.
Neither of these characters are perfect. They mess up and they grow up. They hurt each other and are there to pick each other up when the world is unfair. They remind you that love is never simple, and sometimes you don’t get things right the first time around.
This book was the perfect distraction from all the craziness in the world. It made me smile and swoon.
My Thoughts:
Four Days of You and Me was a spectacular story, and confirmed why Miranda Kenneally is one of my absolute favorite young adult contemporary romance authors. In this book, we are gifted a beautiful love story, that encompasses so much more than I could have expected or wished for. Kenneally delivers on themes of love, and friendship; as well as the challenges of growing up, and becoming an adult.
Every year, the students take a class field trip in May. Four Days of You and Me is told through the eyes of Lulu Wells. This story is formatted by painting a story of what takes place between Lulu and Alex Rouvelis every year on the school trip, as well as giving us the major highlights of what took place between our main characters during the school year.
Lulu and Alex are an opposites attract scenario. She is a strict vegetarian. Lulu marches to the beat of her own drum, and I loved her strong sense of self. She doesn’t have any friends except for her best friend Max, and her cousin Grace, (who she gets closer to after freshman year. She is referred to as “weird,” and “a hippie” by her classmates. Lulu loves graphic novels, works hard on creating her own, and hopes to one day make a living by doing what she is so passionate about.
In contrast, Alex is an extremely popular baseball player. He works hard at his family’s pizzeria, and is very diligent in honing his baseball skills, because he needs to earn a scholarship if he wants to attend college after graduation. Lulu and Alex aren’t off to the best start when they both decide to run for freshman class president.
However, after getting locked in an escape room during their freshman class field trip at a science museum, things become complicated between these two. As they navigate four years of high school, readers get a front row seat to first love, breakups and makeups, as well as the two of them going out with other people. However, through it all, there is never a doubt that these two are meant to be together.
Four Days of You and Me was fast paced, highly entertaining, and gave me a ton of “feels.” I was completely invested in Lulu and Alex’s story, and didn’t want it to end. It was an excellent reading escape, and now I’m suffering from a major book hangover. I can’t recommend this story enough! Romance readers are in for a real treat, as this story is going on my favorites shelf
Four Days of You and Me is a fast-paced, fun, and nostalgic read. It’s the first book by Miranda Kenneally that I’ve read and after I finished it I immediately picked up another of her books.
I loved the way the story is told, with the focus on the same day, the same event, for each of the four years of high-school. We can really see the progression of the two main characters, Lulu and Alex, and how their enemies to something more evolves. As they navigate their would-be relationship, they experience many high and lows, falling in love, longing for each other, but not always being together. Both are very likable characters, but high school and hormones get in the way sometimes, and decision-making skills aren’t always well developed.
Kenneally does a wonderful job showing us who Lulu and Alex are. There is, of course, a great cast of secondary characters that drive the story along; friends and foes alike. I found myself reminiscing on my own exploits during “fair days”, and in general, thinking about a simpler time. This is a great read to share with the teenagers in your life with no worries about the content (it’s a clean read). If you are an adult who likes a good YA, I heartily recommend this! 4 Stars
An adorable, cozy, heartwarming YA coming of age romance that is filed with engaging charters, witty and fun dialog, emotionally thrilling twists and all the ups and downs of first love. Really enjoyed this journey.
3.5*
“Did Alex really touch my hand? What does it mean? I need to check my horoscope ASAP.”
Four Days of You and Me was an enjoyable read. If you’re looking for a transformative YA novel where the characters are already established and have nothing to learn or grow from, (which sort of defeats the purpose of transformative, but whatever) then this one probably isn’t for you. Four Days of You and Me is a light-hearted YA romance read. The characters are flawed, they make mistakes, they make more mistakes, and when they learn from those mistakes, they still make a few more. Personally when I pick up a YA romance, I’m not looking for a personality guidebook. So Alex and Lulu’s on and off again dynamic works for me. Lulu is the schools “garden girl” aka hippie, and Alex is the popular baseball player who also works at his family’s restaurant all of the time. Lulu has dreams of writing/illustrating graphic novels, and Alex just wants more than the family business. They have cute tension from the start, and their story is told in LuLu’s POV over the course of their high school years. The story does time jump a bit, and it takes awhile for it to not feel so disjointed. But once I caught on to the yearly field trip, vs the months prior, it wasn’t so bad.
I loved Lulu and Alex’s sweet back and forth. I loved all of their friends. I loved that even though they had drama with other boyfriends/girlfriends along the way that they ended up eventually working those things out. I realize that many people don’t want to read the main characters with other people, but that aspect of this book made it feel relatable. The natural ebb and flow of love. Especially young love when you’re still figuring out you and not just you with someone else.
All in all this was a good read. It’s entertaining. It’s two young people growing into themselves and figuring it out how they can fit together better. If you’re looking for that, combined with a super cute rollercoaster of emotional teenage angst, then Four Days of You and Me is a winner.