Better Off Friends (Book Review)

Better Off Friends
Elizabeth Eulberg
Expected publication: February 25th 2014 by Point

For Macallan and Levi, it was friends at first sight. Everyone says guys and girls can’t be just friends, but these two are. They hang out after school, share tons of inside jokes, their families are super close, and Levi even starts dating one of Macallan’s friends. They are platonic and happy that way.

Eventually they realize they’re best friends — which wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t keep getting in each other’s way. Guys won’t ask Macallan out because they think she’s with Levi, and Levi spends too much time joking around with Macallan, and maybe not enough time with his date. They can’t help but wonder . . . are they more than friends or are they better off without making it even more complicated?






Review:

This book was absolutely adorable. The story starts when Macallan and Levi are still in middle school. So this is definitely a story that younger readers can enjoy.
The book switches between Macallan and Levi's point of views......Also, at the end of ever chapter you had these adorable comments between the two of them.
Both Macallan and Levi's characters were great. Macallan wasn't a whiny character. I though that here character was sweet and realistic. She handled the different things that were thrown at her with ease, but she still didn't act too old (she is younger than the average YA character). I really liked Levi's character for most of the book. He was a pretty typical boy. Although, sometimes I think he acted a bit older than his age.

The entire story line has just the right amount of sadness and comedy. The plot and characters were(for the most part) realistic.
Not going to go into the plot too much, because it would ruin the entire story line. But I will say that I was very pleased.
I would call this one an older middle grade book. It is definitely clean enough for pre-teens to enjoy also.

Will Levi and Macallan become more than friends? Or will they just stay best friends?
You are going to have to read it to find out!

This book was great. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a fun, innocent contemporary. Much cleaner than the average YA book of today.


**Point via Netgalley provided an e-copy of this book in exchange for an honest review**

Do you like books with best friends? Have you read this one? What did you think?