The Geography of You and Me Book Review

The Geography of You and MeJennifer E Smith

Hardcover, 352 pages

Published April 15th 2014 by Poppy

Synopsis via Goodreads:
Lucy and Owen meet somewhere between the tenth and eleventh floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide blackout. After they're rescued, they spend a single night together, wandering the darkened streets and marveling at the rare appearance of stars above Manhattan. But once the power is restored, so is reality. Lucy soon moves to Edinburgh with her parents, while Owen heads out west with his father.

Lucy and Owen's relationship plays out across the globe as they stay in touch through postcards, occasional e-mails, and -- finally -- a reunion in the city where they first met.

Review:

Jennifer E Smith is one of my very favorite contemporary authors. After The Statistical Probablilty of Love At First Sight and This is What Happy Looks Like I was expecting something brilliant.....And even though I didn't like this one quite as much as I did the other two, this one was still really, really good.

Lucy and Owen live in the same apartment building in New York City. One day, the entire east coast goes dark and they get stuck in an elevator together.

I was expecting more of the story to be them stuck in the elevator. But it turned out to be a very small amount of time.
When they meet each other, they immediately hit it off. They spend the next few hours getting to know each other.


Then, a little problem comes up in their relationship....Lucy gets the news that her Dad has gotten a job in Europe. And Owen gets the news that he is leaving New York.
It causes a little hiccup, but soon they decide to keep up their relationship with email and postcards.
Owen and Lucy have a best friend kind of relationship. Which is also one of the nicest things about their story.

One of the things I wasn't as crazy about is that (in my case) I was a little confused when Lucy was thinking I couldn't quite separate what she was thinking and what was actually happening.

Other than that I really enjoyed Lucy and Owen's characters. Owen is not the kind of guy that all of the girls are head over heels in love with him. Which makes him all the more endearing.
I LOVED the ending. Jennifer E Smith gives a realistic ending while still keeping up a fairy tale romance.

As I said above, really liked this one. If you enjoy cute and fun contemporary romance then I would definitely recommend this one!


Have you read The Geography of You and Me? Or any of Jennifer E Smiths other books? What did you think?