Book Review: "Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between" by Jennifer E. Smith

Every ending is also a new beginning.

“Whatever happens later, they still have the rest of tonight. And maybe that will be enough.”

Clare and Aidan leave for college on opposite coasts in the morning. And while they’ve spent so much time talking about whether they should break up or stay together (each feels differently), they have one last night, one last chance to look back on memories, and perhaps convince the other about what to do.

But the perfectly romantic evening goes incredibly awry, as tensions bubble to the surface, secrets and lies come out in the open, and the realization that they’ll have to say goodbye to their friends and family as well as each other becomes too much to bear.

Will they break up or try to make a long-distance relationship work? And if they break up, is this forever or will they get a second chance at some point?

This was a sweet and emotional book. Nothing too earth-shattering happens, and I don’t know that I loved Clare’s character very much, but I did enjoy Aidan and Clare as a couple, as well as some of the supporting characters. It definitely reminded me of saying goodbye to friends and family before college.