Between the Lines

The first book of which I can add to my list of read books is “Between the Lines”. This book was co-written by Jodi Picoult and her daughter Samantha van Leer. It is a classic fairy tale with a uniquely modern twist, with the main question being ‘What if the fairy-tale prince wanted to live happily ever after…with you?’

Delilah is a bit of a loner who prefers spending her time in the school library with her head in a book—one book in particular. Between the Lines may be a fairy tale, but it feels real. Prince Oliver is brave, adventurous, and loving. He really speaks to Delilah.

And then one day Oliver actually speaks to her. Turns out, Oliver is more than a one-dimensional storybook prince. He’s a restless teen who feels trapped by his literary existence and hates that his entire life is predetermined. He’s sure there’s more for him out there in the real world, and Delilah might just be his key to freedom.

Delilah and Oliver work together to attempt to get Oliver out of his book, a challenging task that forces them to examine their perceptions of fate, the world, and their places in it. And as their attraction to each other grows along the way, a romance blossoms that is anything but a fairy tale

Like many of Picoult’s other books, they write the book through the two main character’s views combined with sections of the fairy-tale in question.

I read this book within 3 hours and absolutely loved it! The way that the writing flows throughout the whole novel and how the reader becomes engaged in the novel and can connect with either one or both of the main characters.