The Gravity Between Us

by Kristen Zimmer

[Leah]

Being a massive fan of New Adult, I was quite thrilled to be offered the chance to read and review The Gravity Between Us. I don’t read many novels about being gay; in Chick Lit they just don’t seem to exist, the gay guys/girls are always best friends to the main character. So I was very interested to see how The Gravity Between Us played out. I’m quite open-minded, I do believe it doesn’t matter who you love, as long as you love someone. Obviously society doesn’t accept that, at all, though you’d like to think that in these so modern times it just wouldn’t matter, but it does. I dunno why. I’d still think a Manchester United player was a great player if he were gay, I’d still watch Sandra Bullock movies if she were gay, it’s about people’s ability not their relationship preferences, but being gay is still taboo in most areas of life, and that is a bit of a shame.

The Gravity Between Us was an okay novel, it didn’t blow my socks off and there’s things I’d have preferred to have chnged, but for the most part I enjoyed it. The fact it was written from both Kendall and Payton’s point of view was fabulous, if a little irritating; to see two people clearly so into each other but not voicing it to each other drove me to distraction. To see them both so clearly wanting each other but to stuff it down deep just got annoying after a while particularly as it lasted ages. It should have been a quarter of the book max, and then it should have got to the nitty-gritty of their relationship as more than friends. I wanted to see how that relationship developed, not spend most of the novel having them question their feelings for the other. The book would have moved at a quicker pace if they’d got that talk outta the way sooner.

I thought Kristen Zimmer was rather brave, not only writing a novel about two gay girls but to make one of them a Hollywood star, that takes guts and it worked really well. I loved how down to Earth Kendall was, despite her fame (sorta like I imagine Jennifer Lawrence is, actually). Like, it is what it is etc. I love famous people like that. I enjoyed the book for the most part, considering the book was about a famous actress I felt it came across as very realistic. I don’t know if this is a groundbreaking novel; but it is certainly new territory to me personally. I enjoyed it; it didn’t blow me away, but I’d definitely read a second novel by Kristen Zimmer.