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Miles Apart Kindle Edition

by Willow Aster (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 435 ratings
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~We spent a lifetime chasing firefly dreams~

Jaxson and I devised a life list when we were kids in Holmes Chapel.

Just a few things on that list:
  • Climb the Eiffel Tower.
  • Visit every zoo in the world.
  • Eat peanut butter every day.
But all the promises he made dissolved into dust, so when he comes around years later wanting to go live out our list, I want no part of it...or him. The universe seems to agree with me because everything we try is a disaster.

The heart though—it's a tricky beast; I'm just not sure mine is strong enough to survive Jaxson one more time.

***Miles Apart was formerly titled 5,331 Miles. Same book, updated title and cover!***
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    1 March 2019
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07P9KQ464
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3531 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 290 pages
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Willow Aster

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Willow Aster is a USA Today bestselling author and lover of everything book-related.

Although an introvert, this lifelong writer and artist is convinced that the best part of this career is meeting and connecting with readers, authors, and all of those in this community of book lovers.

For signed books and Willow's website, go to: www.willowaster.com

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Simone McPhail
4.0 out of 5 stars Cute and romancy... how I like my books
Reviewed in Australia on 26 April 2020
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So much angst, most of it high school drama, but angst all the same. A lifetime of loving and a HEA to boot, surely as a die hard romance lover, I couldn't ask for more? I really enjoyed the story and am only sorry I'm not more articulate to tell you all the ways how.
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MJLovestoRead
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful friends to more coming of age story I truly adored!
Reviewed in the United States on 3 March 2019
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5,331 Miles is the utterly charming coming of age story by Willow Aster. A tale about two lifelong best friends in Jaxson and Mirabelle and the bumpy road they had to take to hopefully find each other at the end. It's the kind of book that simply made me feel good. I fell into an easy rhythm right from the start and I honestly did not want to put it down.

Told in both past and present, which is completely necessary and never felt the least bit tedious, we truly get the whole story. The whys of the fine line of the love/hate that Mira feels for Jaxson. We get to witness firsthand all the horrible teenage angst and the dopey ways in which hormonal boys manage to hurt those closest to them by just being a guy. With each new moment of bad behavior, told from Mira's POV, when Jaxson would manage to damage her heart once more, I cringed for her. Thankfully, the chapters in the present gave us a stronger Mira. Still battling harsh memories and still trying to figure out how to be around Jaxson without losing her very soul all over again.

Oh my goodness. The angst. The longing. The love. All of it is there for the taking as Jaxson finally pulls his head out of his a$$ and is relentless in claiming his girl, his best friend, his Bells for good. But I was so angry at him for what he put Mira through. The bad decisions, the miscommunication, the rush to judgment. It just continued to get worse and worse as her past thoughts continued to threaten what her heart truly wanted in the present.

Even though she put Jaxson through the wringer, something he most definitely deserved, I was happy that Mira found her strength as a 21 year old and she stood her ground, not wanting to be anything more than friends. The almost-constant nudging from well-intentional Mums in Anne and Vanessa, definitely tipped the scales in Jaxson's favor and provided the much-needed comic relief from all the intensity they and I both witnessed. Their own stories were told in the background and that definitely added an additional rich layer to this book.

Combined with great and some not so great, secondary characters, 5,331 Miles is quite simply a wonderful look at the trials and tribulations of young love. Even when both Mira and Jaxson were beyond frustrated with how their story continued to unfold, there was always that hint of fate that they would beat the odds and find their happy in each other's arms once and for all.

With the most satisfying of conclusions, I happily give 5,331 Miles a huge 5 stars!!
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Books4Juliet
4.0 out of 5 stars It Was A Nice Read but I Expected More
Reviewed in the United States on 8 March 2019
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A NICE READ but could have been better.
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Okay, so this is my first book by Willow Aster. I decided to read this because I saw Christine Brae and Tarryn Fisher posted this book and I thought, it was Tarryn and Christine, so this must be really good. SO, anyway, I started a sample of this book on my Kindle yesterday morning and bought it immediately after I reached the end of the sample page. I finished this book last night... or I say at 12:30 in the early morning today. I skipped a few words though (alright, I cheated a bit) but I was restless and I wanted to read what happens next. I can't say that I loved this book, but I liked it. But this is the first book (as far as I can remember) that I rooted for the underdog instead of the main character. And I'm talking about the guy here. Okay, I liked Mira. I liked that she's honest and straightforward and she didn't hide her feelings in those situations when others could have done the opposite. I liked her journal entries and the way she talks to her inner self. I liked her attitude, her personality. The only thing that I didn't like about her, is whenever she said she want's to just be friends with him and push him away, but then spend time with him again. She's hot one minute and cold the next. Jaxson on the other hand, he was a bit of an *hole to me. The way he treated her all their high schools years, it didn't sit well with me. He's her bestfriend. He loves her? Why didn't I feel it? He loves her but he kept on running away from her. Did he love Heather? What was his true feelings for her? He put Mira aside while enjoying other girls because he felt he was too young? Because he didn't want to rush Mira? That's not the way for me. It was actually an easy way to lose a girl. That's one reason why I loved Miles. He has a very little part on this book, just appearing at the right moments, but it was always almost everything. He was the one who were there for her every time Jaxson fell short. He was the one who stayed with her whenever Jaxson ran away. I hoped he fought harder though, because he always gave way. Why does the good guy always step aside?! Honestly, weird as it may seem because it's really not usual for me to like the supporting character better, but I did really root for him in the last chapters of this book. I was actually hoping Mira don't end up with Jax, but with Miles. Anyway, so that's my thought. On the other hand, this book made me feel young and happy. There were angsty parts which I loved. I hoped there's more. The ending was satisfying, I liked that it was that way. Seems like I like Jaxson after all. Not better than Miles, but maybe equally.
Would I recommend this book? Yes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful read!
Reviewed in the United States on 15 March 2019
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Willow Aster was giving me all the feels with this sweet, friends to lovers, second chance romance.

Jaxson and Mirabelle have quite the story! From birth they are destined to be together. There mother’s, who are best friends , have decided that one day ( as you do) Mira and Jax will be together. They go through their childhood making lists and daydreaming of things they’d like to do together. Until one day when their teens, Jax has to move to America to start a new life with his mother. Thousands of miles apart, they promise to write and visit each other as much as they can but Jax new life and friends become his priority. Mira is left wondering if Jax has forgotten her, until by chance, 6 months later Mirabelle and mother have an opportunity to move to America. Mira and Jax go to the same high school and he introduces her to his friends. But she wonders how there time apart and the friends he’s made have chanced things between them.
I loved all the angst in this book. The push and pull was everything for me. Every time I put it down, I couldn’t wait to pick it back up again!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Cutesy read
Reviewed in the United States on 5 May 2019
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YA angsty. Cute. G rated. But it’s a nice quick read. Probably not a. Reread. But I enjoyed it. Sweet.
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Sarah Arndt
4.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful and tumultuous love story.
Reviewed in the United States on 10 March 2019
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5,331 Miles didn’t come together until the last minute, and because of that format, it was hard to know if I liked the characters – or could forgive them – until the book was almost complete. The way Willow Aster contrasted her timelines and made the past and present weave together was interesting, often frustrating, but the only way to tell this story and make me still love both Mirabelle and Jaxson.

For a good portion of 5,331 Miles, I found Mirabelle (Mira, Bells) frustrating as all get out. I didn’t understand why she was so angry with Jaxson or why, when he was doing everything he could to prove his love and devotion to her, she refused to forgive him. When I finally knew all of the things he’d done to her, all the things she’d been through, it was hard to see how she could put it all in the past. I was exceedingly happy she took the time she needed to heal and find herself before she made any rash decisions about her future. I don’t think she – or the readers – had any idea how much pain she’d been carrying around until she had space and safety to sift through all that emotional baggage.

I loved Jaxson from the off, then, little by little, he got more and more infuriating to me. He’d been an awful friend for a long time while Bells desperately needed unconditional love and support, and it was hard to reconcile that self-absorbed teenager with the kind and loving man we knew him to be in the present. As much as I appreciated how hard he tried to prove he’d changed from that awful boy, I felt like Jaxson was attempting to erase the past rather than make amends for it and it was a little frustrating. I wish he would have done more to show her he knew how wrong he was in those actions from their past.

5,331 Miles was a much deeper story than I had anticipated. Even into the final chapters of the book, it didn’t occur to me all of the trauma Mirabelle had encountered in her short life. When it was all laid out, my heart broke for her. Jaxson had done wonders to prove his love to her, but she had to work on herself before she could even think about loving another person. Though 5,331 Miles was chock-full of romantic gestures, the most beautiful part of the story was when Mira took the time to let herself heal. This was a beautiful book, and I am quite happy to have read and experienced Mirabelle and Jaxson’s tumultuous love story.
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