The art of being us
The art of being us it's a romance new adult written by the young Spanish author Inma Rubiales. The work was first published on the Wattpad reading and writing platform, where it has 39 chapters. There is no doubt about the popularity with which it has been favored since its departure. To date, the book has 4.6 million readings and 467.401 thousand votes.
Thanks to the furore it has caused, the Planeta publishing house launched its physical version in 2023. The latter has an addition of several unpublished chapters that help readers complement the main story and get to know the secondary characters a little more. Unlike other books labeled with the Wattpad seal, The art of being us It has received positive reviews from media with literary rigor.
Synopsis of The art of being us
an unpleasant encounter
what would happen if a boy and a girl wake up in the middle of a room, handcuffed to each other's hands? That is precisely what happens to Leah and Logan, two young university students who end up meeting in the most extravagant and crazy way possible. Logan is the first to open his eyes to the unknown.
He has quite a bit of experience with hangovers and frat parties., so she knows exactly how to behave, but she feels terrible.
After checking that you are dressed, he discovers Leah, a red-haired girl with thick eyelashes sleeping next to him. The only thing Logan remembers about her is an intense kiss that happened between them the night before. Before long, the girl also wakes up. She is upset that she slept with him, and she berates him for handcuffing them together. But it turns out that Logan doesn't have a clear idea about the facts.
a shared secret
Logan and Leah try to find the handcuff key, but it's nowhere to be found. This is how they decide to leave the room and find something to part with. In the course, between rooms and corridors, Logan realizes that his partner in misadventures hates him.. It's not just that she's really mad at him, it's that she doesn't tolerate it in the slightest.
One of the first sentences the girl says to the boy is not to say anything about their meeting to Linda, her best friend and roommate, who is in love with him. Logan tells Leah that he has no intention of bringing it up, even though he has no feelings for Linda. This makes Leah even more upset. At par, the girl ends up telling him that she knows what kind of man he is, and how he always excites women and then breaks their hearts.
Under Logan's skin
In addition to having kissed Logan and feeling very guilty about making advances on her best friend's prospect—not to mention the guy's attitude toward her—, Leah hates the boy for the same reason almost everyone else does: Clarisse.. A year ago, a terrible accident occurred involving Logan's ex-girlfriend. After that, life and people were very unfair to him, and even so, the young man did nothing to avoid gossip.
Most people think that Logan had been unfaithful to Clarisse, and that she found out, and took her car, angry. Shortly after, he crashed on the snowy road and died in the act. Since then, the boy has not been able to return to being himself. He has forbidden himself to remember Clarisse, but he has also avoided feeling anything: pain, peace, love... Logan feels so guilty that he avoids anyone who can show him how to be okay again.
about friends
One of the peculiarities that draw attention to The art of being us It's about more than just a love story. At first it seems that the book is about a shy girl who, almost by accident, ends up in a relationship with the crush of her best friend. However, while the pages unravel in events and changes are hatched, it is easy to notice that Inma Rubiales intends something more than a usual romantic novel.
Firstly, Leah comes off as a withdrawn young woman because she has spent much of her life in Linda's shadow., who overshadows her at every opportunity presented to her to stand out. When the protagonist has the opportunity to meet Sasha and Kenny—well-developed secondary characters—she discovers that she is much more than she ever thought, and that she possesses abilities and strengths that were unknown to her.
Against bullying
The art of being us contains stories about bullying or bullying These are exemplified in the subplot of Leah, who must constantly face the consequences of disclosing intimate material without her consent, in addition to the psychological abuse she suffers from Linda. Other of the characters are also exposed to this abuse, which helps the writer to create different examples of bullying.
Narrative style of Inma Rubiales
the pen of Inma Rubiales is agile and direct. However, his story new adult contains attractive descriptions that place the reader in the corresponding scenes, while inviting him to follow the story, given how hectic it becomes. At times, the author enjoys a stylized prose that prefers to dwell on the beauty of the landscape, but this does not hold for too long, as there is use of jargon, as well as phrases loaded with humor and drama.
About the author, Inma Rubiales
Inma Rubiales
Inma Rubiales was born in 2002, in Almendralejo, Extremadura, Spain. As a child, she began to be curious about letters, which led her to participate and win in various literary contests. In 2012 he published his first novel on Wattpad, thanks to which she won the Wattys Awards in 2017. Since then, the author has published several books that are part of the romance juvenile.
Other books by Inma Rubiales
- a free friend (2019);
- My conquest has a list (2020);
- Sing in my ear (2021);
- Tell me singing (2021);
- Until we run out of stars (2022)