In The Silence Between Us, we got to see into Maya’s pov as a Deaf person navigating an ableist hearing world. We get to learn a little about Deaf history in the story, which was very informative.

I wish the relationship had more substance. They spent a lot of time together in school but they only went on like one date.

I feel like the characters could have been more fleshed out. I think at one point Maya gets a gift for her “favorite show” and it just felt too vague like we didn’t get to know her well enough.

Some of the plot points didn’t feel like they were completed by the end of the book. There was some drama with Jackson that didn’t feel like it was fully resolved. Maya asked Beau why he was friends with Jackson but he never got the chance to answer properly. At the end they never said whether Maya got an interpreter for college or not. I guess it’s… up for interpretation.

This book has Harry Potter references in it.

If you are looking for books similar to The Silence Between Us, I recommend Where You See Yourself by Claire Forrest