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3.52 AVERAGE
I almost dnf this book.
Almost.
Don’t bother reading the summary of this book, it’s lies.
I thought this would be about a girl who finds another love while her boyfriend is in a coma, for her boyfriend to wake up and not remember her. I thought this because it says this in the summary.
Slate Allen, a college friend of Vale's brother, has been visiting his dying uncle at the same hospital. When he and Vale meet, she can't deny the flutter of an illicit attraction. She tries to ignore her feelings, but she's not immune to Slate's charm. Slowly, they form a cautious friendship.
Then, Crawford wakes up . . . with no memory of Vale or their relationship. Heartbroken, Vale opts to leave for college and move on with her life.
Except that’s not what happens.
The book is divided into part one and part two. And part one was hard to get through. Slate will sleep with anyone, and it’s hard to think of how great a guy is when there are no telling how many STDs he has. Vale was young and immature, which comes with being eighteen, I guess?
And then part two, the plot twist.
Vale was actually in the coma, not Crawford. I honestly had to go back and read it again, because I thought I had zoned out.
Yep, the first 60% was all just a dream.
And the ending was abrupt.
What kills me the most?
Then, Crawford wakes up . . . with no memory of Vale or their relationship. Heartbroken, Vale opts to leave for college and move on with her life.
^ That part, the part I was looking forward to? Didn’t even happen. And I don’t mean it was all a dream - it didn’t happen. It straight up wasn’t in the book. Even in part one, where it was Crawford in the coma, he never woke up.
I don’t know if this was a sloppy description or just straight lies.
I would love to read an angsty story where a girl loses her first love to amnesia and has to move on with her life. And I just feel cheated.
Part two was ok, with Vale finding confidence in herself and getting a backbone.
I’d recommend if you have read this author and liked her previous works. But I would borrow before buying.
Almost.
Don’t bother reading the summary of this book, it’s lies.
I thought this would be about a girl who finds another love while her boyfriend is in a coma, for her boyfriend to wake up and not remember her. I thought this because it says this in the summary.
Slate Allen, a college friend of Vale's brother, has been visiting his dying uncle at the same hospital. When he and Vale meet, she can't deny the flutter of an illicit attraction. She tries to ignore her feelings, but she's not immune to Slate's charm. Slowly, they form a cautious friendship.
Then, Crawford wakes up . . . with no memory of Vale or their relationship. Heartbroken, Vale opts to leave for college and move on with her life.
Except that’s not what happens.
The book is divided into part one and part two. And part one was hard to get through. Slate will sleep with anyone, and it’s hard to think of how great a guy is when there are no telling how many STDs he has. Vale was young and immature, which comes with being eighteen, I guess?
And then part two, the plot twist.
Vale was actually in the coma, not Crawford. I honestly had to go back and read it again, because I thought I had zoned out.
Yep, the first 60% was all just a dream.
And the ending was abrupt.
What kills me the most?
Then, Crawford wakes up . . . with no memory of Vale or their relationship. Heartbroken, Vale opts to leave for college and move on with her life.
^ That part, the part I was looking forward to? Didn’t even happen. And I don’t mean it was all a dream - it didn’t happen. It straight up wasn’t in the book. Even in part one, where it was Crawford in the coma, he never woke up.
I don’t know if this was a sloppy description or just straight lies.
I would love to read an angsty story where a girl loses her first love to amnesia and has to move on with her life. And I just feel cheated.
Part two was ok, with Vale finding confidence in herself and getting a backbone.
I’d recommend if you have read this author and liked her previous works. But I would borrow before buying.
As She Fades was very interesting because I've been kind of falling out of love with Abbi Glines' writing for awhile. However I really like this one. I know most people didn't like the twist, but I LOVED it. I really felt like it showed the two different futures, and it was awesome. I definitely disliked Crawford and had even when he was in a coma before he showed his true colors. I wasn't a huge fan of the love story, but it was different than her typical Rosemary Beach or Sea Breeze series and I genuinely loved that. I liked Abbi best when she experimented with her characters and stories i.e. Existence. Which was actually my first foray into her writing. I really enjoyed this one, keep the surprises coming. 4 out of 5 stars.
I liked it but the book came to close to 'I woke up and it was all a dream' cliche
I really did enjoy the read. However I agree with a lot of reviews such as the synopsis didn’t portray the book, I felt like part one should have been the whole story, and part 2 was rushed.
After part one I felt like I had so many questions and I wanted so many things to be accomplished. Such as figuring out how she would tell Crawford about everything and basically how he would respond.
Also I really wish I got to see their planned trip to Uncle D in part one because it would’ve went a lot different than in part 2.
All In all I liked how in part one she was finally starting to piece herself together and find herself and we never saw that happen again
Still calling this book Ashy face because of Colleen Hoover. None of you can stop me
After part one I felt like I had so many questions and I wanted so many things to be accomplished. Such as figuring out how she would tell Crawford about everything and basically how he would respond.
Also I really wish I got to see their planned trip to Uncle D in part one because it would’ve went a lot different than in part 2.
All In all I liked how in part one she was finally starting to piece herself together and find herself and we never saw that happen again
Still calling this book Ashy face because of Colleen Hoover. None of you can stop me
SO I’m torn. I really liked this book, and I really liked the twist, but because of it the 2 halves felt so disconnected...I think I might have enjoyed it more if it didn’t have the twist...idk..I really loved the characters in this book though.
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Well, it didn't end up being quite what I expected, but that's not exactly a bad thing. It starts off pretty good with Vale looking over her boyfriend as he lies in a coma after a terrible accident that they were both in on the night of graduation. She is going through a lot of turmoil here, begging for Crawford to wake up. Every day showing up to his bedside to read to him. In fact, as the devoted girlfriend that she is, she camps out at the waiting room hours before it is her turn to read to Crawford. This ends up where she meets Slate, a known womanizer from the college her brother goes to as she later on figures out. Initially, she's turned off by him, until one day he starts bringing her coffee, which ends up becoming a ritual for him. Soon she starts to let her guard down around him, and cautiously likes him, but not too much as she is still very much devoted to Crawford.
But alas, she can't help the fact that she's beguiled by him, and gradually gets closer, however struggling for her feelings for him, while helping him deal with his uncle D's terminal illness. She knows he's not a one woman type of man, and does not do relationships, and is a shameless man-whore, as he demonstrates by making out with a nurse in plain sight. (Btw, Slate is so eerily like Travis Maddox from [b:Beautiful Disaster|11505797|Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)|Jamie McGuire|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1358259032l/11505797._SY75_.jpg|16441531]that he, and his "let's just be friends" dilemma with Vale, is basically a carbon copy of that book, but the stories in their entirety is different). Since they only agreed to be friends, this wasnt much of an issue for her.
Eventually, Slate and her family make Vale realize that her obsessive waiting at Crawford's side was not healthy, and she needs to go on with her life. She heads of to college, where she becomes reunited with Slate, and the two rekindle their friendship even though she sees his womanizing ways in full effect.
Now I really enjoyed the tension and angst between the two, as they agree to be friends, both are in fact fighting off their feelings for one another. Vale is struggling to reconcile why Slate hasnt made a move on her and Slate is struggling with really wanting to make a move on her but cant because she's his frat brother's sister and she has a boyfriend who is comatose. Eventually, sparks fly, and the two of them both agree that they cant stay away from each other. Vale accepts that Crawford may never awaken, and Slate wants to start an exclusive relationship with Vale...
Oh, how I wish this part continued as it was supposed to...with Crawford waking up and not remembering who Vale was and their relationship...but it does not.. Too bad, because it would have been a great story, and i feel really cheated and miffed that the blurb was a lie and the whole storyline was all Vale's coma dream...however i wasn't necessarily hating the direction Glines was taking the story either...
Vale wakes up and feels like a totally different person. She has no recollection of her life in her coma dream, and asks for Crawford, who notably absent. We get an alternating POV with Slate now, who had actually been reading to Vale while she slept and talked to her. He is very drawn and enamored with her, and he can't wait to meet her fully awake. Vale herself is also drawn to Slate but doesnt quite know why and has dreams about him.
She later finds herself questioning hers and Crawford's relationship together. Crawford had been moving on with a new life without her, and never saw her awake until three days later. She creates distance between her and Crawford and cozies up with Slate--just on a platonic level.
Slate struggles with his uncle dying, and Vale is there for him. Although they never proclaimed feelings for each other, she is dismayed and put off when he asks out her coworker, thus solidifying his reputation.
Luckily, it was all a game, and Slate admits to this, but realizes he can't simply be friends with Vale. Vale reluctantly goes back to Crawford, but not only is there distance between them, he had also shown true colors so to speak...and she ends going back with Slate after some soul searching.
Now, it was jarring at first with how parts one and two were done, but i ended up liking the story. I think Glines was trying to show how Vale was shown an alternate life from the path she had chosen with her perfectly set up life with her lifelong sweetheart, who had always called the shots in their relationship before. She wakes up, trying to find out who she is and choosing a different path altogether, with Slate. I think the message here is how choices we make in life define and make us, and sometimes when we think we know where we're headed on the road of life, fate throws us on a detour to something new, better, and unexpected. At least thats what I got.
But alas, she can't help the fact that she's beguiled by him, and gradually gets closer, however struggling for her feelings for him, while helping him deal with his uncle D's terminal illness. She knows he's not a one woman type of man, and does not do relationships, and is a shameless man-whore, as he demonstrates by making out with a nurse in plain sight. (Btw, Slate is so eerily like Travis Maddox from [b:Beautiful Disaster|11505797|Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)|Jamie McGuire|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1358259032l/11505797._SY75_.jpg|16441531]that he, and his "let's just be friends" dilemma with Vale, is basically a carbon copy of that book, but the stories in their entirety is different). Since they only agreed to be friends, this wasnt much of an issue for her.
Eventually, Slate and her family make Vale realize that her obsessive waiting at Crawford's side was not healthy, and she needs to go on with her life. She heads of to college, where she becomes reunited with Slate, and the two rekindle their friendship even though she sees his womanizing ways in full effect.
Now I really enjoyed the tension and angst between the two, as they agree to be friends, both are in fact fighting off their feelings for one another. Vale is struggling to reconcile why Slate hasnt made a move on her and Slate is struggling with really wanting to make a move on her but cant because she's his frat brother's sister and she has a boyfriend who is comatose. Eventually, sparks fly, and the two of them both agree that they cant stay away from each other. Vale accepts that Crawford may never awaken, and Slate wants to start an exclusive relationship with Vale...
Oh, how I wish this part continued as it was supposed to...with Crawford waking up and not remembering who Vale was and their relationship...but it does not.. Too bad, because it would have been a great story, and i feel really cheated and miffed that the blurb was a lie and the whole storyline was all Vale's coma dream...however i wasn't necessarily hating the direction Glines was taking the story either...
Vale wakes up and feels like a totally different person. She has no recollection of her life in her coma dream, and asks for Crawford, who notably absent. We get an alternating POV with Slate now, who had actually been reading to Vale while she slept and talked to her. He is very drawn and enamored with her, and he can't wait to meet her fully awake. Vale herself is also drawn to Slate but doesnt quite know why and has dreams about him.
She later finds herself questioning hers and Crawford's relationship together. Crawford had been moving on with a new life without her, and never saw her awake until three days later. She creates distance between her and Crawford and cozies up with Slate--just on a platonic level.
Slate struggles with his uncle dying, and Vale is there for him. Although they never proclaimed feelings for each other, she is dismayed and put off when he asks out her coworker, thus solidifying his reputation.
Luckily, it was all a game, and Slate admits to this, but realizes he can't simply be friends with Vale. Vale reluctantly goes back to Crawford, but not only is there distance between them, he had also shown true colors so to speak...and she ends going back with Slate after some soul searching.
Now, it was jarring at first with how parts one and two were done, but i ended up liking the story. I think Glines was trying to show how Vale was shown an alternate life from the path she had chosen with her perfectly set up life with her lifelong sweetheart, who had always called the shots in their relationship before. She wakes up, trying to find out who she is and choosing a different path altogether, with Slate. I think the message here is how choices we make in life define and make us, and sometimes when we think we know where we're headed on the road of life, fate throws us on a detour to something new, better, and unexpected. At least thats what I got.
This arc was provided to me for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
3 Stars
First, I must point out that the blurb doesn't match what actually happens in the book.
The story revolves around Vale, who has been in a long-term relationship with Crawford. Their perfect plan for the future comes to a halt when they are involved in a car accident leaving Crawford in a coma. Vale spends her summer visiting every day and it's during those visits she meets Slate, who is there visiting his uncle. Now that college is about to start, Vale makes the decision to go. There she becomes close to Slate and starts a new life. But then the unthinkable happens, Crawford wakes up...
Part one had me in love, I was head over heels for this story and the characters. It was lighting fireworks off in my head. However, when part two rolled around, I wanted to cry out in frustration. That big twist was not necessary and the rest of it was just rushed. It brought nothing to the plot and just complicated everything.
I would gladly recommend part one to everyone, I mean that part is well worth the read. Just maybe don't read part two.
3 Stars
First, I must point out that the blurb doesn't match what actually happens in the book.
The story revolves around Vale, who has been in a long-term relationship with Crawford. Their perfect plan for the future comes to a halt when they are involved in a car accident leaving Crawford in a coma. Vale spends her summer visiting every day and it's during those visits she meets Slate, who is there visiting his uncle. Now that college is about to start, Vale makes the decision to go. There she becomes close to Slate and starts a new life. But then the unthinkable happens, Crawford wakes up...
Part one had me in love, I was head over heels for this story and the characters. It was lighting fireworks off in my head. However, when part two rolled around, I wanted to cry out in frustration. That big twist was not necessary and the rest of it was just rushed. It brought nothing to the plot and just complicated everything.
I would gladly recommend part one to everyone, I mean that part is well worth the read. Just maybe don't read part two.
THE PLOT TWIST HAS ME SHOOK!! 😱😱😱 Beautifully crafted love story that I’m still thinking about weeks later with a strong female character who realizes what she deserves. 👏👏👏
It saddens me to give this book only four stars because I love Abbi glines writing I have been reading it since I was 13 but this book just went too slow for me to stay connected with it. I did finish it but I was hard. I will admit the love story behind it though it beautifully written.