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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
First of all the preview isn’t even accurate which is really confusing.
Secondly, I almost dnf-ed this one at the 55% mark. It was getting ridiculous and annoying. Then I read a spoiler and decided to just go ahead and finish. I feel like the author had a good story idea but it just wasn’t executed very well.
If you do like the thought behind this one Jodi Picoult’s Wish You Were Here is similar but executed in a better way.
Secondly, I almost dnf-ed this one at the 55% mark. It was getting ridiculous and annoying. Then I read a spoiler and decided to just go ahead and finish. I feel like the author had a good story idea but it just wasn’t executed very well.
If you do like the thought behind this one Jodi Picoult’s Wish You Were Here is similar but executed in a better way.
This review was originally posted on Cocktails and Books
Cocktails and Books received this book for free from Provided by Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect our opinion of the book or the content of our review.It's been a long time since I've read an Abbi Glines book. Boy was this one a little different.
Val had her post-high school life mapped out, planning on following boyfriend Crawford to college. But an accident changes everything and Val is left to figure out what happens next.
I can honestly say, I wasn't expecting the twist and turns of Val's story. Val was a girl who had defined herself with her relationship with Crawford and when all that blows up, she has to figure out who she wants to be. I didn't envy Val and the choices she had to make, but she grew into a much stronger person for those choices and the partner she chose.
Cocktails and Books received this book for free from Provided by Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect our opinion of the book or the content of our review.It's been a long time since I've read an Abbi Glines book. Boy was this one a little different.
Val had her post-high school life mapped out, planning on following boyfriend Crawford to college. But an accident changes everything and Val is left to figure out what happens next.
I can honestly say, I wasn't expecting the twist and turns of Val's story. Val was a girl who had defined herself with her relationship with Crawford and when all that blows up, she has to figure out who she wants to be. I didn't envy Val and the choices she had to make, but she grew into a much stronger person for those choices and the partner she chose.
as she fades is a story about vale's first love, life's unexpected curveballs, family, friendships, second love and finding herself.
I did have my likes and dislikes. I liked that the emphasis on family was so huge. I also liked that there was two "loves" in the book vs. just one since falling in and out of love is totally normal. I also liked how the characters in part one were still in part two and kept their personality traits. what I didn't like though was the disconnect between part one and part two after the plot twist. it kinda felt like I was reading two separate books.
overall, I'm totally crazy about Abbi gline's books and will continue to buy/ read anything she writes. ❤️
I did have my likes and dislikes. I liked that the emphasis on family was so huge. I also liked that there was two "loves" in the book vs. just one since falling in and out of love is totally normal. I also liked how the characters in part one were still in part two and kept their personality traits. what I didn't like though was the disconnect between part one and part two after the plot twist. it kinda felt like I was reading two separate books.
overall, I'm totally crazy about Abbi gline's books and will continue to buy/ read anything she writes. ❤️
A good, cheesy romance that throws in a little self discovery along the way.
My biggest concern was over the synopsis. It mentions Crawford waking up and not remembering Vale WHICH IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED AT ALL WHATSOEVER. So I’m very confused by that 😂😂
My biggest concern was over the synopsis. It mentions Crawford waking up and not remembering Vale WHICH IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED AT ALL WHATSOEVER. So I’m very confused by that 😂😂
Definitely would not recommend. One key point in the synopsis didn’t even happen. I get wanting to have a major plot twist “no one will see coming”, however, don’t say something is going to happen that never does. It was a big part of why I got the book. I am not a fan of that at all.
Also, there were parts to the book that were, in my opinion, not YA appropriate.
Also, there were parts to the book that were, in my opinion, not YA appropriate.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3.5
Okay.. wtf
I went into this book literally not even reading the back and I'm glad I did because it's the type of book which needs that in my opinion.
I was having a blast for the first half of the book. My heart was fluttering and i was actually getting flustered at times. I loved vale and it made me so happy that she was finally figuring out what was wrong in her life and her relationship and decided to put herself first for once and live, I couldn't stop smiling just ask my husband..
And then there's a twist, one that I didn't see coming at all and whilst there was nothing wrong with the twist and I certainly found it interesting... I was just enjoying the story so much and I felt a pang of disappointment.
I did continue to enjoy the story and quickly got sucked back in however I do wish the book had been a bit longer so the second half could have been developed more and the relationship going on could have had more to it.
I really did enjoy this book despite that but damn I just can't get over it!
Okay.. wtf
I went into this book literally not even reading the back and I'm glad I did because it's the type of book which needs that in my opinion.
I was having a blast for the first half of the book. My heart was fluttering and i was actually getting flustered at times. I loved vale and it made me so happy that she was finally figuring out what was wrong in her life and her relationship and decided to put herself first for once and live, I couldn't stop smiling just ask my husband..
And then there's a twist, one that I didn't see coming at all and whilst there was nothing wrong with the twist and I certainly found it interesting... I was just enjoying the story so much and I felt a pang of disappointment.
I did continue to enjoy the story and quickly got sucked back in however I do wish the book had been a bit longer so the second half could have been developed more and the relationship going on could have had more to it.
I really did enjoy this book despite that but damn I just can't get over it!
3.5
I enjoyed it, just don't know how I feel about a critical plot point. On one hand, I didn't see it coming, on the other it felt like I wasted the first half
I enjoyed it, just don't know how I feel about a critical plot point. On one hand, I didn't see it coming, on the other it felt like I wasted the first half
I received this through Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
On the night of graduation, Vale and her boyfriend are in a car accident. While she is fine, he is in a coma. Vale goes to the hospital everyday and reads to him, when his parents allow her in the room. Everyone is pushing Vale to continue living her life, as opposed to staying only at the hospital. After meeting her brother's playboy frat brother, Slate, she begins to take the steps to go away to college and make new friends. While she will not move on from her boyfriend, Vale finds that she has feelings for Slate.
This is a tradition new adult book. I was not a fan of how Slate's promiscuous ways were addressed. I was vaguely offended by Slate's male chauvinism, but I think it is a trope of the genre. This read more like the YA version of an adult romance novel...one with a muscled man in a ripped shirt on the front. This read alot like Jamie McGuire's Beautiful Disaster.
On the night of graduation, Vale and her boyfriend are in a car accident. While she is fine, he is in a coma. Vale goes to the hospital everyday and reads to him, when his parents allow her in the room. Everyone is pushing Vale to continue living her life, as opposed to staying only at the hospital. After meeting her brother's playboy frat brother, Slate, she begins to take the steps to go away to college and make new friends. While she will not move on from her boyfriend, Vale finds that she has feelings for Slate.
This is a tradition new adult book. I was not a fan of how Slate's promiscuous ways were addressed. I was vaguely offended by Slate's male chauvinism, but I think it is a trope of the genre. This read more like the YA version of an adult romance novel...one with a muscled man in a ripped shirt on the front. This read alot like Jamie McGuire's Beautiful Disaster.