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Amelia Unabridged
by Ashley Schumacher
Rating: 4.5⭐️
Thank you to the publisher for gifting me an arc via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
“There’s nothing in the world a good book can’t cure.”
“I’ve lived in books. I’ve eaten and breathed book for so long that I took it for granted. I assumed that, if they saved me once, they would always be there to pick me up, even if Jenna wasn’t.”
Let’s start with this cover! It’s absolutely beautiful and I feel that it grasps the concept of the book perfectly! I honestly can’t get over how stunning it is!
The writing was very lyrical, beautiful, and had an ethereal effect on the story as we follow Amelia, who’s grieving over the death of her best friend. When a rare edition of the Orman Chronicles is mailed to Amelia, she thinks Jenna had something to do with it. Amelia travels to Michigan to figure out the truth behind the book and the mysterious bookstore is came from, but ends up with even more questions when she ends up meeting N. E. Endsley himself.
I felt that this book moved very fast in the beginning. One chapter the girls were meeting, the next they were at the book event, and the next Jenna was dead. All of this happens within the first three chapters and I would’ve liked to see it dragged out a little bit more. It does slow down after those chapters but it would’ve been nice to see a little bit more.
I did like that Amelia retreated into fictional worlds to cope with her grief as she showed how much books meant to her and how they helped her throughout her life. Books obviously play a huge role in Amelia’s life and it’s show really well throughout the story - her dependence on them when her father leaves and when her best friend dies.
Amelia’s and Nolan’s relationship was adorable as they both struggled with getting to know each other. Two book nerds who usually choose reading books over talking to people usually make the cutest couples and they live up to that assumption. Both characters are broken and struggle with moving forward in life but with the help of each other, they are able to overcome their grief together.
I ended up enjoying this book more than I thought I would. There’s a lot of heartbreak and regret in this story but there’s also a lot hope and reflection and I loved that about it.
I highly recommend checking this one out!
Thank you to the publisher for gifting me an arc via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
“There’s nothing in the world a good book can’t cure.”
“I’ve lived in books. I’ve eaten and breathed book for so long that I took it for granted. I assumed that, if they saved me once, they would always be there to pick me up, even if Jenna wasn’t.”
Let’s start with this cover! It’s absolutely beautiful and I feel that it grasps the concept of the book perfectly! I honestly can’t get over how stunning it is!
The writing was very lyrical, beautiful, and had an ethereal effect on the story as we follow Amelia, who’s grieving over the death of her best friend. When a rare edition of the Orman Chronicles is mailed to Amelia, she thinks Jenna had something to do with it. Amelia travels to Michigan to figure out the truth behind the book and the mysterious bookstore is came from, but ends up with even more questions when she ends up meeting N. E. Endsley himself.
I felt that this book moved very fast in the beginning. One chapter the girls were meeting, the next they were at the book event, and the next Jenna was dead. All of this happens within the first three chapters and I would’ve liked to see it dragged out a little bit more. It does slow down after those chapters but it would’ve been nice to see a little bit more.
I did like that Amelia retreated into fictional worlds to cope with her grief as she showed how much books meant to her and how they helped her throughout her life. Books obviously play a huge role in Amelia’s life and it’s show really well throughout the story - her dependence on them when her father leaves and when her best friend dies.
Amelia’s and Nolan’s relationship was adorable as they both struggled with getting to know each other. Two book nerds who usually choose reading books over talking to people usually make the cutest couples and they live up to that assumption. Both characters are broken and struggle with moving forward in life but with the help of each other, they are able to overcome their grief together.
I ended up enjoying this book more than I thought I would. There’s a lot of heartbreak and regret in this story but there’s also a lot hope and reflection and I loved that about it.
I highly recommend checking this one out!