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Amelia Unabridged
by Ashley Schumacher
**Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. This in no way affected my rating**
Happy pub day to Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher! I honestly was floored this was a debut novel. Amelia Unabridged was so moving and emotional. I loved it so much!
Amelia Griffin goes to a book con with her best friend, Jenna, to meet their favorite author, N.E. Endsley, who is known for being elusive and mysterious. But when Jenna meets him and Amelia doesn’t, they fight. And before they can fully make up, Jenna dies in a car accident.
Suddenly, Amelia’s life is unmoored. And a special edition of her favorite book shows up mysteriously. Convinced that it’s somehow from Jenna, Amelia heads cross country to the book store only to come face to face with N.E. Endsley.
Schumacher does a beautiful job guiding Amelia through her grief, often using books as a way to describe her feelings and how books have helped her through her life. As a reader, I related to that and really appreciated the beauty of that.
The writing was also very beautiful. The relationships Amelia builds and the ones she’s lost are both explored so thoroughly. It was really hard to put it down!
If you are interested in a really good contemporary, a beautiful book about grief, or a sweet romance, or a STUNNING debut book, this is the book for you. I loved it and can’t wait to see what else Ashley Schumacher had in store for us.
4.5/5 stars
Happy pub day to Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher! I honestly was floored this was a debut novel. Amelia Unabridged was so moving and emotional. I loved it so much!
Amelia Griffin goes to a book con with her best friend, Jenna, to meet their favorite author, N.E. Endsley, who is known for being elusive and mysterious. But when Jenna meets him and Amelia doesn’t, they fight. And before they can fully make up, Jenna dies in a car accident.
Suddenly, Amelia’s life is unmoored. And a special edition of her favorite book shows up mysteriously. Convinced that it’s somehow from Jenna, Amelia heads cross country to the book store only to come face to face with N.E. Endsley.
Schumacher does a beautiful job guiding Amelia through her grief, often using books as a way to describe her feelings and how books have helped her through her life. As a reader, I related to that and really appreciated the beauty of that.
The writing was also very beautiful. The relationships Amelia builds and the ones she’s lost are both explored so thoroughly. It was really hard to put it down!
If you are interested in a really good contemporary, a beautiful book about grief, or a sweet romance, or a STUNNING debut book, this is the book for you. I loved it and can’t wait to see what else Ashley Schumacher had in store for us.
4.5/5 stars