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A review by aaronwarnersgirl
The Way I Am Now by Amber Smith
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
3.5
sooo let me get started on this little book 🎶let’s get down to business🎶
no okay.
this book had the potential to be so great, but somehow it managed to be just fine
let’s start with the things I liked though
no okay.
this book had the potential to be so great, but somehow it managed to be just fine
let’s start with the things I liked though
- I liked how everything wasn’t magically fine after Eden told people what she had been through; often it’s portrayed as if once you tell people about your assault all your problems are solved- that's just not the case
- I love Eden’s character so much<3 she’s just like me and I feel like if she’d exist in my universe and time we would be really good friends; at least I hope we would ;)
- I love Eden’s story as a character in this book. not related to any other characters and plot lines just her character- it was really nicely written, in my opinion
now to the things I didn’t like so much
- I felt like there was too much romance. now don’t take me wrong, I love romance when it fits into the story (like in the first book, the way I just to be) but in this book it felt forced and there just for the purpose of satisfying the fans.
- I felt like there was somehow something missing from the story; I can’t really explain it but I feel like I was left out on some parts of this book, while in the first book I felt like it told everything that needed to be told.
what if wished:
- I would’ve wished for the author to just focus on Eden’s story and not put so much focus on the romance and Josh. while I like how we could see more of Josh, in the first book we did too, and it was perfect.
I don’t want to keep comparing it to the first book because honestly it’s just not fair; the first book just felt so perfect to me and I guess I had kinda high hopes.
while it may now not seem like it, I did really like this book, it just kinda didn’t live up to the first one :)
while it may now not seem like it, I did really like this book, it just kinda didn’t live up to the first one :)
either way, know that it’s always worth telling someone if you got assaulted in any way. know that it’s never ever your fault and that your feeling are valid <33 I love you and take care~~ mhuaaa