With things in the big bad world as grim as they are at times, it takes a book like this to make you stop and think for a moment. Now, you learn how Weston loses his legs, and I’m not really going to comment much about that aspect. I was completely charmed by the story of Tessa and Weston, and loved bearing witness to their beautiful journey.

Later in the book, he also demonstrates his lack of boundaries and lack of respect for Tessa when he asks if he can kiss her. I was really nervous about how the author was gonna wrap everything up, but I’m proud to announce that the ending was ABSOLUTE PERFECTION AND EVERYTHING I NEEDED. It has been an amazing journey publishing my first book and not a single day goes by where I'm not overwhelmed with gratitude for YOU. FTC Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book for promotional purposes from Netgalley. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

There was nothing about this first chapter that made me like or want to connect with Tessa and throughout the rest of the book I also felt like it was lacking in depicting her emotions and making me feel like I'm inside her head and I get her. If you have to give almost a full chapter of backstory at the beginning of your story, you started in the wrong place. It’s definitely been a different Easter than normal for all of us, and even though we’re camping in our backyard instead of the beautiful state park and we’re watching church from our couch instead of at the service it still doesn’t change the fact that Jesus has Risen. Not to mention the fact that her grandmother had been in the accident too; not once did we see Tessa ask if she was okay, or if she too was struggling with the memory of it. It was so cool to “see”, or rather hear, touch, smell, and taste the story and the world through Tessa’s eyes, even though she was blind.

since this is not my preferred genre), complete with characters who are about one quip away from bursting into song surrounded by cuddly forest critters. We got to know him even more than we did Tessa, and I would argue that he could be considered the true main character of 100 Days of Sunlight. Abbie Emmons is an able-bodied person writing about two disabled individuals, one of which who is only disabled temporarily, as a plot device to. I think there was a little too much detail on the blurb on the back of the book, but everything about this book is gorgeous, from the feel of the book, to the story, to the authors gripping writing style. If you're in a place right now where you feel like you're running out of options, or that things are never going to get better, or that you don't know how to pick yourself back up - this is the book for you.He literally describes everything which I am pretty sure is impossible even for the inner monologue. The only way we see Weston’s vulnerability is through his attempt to push away any girl who can see his disability. I mean, I'm not exactly handicapped, but I totally got his suck-it-up-buttercup, don't-let-others-know-how-I-feel attitude. It would have been more realistic to ask for someone to help her navigate the net and upload to her blog, this would probably require a bit of training-although all screen readers have in built training and a lot of it is fairly easy to pick up. Having scrolled through other people’s reviews, it seems like this book is targeted for a Christian girl aged 16 – 19 who likes squeaky clean novels.