Review: Amelia Unabridged

Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Publication Date: 16 February 2021

Publisher's Description

 Eighteen-year-old Amelia Griffin is obsessed with the famous Orman Chronicles, written by the young and reclusive prodigy N. E. Endsley. They’re the books that brought her and her best friend Jenna together after Amelia’s father left and her family imploded. So when Amelia and Jenna get the opportunity to attend a book festival with Endsley in attendance, Amelia is ecstatic. It’s the perfect way to start off their last summer before college.

In a heartbeat, everything goes horribly wrong. When Jenna gets a chance to meet the author and Amelia doesn’t, the two have a blowout fight like they’ve never experienced. And before Amelia has a chance to mend things, Jenna is killed in a freak car accident. Grief-stricken, and without her best friend to guide her, Amelia questions everything she had planned for the future.

When a mysterious, rare edition of the Orman Chronicles arrives, Amelia is convinced that it somehow came from Jenna. Tracking the book to an obscure but enchanting bookstore in Michigan, Amelia is shocked to find herself face-to-face with the enigmatic and handsome N. E. Endsley himself, the reason for Amelia’s and Jenna’s fight and perhaps the clue to what Jenna wanted to tell her all along.

Ashley Schumacher's devastating and beautiful debut, Amelia Unabridged, is about finding hope and strength within yourself, and maybe, just maybe, falling in love while you do it.

 

My Thoughts

  I received an eARC courtesy of Wednesday Books via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

Wow. This book takes a dive into the many depths of grief that I was unprepared for. I am hard-pressed to find a fault in this book that takes a way from every moment that I loved of it. This book was breathtaking, moving, honest and hopeful.

I could live in its pages.

For Libraries: Do not skip this one!