100 Days of Sunlight
Abbie Emmons
3 ratings • 2 reviews
100 Days of Sunlight
Abbie Emmons
3 ratings • 2 reviews
When 16-year-old poetry blogger Tessa Dickinson is involved in a car accident and loses her eyesight for 100 days, she feels like her whole world has been turned upside-down. Terrified that her vision might never return, Tessa feels like she has nothing left to be happy about. But when her grandparents place an ad in the local newspaper looking for a typist to help Tessa continue writing and blogging, an unlikely answer knocks at their door: Weston Ludovico, a boy her age with bright eyes, an optimistic smile…and no legs. Knowing how angry and afraid Tessa is feeling, Weston thinks he can help her. But he has one condition — no one can tell Tessa about his disability. And because she can’t see him, she treats him with contempt: screaming at him to get out of her house and never come back. But for Weston, it’s the most amazing feeling: to be treated like a normal person, not just a sob story. So he comes back. Again and again and again. Tessa spurns Weston’s “obnoxious optimism”, convinced that he has no idea what she’s going through. But Weston knows exactly how she feels and reaches into her darkness to show her that there is more than one way to experience the world. As Tessa grows closer to Weston, she finds it harder and harder to imagine life without him — and Weston can’t imagine life without her. But he still hasn’t told her the truth, and when Tessa’s sight returns he’ll have to make the hardest decision of his life: vanish from Tessa’s world…or overcome his fear of being seen. 100 Days of Sunlight is a poignant and heartfelt novel by author Abbie Emmons. If you like sweet contemporary romance and strong family themes then you’ll love this touching story of hope, healing, and getting back up when life knocks you down.
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So good. I wish there was MORE! I guess I need to go find the Christmas one now.
Well developed characters also loved the POV.
Even though they are teens it wasn’t obviously young characters.
0100 Days of Sunlight is a book I devoured! The writing was lovely and spun a story of hope and love.
The narrator, Tessa, is a character I can instantly relate to. While we don't have similar issues, she's a book blogger who deeply loves her friends. The reliance on her friend group that plays a role within the story is a delightful one; as someone constantly involved in the online book community, reading about a girl who loves her online friends is a rarity, and I am so happy to see it within 100 Days of Sunlight.
Weston is such a sweetheart! He was my favorite of the two (sorry, Tessa!) and I loved his optimistic views and refusal to give up on Tessa. His point of view had me crying in some parts and laughing in others. The two characters bounced off of each other wonderfully, and their interactions felt incredibly real as if I might walk into a coffee store and overhear them!
There was one part that made me uncomfortable, when Weston says, "She makes me feel like a whole person again." The idea that you need someone else to feel whole is a little tricky, especially when the character who says this is an amputee. Though I am part of the chronic illness world, I am not disabled, so I feel that this book needs to be in the hands of those readers to accurately judge if it's a problem or not.
There also seemed to be a small "not like other girls" complex, but it was small and only brought up once, so I didn't see it as too much of an issue.
It is easy to see how much love for books was poured into the making of this novel. Abbie Emmons is an authortuber/booktuber who knows what it's like to have your life revolve around books. From mentions of Tessa's rainbow shelves to feeling like the bookstore is a second home, I loved the little references into a book bloggers life.
100 Days of Sunlight is a beautiful novel, full of hope, optimism, and the power of believing in one another. Abbie Emmons wrote a delightful book, and I can't wait to see what she does next!
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