Review: Gifted by Author for an honest review
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2014
After Sarah Hill's boyfriend dies, everything changes. Caught up in her grief and desire to see him again, Sarah is challenged in moving on. She's sucked back into the world Sarah was in before they started dating-being invisible, bullied. She slowly begins to pull away from everyone, unable to do it anymore. Then one day her reality comes crashing down all around her, pushing Sarah to the edge...This was an immensely emotional book on so many levels. Heather writes with a maturity that is far beyond her 17 years. Sarah’s character deals with a loss that no one, especially not a teenager should ever have to deal with. I truly felt for Sarah while reading this story. There were many times through reading that I wanted to jump on the page and just hold her. I also had to take a break while reading because there was so many strong emotions that I just couldn’t handle it. I tried putting myself in Sarah’s place, how would I react if these things were happening to me? It would probably be difficult for me to deal with them now, let alone when I was a teenager.Sarah is misunderstood and many of her family, especially her brother, try to reach out to her but she doesn’t let them in. She keeps all of her emotions and feelings bottled up inside until one day they just explode and over take her. It is so sad that many young readers could identify with this story. Hopefully by reading this, they will see that there is always something better on the other side, as long as you are willing to open up about it.I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys emotional reads that will leave you in tears with a pile of tissues next to you.