Book Review || 100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons

100 Days of Sunlight

by: Abbie Emmons

Published on: August 7th 2019

Rating: 4/5 stars

Summary: 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.

My Review: 

 You guys this book is beautiful sunshiny goodness that every whole hearted reader needs to take a bite out of!! 

 Like seriously you guys my heart is a puddle of mush right now. Like it is currently melted into a puddle on the floor. Thank you Abbie Emmons for making me cry!!

 I mean guys there was so many things to love about this book. The characters. Their struggles. The inspiration of it all just filled my heart and made me smile with tears in my eyes. 

 First off I loved the two main characters and each of their POVs. Weston is an adorable little charmer whose energy is literally infectious and you cannot stop yourself from falling in love with his adorableness. He’s also an amputee. Meaning he lost both his legs in an accident when he was a kid. This of course sparks his original fascination with Tessa- a girl who in fact cannot see that he is a boy with no legs because she is blind....this of course leads to a very intrigued me and omg this story is just so amazing. It addresses deep issues but does not lose it light heartedness and for that I love it!

  Tessa is also amazing. She is a sixteen year old poet who runs her own blog and therefore know the ins and outs of making online friends and expressing her feelings through writing. Since the accident and her blindness she can no longer write on her own and is in need of someone to assist her (aka be her typist) but she’s angry. She’s so angry in fact that when Weston comes into her life she takes it all out on him. She’s stubborn, driven, shy and at times a little scared and anti social (but like what sixteen year old girl isn’t at times??) but so so strong. 

 Thats one thing these two have in common how strong they both are!! And AHHH OMG THE ROMANCE THAT DEVELOPS IS SO SOFT AND FLOWERY ITS LIKE FALLING INTO A SOFT MEDOW OF DAISYS!! The way Weston never gives up on her and Tessa never gives up on him *queue the endless swooning* 

 Also Westons endless snarkyness and protectiveness is such a deadly combination I was like THIS BOY YALL HE IS GOLDEN! GOLDEN!! 

Me literally after turning every page in this book

 I also really adored Weston and Rudy’s friendship. The two of them together throughout the years truly encompasses what real friendship is all about. I loved them. Their banter and fights always put a smile on my face, Abbie Emmons really nailed it with those two characters. 

 I also loved Tessa’s Grandparents and how much they nurtured both Tessa throughout her recovery and accepted Weston as if he was another member of the family as well. The only thing I didn’t love about this book was that I thought there was almost a tad too many flashback scenes when it came to Weston and his story (but this may be just a personal preference thing) and also the ending felt just a tad abrupt?? I could have used a few more pages or a little more discussion between both Tessa and Weston but I still very much loved it! 

 This book is so very good you guys. I truly have not read a book like it and I thought it was about so much inner love and overcoming obstacles but in the cutest, most flowery way of all! Such an inspiration, great young love, and overall a really really enjoyable read! I read this almost all in one day haha!

**A huge thanks to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book! This has in no way affected my opinion and all thoughts are my own!** 

 So what do you guys think? Thinking about giving this one a read? Looking for a good YA contemporary with a super adorable and loving romance? Than I highly recommend giving this one a read! Already read it or something similar? LMK in the comments below!

-BubblyBooks