Published by Dutton Books on Apr 2, 2009
Genre(s): Young Adult, Romance, Fiction, Paranormal
Format: Kindle
Pages: 207
Goodreads
Just listen, Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel.
I open my eyes wide now.
I sit up as much as I can.
And I listen.
Stay, he says.
Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough ones: Stay true to her first love—music—even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family and friends behind?
Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family, and in an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, all the choices are gone, except one. And it's the only one that matters.
If I Stay is a heartachingly beautiful book about the power of love, the true meaning of family, and the choices we all make.
I'm a huge sucker for books based on movies, so as soon as I saw the movie trailer for this and learned that it was based on a book, I had to have it. I read it fairly quickly, it was an easy read, but I wasn't in love with the ending. I did enjoy the plot and the writer's own sense of style in her writing. I wish that it had been a little bit fuller at the end. I didn't gain a proper attachment to the characters like I had hoped for, nor did I feel settled after it was all over. I do know there is a second book that follows up, so maybe that's just what I'm missing...
