Since you've been gone I really loved this book. I saw myself so much in the character of emily and also some of my own friend in the character of sloane. It is about his girl name emily who friend family falls of the grid one summer and all she leaves behind is a list of 13 things she wants emily to complete.
Emily is a very sheltered girl and she does not like to break her out of her comfort zone especially without her friend there, she is utterly lost but she eventually finds friends that make the summer adventure fun again and she winds up completing her list and in the end finding out what happen to Sloan. i really love how these simple things were really able to change emily as a person and for the first time she was really Emily and not just oh that is "so and so friend".
It was such a fast pace summer read and I really loved the romance as well. I loved the progression and how she handled cheating in this book and the effects it had. It was such a good book and hope to read more by this author soon.
 
Check out Morgan Mathson review smash up: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT5kxSACCG0
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Since you've been gone I really loved this book. I saw myself so much in the character of emily and also some of my own friend in the character of sloane. It is about his girl name emily who friend family falls of the grid one summer and all she leaves behind is a list of 13 things she wants emily to complete.
Emily is a very sheltered girl and she does not like to break her out of her comfort zone especially without her friend there, she is utterly lost but she eventually finds friends that make the summer adventure fun again and she winds up completing her list and in the end finding out what happen to Sloan. i really love how these simple things were really able to change emily as a person and for the first time she was really Emily and not just oh that is "so and so friend".
It was such a fast pace summer read and I really loved the romance as well. I loved the progression and how she handled cheating in this book and the effects it had. It was such a good book and hope to read more by this author soon.
 
Check out Morgan Mathson review smash up: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT5kxSACCG0
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The premise of this book wasn't as emphasised as I had predicted it would be. While Sloane's absence jumpstarted the book, it was really the list she left that gave rise to the story's actions.

I really enjoyed seeing how Emily gained her own group of friends after Sloane left. There were two scenes, one early on and one later, that contrasted how she had grown and changed.

I was very satisfied with the ending. It was a happy ending, which would normally mean that I don't like it; however, I thought that it neatly tied up all loose ends in a satisfying way.
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Loved it. It's about friendship, facing your fears and growing up. Great combination when it's well written, which this is. ( )

I've decided that if a YA contemporary needs to be over 250-300 pages, then it's too long and will have nothing but drivel from whoever the narrator is. I tried to read it but came to that conclusion after a few books.