Book Review: Amelia Unabridged

Amelia Unabridged

A Novel

by Ashley Schumacher

 St. Martin's Press 

Wednesday Books

 Teens & YA 

Pub Date 16 Feb 2021

I am reviewing a copy of Amelia Unabridged through St. Martin’s Press/Wednesday Books and Netgalley:

Amelia  Griffin is eighteen and obsessed with the Orman Chronicles.  The series of books written by the young and reclusive prodigy N. E. Endsley.  These are the books that brought Amelia and her best friend Jenna together after Amelia’s father left and her family imploded.   When Amelia and Jenna are given the chance to attend attend a book festival with Endsley in attendance,  Amelia is beyond excited about the opportunity.  She feels this is the perfect way to spend the summer before she starts college.

In an instant though everything goes horribly wrong.  Jenna gets to meet N.E Endsley and Jenna doesn’t , causing them to have a fight unlike any they had before.  Before Amelia can mend things, Amelia receives a call from Jenna’s Mother telling her that Jenna was killed in a car accident.  Amelia finds herself feeling guilty, grief stricken and questioning everything she had planned for college.  Life looks different with her best friend.

After receiving a mysterious rare edition of the Orman Chronicles Amelia is convinced it somehow came from Jenna.  After tracking the books to an obscure but enchanting bookstore in Michigan, Amelia is shocked to find herself face-to-face with the enigmatic and handsome N. E. Endsley himself, the reason for her fight with Jenna and perhaps the clue to tell Jenna all along.

In her beautiful debut Amelia Unabridged, by Amelia Schumacher, we learn about finding hope within ourselves and perhaps falling in love while you do it.

I give Amelia Unabridged Five out of five stars!  

Happy Reading!