Top Three Books To Read Before Summer Is Over//Guest Post by Brooke

September 19, 2019

Hey guys! Brooke is an awesome human and agreed to guest post on here!!!! I hope y'all enjoy!! ( i know i did!!)

What’s up, everybody. It’s your girl, Brooke from Chasing Dragonflies.

Today, I’m here guest posting on Lia’s AMAZING blog to talk about five books you NEED to read before summer truly ends. These are amazing end of summer reads. (Actually, the last one is good to read for the coming Autumn, so yeah!)

All right, without further delay, here we go!

100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons

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.

This book has become my OBSESSION. It’s so AMAZING. Seriously, pick it up!

The Blood Race by K.A. Emmons

All Ion Jacobs ever wanted was to be normal. But when you’re capable of killing with your very thoughts, it’s hard to blend in with the crowd.

Running from his past and living in fear of being discovered, Ion knows he will never be an average college student. But when Hawk, the beautiful, mysterious girl next door unearths his darkest secret, Ion’s life is flipped upside-down. He’s shocked to discover a whole world of people just like him -- a world in another dimension, where things like levitation, shape-shifting, and immortality are not only possible… they’re normal.

Forced to keep more secrets than ever before, Ion struggles to control his powers in the real world while commuting between realms -- until his arch enemy starts a fight he can’t escape. Now he has sealed the fate of the Dimension, severing their connection to the real world, and locking himself inside forever. But a deadly threat hidden in plain sight may cost Ion more than just his freedom -- it may cost him his life.

I will FOREVER recommend this book, okay? But, even though it isn’t quite summertime in the book, the weather is still hot. I think the book is based in August?? Which is why it’s a perfect end of summer read!

In 27 Days by Alison Gervais

Hadley Jamison is shocked when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, has committed suicide. She didn’t know the quiet, reserved guy very well, but that doesn’t stop her from feeling there was something she could have done to help him.

Hoping to find some sense of closure, Hadley attends Archer’s funeral. There, she is approached by a man who calls himself Death and offers her a deal. If Hadley accepts, she will be sent back twenty-seven days in time to prevent Archer from killing himself. But when Hadley agrees to Death’s terms and goes back to right the past, she quickly learns her mission is harder than she ever could have known.

Time ticks away as Hadley looks for ways to not only talk to Archer but to know him on a deeper level. But just as she and Archer connect, a series of dangerous accidents start pushing them apart. Hadley must decide whether she is ready to risk everything—including her life—to keep Archer alive.

And finally, this is the perfect read for the colliding of seasons. As summer gives way to autumn, this book is perfect as the weather gets cooler outside.

Each of these books are so AMAZING! If you haven’t read them yet, you should.

Special thanks to Lia for inviting me to take over her blog! Make sure you follow her, because she is AMAZING. Also, if you would like to see more posts from me, you can find me over at Chasing Dragonflies, a blog about Faith, Writing, Books, and Life.

What are some of your end of summer reads?

Have you read any awesome books lately?

Let me know in the comments!