What Light
Ratings17
Average rating3.6
A very vanilla YA love story. Sierra is looking for a winter vacation fling and Caleb is looking for redemption from something in his past. Queue the insta-love.
I feel like What Light is written more middle grade than YA, but it's not? I don't know, this one was weird. It's very vanilla and a very easy read. But I didn't NOT enjoy it. I mean, this book is fine, there's nothing I hated. I'm sure some people didn't enjoy the good old insta-love trope, but I'm not one to knock it because I met my husband and knew I was gonna marry him like a week later. But just because I didn't hate anything, doesn't mean it's necessarily a good book. The writing was fine, the story was fine, the characters were fine. I don't have a whole lot else to say. The setting was beautiful and Taylor Swift-esque. But otherwise, I'm shrugging here. It's a story we've all read before.
Would I recommend? For a young teenager, maybe 13, yes. For an older teenager or adult? Not unless you just need a quick, easy read for your Goodreads Challenge.
I know this is a book about Christmas, and it's currently May, but I wanted some holiday happiness in my life and I absolutely loved it.
I was expecting something with a little more depth coming from Asher, but this was just a typical YA romance. Nothing wrong with it, I just thought it was okay. There was not much to the characters, not much to the story. I liked the idea of Sierra straddling two lives, but even then there wasn't much to it. But it was quick and kind of sweet. If I had read it during the holidays maybe I would have been more in the spirit!
13 Reasons Why is one of my favorite books, so I was really excited when I found out Jay Asher had written another book. And it did not disappoint! This book was amazing! I loved it so much! It's such a feel good heartwarming story with a little bit of tragedy thrown in for the perfect mix of feelings. I'm also glad that I saved this book to read closer to Christmas, it was a good book to put me more in the holiday spirit. I loved everything about this book and Jay Asher is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. I can't wait to see more from him in the future!