Let's be honest: the broad strokes of this plot are pretty predictable. An accident leaves the protagonist resentful of most everyone, especially of the endlessly positive boy she meets. There is a central message that negativity is useless, that through intentional positivity you can make significant changes in your life. While this is true it's also incredibly difficult. Depression and anxiety are nearly impossible to defeat through sheer force of will. It's something of a naive concept. It's easy to understand, digestible. Pleasant enough.

This is one of the best books i have ever read. Its about failure and attitude and how you can always choose to do with what's given to you. Yeah i know it probably sounds like a load of inspirational bullshit but this book is so much more. Abbie Emmons has created a phenomenal story of love and friendship and inner strength. Which everyone NEEDS to read. (oh my gosh i love Weston sooooo freaking much)
I dont wanna give anything up, neither do I wanna create excess hype. But please oh please read this one. Pick it up. Give it a try. You will love it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I absolutely adored this book. Tessa and Weston are such fantastic characters, I loved their journey. Abbie did a great job of writing from both characters’ perspectives. This is one of my new favourite love stories, and it is a book I could read over and over again.

An extraordinary story which I really enjoyed. Well written with strong lead characters, I particularly liked the character Weston. I really enjoyed how the relationship between Weston and Tessa developed throughout the book. A story of family, friendship, loss, hope and perseverance.

I don't usually read YA novels and was really surprised to enjoy this as much as I did. Highly recommended.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a quick, cute read that will most likely be forgotten by me in another month. Just a few days after finishing and I struggled to remember the title in order to add it on Goodreads! There wasn't anything bad, it was an entirely decent read, but nothing about it will stick with me in the long run. And the abrupt ending I could have done without.

This book was so sweet and thought provoking. I loved both of the characters and enjoyed both points of view. I loved the romance but I also appreciate the lesson about appreciating the life you are given and believing in yourself.

THIS BOOK BROKE ME. In the best way possible. I loved the characters and what a quick read this was. It was poetic and smart and witty as well. It provided a lot of emotion for someone (like me) who is an older reader even though this is geared towards YA.

Beautiful easy read for the summer. 16 year old Tessa loses her eyesight in car accident. After being told her eyesight would return she still needed a to adjust to life without sight for a while. Watson comes into her life and brightens the darkness she is suffering and eases her pain. The plot was flowing and the characters of Watson was perfectly rounded, unfortunately for me, I found it hard to warm to Tessa.

Review copy courtesy of Edelweiss.

Readalike of “Everything, Everything,” this book takes a disability, makes it part of a teenaged drama, and then adds some romance.

100 Days of Sunlight was a captivating read. I absolutely loved both of the main characters, Weston and Tessa. Weston had a light about him that made his optimism and resiliency shine through. He was determined to help Tessa through her struggle of losing her sight and feeling like she lost herself in the process. Little does Tessa know Weston has a well kept secret and discovering it just might change everything she is feeling about him.

Wow just wow this book was perfect. I never knew I needed another book boyfriend untill I met Weston. I laughed I cried this book had me in tears its is such a great story. The disibility rep is spot on.the chracture development is great.i liked the book goes from Tessas point of view to Westons. My heart broke when I was reading how Weston acquires his disibility. I commented to Tessa as I blog and I love poems. I ever shipped a couple so hard like I did with Tessa and Weston. The only issue I had with this book is that it ended. I think this book could be the book of 2019. Please someone make this into a film. I am looking forward to more books from the Author. Abbie is now a fave author.

This book was so beautiful. It was a story of hope, of love, of living even through darkness.

I cried. A few times. I absolutely loved the characters in this story and I fell in love with their personalities. They were fun and relatable and so, so brave.

There is so much to learn from this book, things that make you reevaluate your entire life.

And the writing style- oh my gosh. So poetic. It reminded me a lot of my own writing style and it has inspired me to work even harder on my own book. I loved it. A lot.

I highly recommend picking up this book, it truly was incredible.

100 Days of Sunlight, by Abbie Emmons, is an ultimately uplifting and charming debut. Tessa, a teenage blogger, loses her sight, and her sense of self, in an accident. Weston, a bold and somewhat thrill-seeking local teenager, faced a life-changing incident of his own 3 years prior. He knows what it is like to not be the same person you were and to have limitations. Never one to back down from a challenge he takes on the task of showing Tessa how to see the sunlight from your heart. Tessa, stubborn, resists but finds herself softening to his charismatic, persistent approach. But Wes is hiding something from Tessa...something he doesn't want her to see if her sight returns. Tessa, falling fast for Wes, is determined to regain her sight. What will happen if she learns the truth?

Readers will fall for Tessa and Weston, in this fast-paced YA read. Somewhat innocent, it is a story of hope and redemption as well as loss and acceptance. Pick it up today-your heart will smile after you finish 100 Days of Sunlight.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for this ARC in exchange for honest feedback.

Really this is a 2.5 star book for me, but I rounded up to 3 for this. I found 100 Days of Sunlight to be a fine read. It was easy YA fiction but I found myself unable to connect with the characters. Weston was caught in what I felt was a weird macho guy/sensitive guy character. His relationship with Rudy was at times thoughtful and other times incredibly shallow - I couldn’t get behind the constant fighting just to fight. I found Tessa to be a bit underdeveloped - the background with her mom and grandparents was so slim and hardly explained - and when we meet her she is so depressed yet she seemingly turns around pretty quickly with Weston’s encouragement? I found the trajectory of their relationship and Tessa’s blindness to be fairly predictable and superficial. Overall, I don’t regret reading this but I don’t think I would recommend it to others as a must read.

I LOVED 100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons so much! Seriously cute with an incredibly comfortable writing style that is both age appropriate for the characters without being annoyingly cheesy or over the top. Despite being a clear YA read, I enjoyed this very much as an adult. It's an emotionally gripping read that is written with a distinct aim a the YA reading culture without feeling too young for me. (Thank goodness!)

There was something reminiscent of The Fault in Our Stars in this one, I think primarily due to the developing relationship between Weston and Tessa. Weston is the boy every teenage girl wants to know and Tessa is appropriately flawed in a way I could understand. The characters didn't feel overly imagined...they felt real. I enjoyed the use of the two person plot structure and the flashback style utilized for Weston's experiences. It felt like a good "window to the soul" approach and it allowed for a good reader's eye view into Weston and Tessa's individual journeys dealing with their handicaps.

The story moved at a comfortable pace and the dual narration style was made for this book. It just worked so well. This was one of those stories I didn't want to put down and picked up at every chance I got. Had I not grabbed it at such a chaotic moment in my own schedule, it would've likely been an all-nighter. Darn real life getting in the way of my living vicariously through books!

This was just hands down a great read. The premise was intriguing, but I didn't know I would end up enjoying 100 Days of Sunlight so much. I loved just about everything about this and look forward to more from Abbie Emmons in the future.

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I seriously devoured this book in a few days. If I had the time I would have been able to finish this in one sitting. I couldn’t put it down. Also, that cover is so pretty! I cannot wait to get the book and paint the edges bright colors! It’s always nice to get a break and read some good contemporary books. This book had the perfect amount of cuteness but was also very touching because of the issues it dealt with.  This was a great story and one that will stay with me for a while.
 
We follow 16-year-old Tessa. She has a blog that she writes poetry on and connects with other bloggers. Tessa is in a car accident that causes her to lose her sight. The doctors say it’s temporary and should last up to 100 days. Even though it’s only temporary Tessa is not handling it very well. But honestly, who would. To wake up without sight after being in a car accident would be super traumatizing. She is struggling with trying to be happy amid this event, but her grandparents really want to help her get back to some kind of normalcy. Her grandfather decides to put an ad in the paper for someone to help her get back to her blog. Tessa is not very happy with it because she feels like she has no reason to write until she gets her sight back. 
 
Weston, our other MC, ends up answering to Tessa’s grandfather's ad and wants to help. He feels that not only can he help with her blog and do the work needed, but that he can help her with what she is dealing with. Weston is no ordinary boy. He is legless from the knees down. So he has an idea of what Tessa is going through. He just doesn’t want her grandparents to mention the no leg situation with her, which they gladly adhere to. Of course, Tessa wants nothing to do with Weston. She feels like he is rude, and way too optimistic, and has no idea what she is going through. You would think this would make Weston quit, but he actually loves being treated like a regular person. 
 
Watching their friendship/relationship grow over all the days of Tessa being blind was so sweet. It was the perfect pace! I really loved both these characters from the beginning. Even though Tessa was down and out she grew so much while being blind and was super likable. I liked Weston from page one and loved his love for his family and his strength in trying times and his positive outlook on life. 
 
I definitely recommend this book! It was a great read, with great characters and an awesome story. As many books as I have read about mental illness and the struggles of it, this may be the first book I've read that dealt with physical disabilities and those struggles. I know you will love this book, so hurry and go read it, and then comment so we can chat about it!

This book was stunning. So so stunning. It truly took my breath away, made me laugh, made me cry and all of the above at the same time. Fans of The Fault in Our Stars will enjoy this one. I read this in a single sitting.

Very cute, very fluffy, very light.

I don't want to put this in the same shelf as "sick teens falling in love," because these teens aren't sick, they have disabilities. And those definitely aren't equivalent. But a lot of this book has a similar vibe to those other books, if that makes any sense. It's the story of one boy who's come to terms with his condition teaching a girl to come to terms with hers, and in the course of this they fall in love. It was a very sweet, pure romance. Weston was a Perfect Boy that I can see 13-year-olds swooning over.

The books ends right when things get going - I would have liked to see a little of their relationship past the 100 days. But as such, those 100 days were not a bad time to spend on my 6-hour road trip.

I generally sprinkle a bit of YA into my reading, as I like the optimism it brings to the page. This book was certainly that, optimistic. Throughout the read when I heard a little voice in my head ask for a bit more depth of feeling, I told it to shush. Reminded it that I was reading YA and I should appreciate it for the genre it was. The thing is, that little voice popped up a lot, and as a result, the story felt a bit shallow as a whole.

I liked the concept of this Cinderella tale. People forced to get to know each other for their true selves before being exposed to some damning aspect of their world isn't a new concept, but this was a cute twist on it. This might just be a case where I've found a YA novel that truly can really only be appreciated by the target demo for YA....and I'm a bit too cynical to be that.

I recommend it to a younger, idealistic reader, and it's a clean story in a sea of YA novels that aren't so lily white. I struggled with not really liking Tessa, and really thinking that Weston was a great guy....so the match was a tough one for me to urge on.

NOTE: I received a free advance reader's copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this debut YA novel. It was an interesting premise with two strong main characters and the book alternated chapters from each of their perspectives. There were some details in the book that didn't seem to add to the story and if anything made me like the book a bit less... Very strong on the God/Christian theme - to the point that the lead female character Tessa is a teenager who lives with her preacher grandfather and her homeschooling grandmother. I don't know if this book is supposed to be targeted as Christian literature (it was not so on NetGalley) but I think that religious aspect could have been totally left out and the book would not have missed it - and it might be more appealing to a broader audience. That said, ignoring those elements, I enjoyed the book.