Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review. Super cute, super sweet love story. Very enjoyable and a very quick read.

Will's blind life seems to have been a lesson in the routine. When he mainstreams, all that begins to change. Your life can never be routine when you're walking into girls' restrooms, making classmates cry, and befriending your first sighted classmates. Will's friendship with Cecily allows the reader to truly enter his world. This is an exceptional title that achieves what most strive for--it makes you feel something. You cheer Will on at the same time you cover your face in embarrassment for him. No matter what, life always comes down to choices and the people who hang around to travel your journey with you. I'd gladly go along for the journey again especially with Cecily describing things in ways that make you feel more than see.

My review for this disappeared and I know I left one. But here goes. Overall this book was super cute. The characters were believable and the descriptors used were amazing. I originally recieved an ARC from Netgalley via the publisher but didn't download it fast enough. So sadly I hate to wait until it was out. I am glad I was determined to read it. I only got mad at it once towards the end when Will was just acting selfish but in the end I loved the book enough to give it four stars!

Love is more than meets the eye.


On his first day at a new school, blind sixteen-year-old Will Porter accidentally groped a girl on the stairs, sat on another student in the cafeteria, and somehow drove a classmate to tears. High school can only go up from here, right?


As Will starts to find his footing, he develops a crush on a sweet but shy girl named Cecily. And despite his fear that having a girlfriend will make him inherently dependent on someone sighted, the two of them grow closer and closer. Then an unprecedented opportunity arises: an experimental surgery that could give Will eyesight for the first time in his life. But learning to see is more difficult than Will ever imagined, and he soon discovers that the sighted world has been keeping secrets. It turns out Cecily doesn’t meet traditional definitions of beauty—in fact, everything he’d heard about her appearance was a lie engineered by their so-called friends to get the two of them together. Does it matter what Cecily looks like? No, not really. But then why does Will feel so betrayed?



Thanks NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC!


My Review:

5 out of 5


I love this book so much I don't even know where to begin.


The plot is a little cliché but luckily I love those types of books. It was cute and sweet and not generic. A little predictable but I absolutely adored it. I needed a book where everything is set right in the end.


The characters were amazing. Will is sweet and caring. He grew up blind and spent most of his time around people who are blind. Now he's decided to integrate himself into life with people with eye sight. I admire his persistence. A lot of things go wrong while at his new school, as can be expected, but he doesn't give up. He keeps going through everything that is thrown at him the entire book.


Of course he couldn't have done it without support. He has his family and even though his mom drives me nuts, she loves him and so does his father. He also has friends he made at school. Nick, Ion and Whitford. They help make the transition to the new school easier when they befriend him. Then theirs Cecily. A girl he becomes close with and eventually starts to fall in love with her.


My favorite part of the book however is the authors portrayal of seeing for the first time. I never imagined it quite like the author describes it and it's still really hard to wrap my mind around because I grew up with eye sight and it seems like something that only a person who experienced it could fully understand. And while the author grew up with eye sight he did a fantastic job explaining it in a way that made sense. He also talks about all the research he conducted for the in the Author's Note.


I overall greatly enjoyed this book and think everyone one should read it. Not only to enjoy but also to learn about blind culture and what it's like to be blind from a blind main character in a sweet, lovely and brilliant story.

This is a YA novel about Will, a blind teenager who is entering a mainstream school for the first time – he’s been in boarding schools for the blind since he was young but he doesn’t want to be catered to, he wants to thrive in a “normal” environment. He makes a group of friends and starts to fall for a girl Cecily but thinks that people make fun of her for being with him, when in fact, they are making fun of him for the opposite reason. As Will has the chance to gain eyesight his relationship becomes strained as he has to learn how to function as a seeing person for the first time. I really enjoyed this novel but was a bit annoyed at how Will’s mother acts throughout the story and also how his friends lie to him about Cecily.

Three and a half stars at least. I enjoyed the book and will find it easy to recommend to teens. It was interesting to experience Will's new sight and see him navigate his feelings for Cecily and the initial betrayal he felt from his friends. .

Thank you NetGalley and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for the PRC.

Imagine being unable to see since birth, this is how Will has lived his life. He starts attending a normal school for the first time in his life and becomes friends with Cicely, a girl who has a terrible birthmark and gets teased daily by her classmates. Will and Cicely have such a wonderful story that makes you cheer for both of them. This book I loved more than I can put into words. Josh Sandquist did a fabulous job of making me feel like I understood how it would be like to be blind. The descriptions and Will's reaction to situations were wonderful. I loved the characters in the story and loved how the story ended. It is a must read for any fans of Young Adult fiction.

Young adult novels have always appealed to me, though I am in my mid-30s. This is a tale of love, hardship, and how to get through life. There are themes throughout the book that adults can relate to when dealing with their children as well. You fall in love with the main character and root for him until the end. First love always has its share of ups and down - Love and First Sight just adds another obstacle in its way. Definitely would recommend this book to young and old alike.

This is a sweet YA about a blind boy, Will and his friendship with Cecily. Will undergoes an operation to regain his vision and finds that Cecily looks different than other friends. I found it enjoyable but was never emotionally invested.

I thought this book was really fun and different. The story was unlike anything I'd read before, and I didn't find it to be too predictable, which is always a plus. Overall I really enjoyed it.

Will is blind. He has a life and friends and so forth, and is in school. Then, there comes the change for stem cells to be used so that Will can see. For the first time, blind since birth, Will will have sight.

A big issue I have with this book, that lost it several stars, using a disability to advance yourself in a sexual manor... no. Just no, no no.

Will's mom is bonkers. What was stupid is when Will goes nuts over seeing his girlfriend. Really? Even as YA how can you be this stupid over someone who loves you? His over the top behavior was uncalled for, and really spoiled a good bit of the book. It makes Will be not the character we had come to know so far in the book.

These unnecessary and out of what should have been Will's character issues bombed this book for me. Past that you can tell the author tried hard, and worked hard to use descriptions as though one were blind, but it all feel apart.

My copy came from Net Galley. My thoughts and opinions are my own.

This one just didn't spark my interest enough to finish. 3 based on how far I got. Nothing life changing but good writing.

I absolutely loved this book, had a hard time putting it down. I appreciate the research that the author did to bring this story to life and that the book is a very "clean" read, Middle School to High School students will enjoy this book and I will recommend it without hesitation. I loved the plot twist regarding Cecily and gained a new appreciation for my sight and what visually impaired people have to overcome to become independent. I need a sequel!!! I have this on my next book order for my library and already have students in mind who will love to read the book!

A sweet and often funny story about friendship, love and what it's like to literally see the world for the very first time. If you can excuse the pun, it's an eye-opening look at life and what really matters from the perspective of a teen boy who was born blind, functioning quite happily and then has the rare opportunity to gain sight.

In one sentence, I would describe this book as "An interesting twist on a traditional teen romance novel."

At the start of the novel, the main character Will explains that he was born blind and now wants to attend a traditional high school instead of the school for blind he has been at for his earlier years. He begins attending a high school and over time he becomes friends with Cecily, a girl who it is obvious to the reader has a startling physical trait of some kind. Not to give away any spoilers, Will eventually learns about a surgery that may offer him the chance to see, and he also learns what Cecily would not want him to see about her.

This is a very straightforward teen love story with a dash of blindness education thrown in. I would recommend this book, as it taught me a lot of tidbits about visual impairment that I think most people don't really even think about. I'd recommend this book for romance readers/teenagers.

Will has been blind since birth, but he's learned to adapt to the world. Now that he's in high school, he wants to leave his school for the blind and attend public school. This leads to the expected complications, but he manages to make friends and quickly finds a way to fit in. Then he learns about a surgery that could potentially give him eyesight, but it's incredibly unlikely that the surgery will be successful. And even if he is able to see, the effects of such a surgery could lead to additional problems. Now Will has to decide if he wants to undergo such a risky surgery, or if he believes his life is full even without the use of his eyes. I thought this book would be a generic boy meets girl, boy has risky eye surgery, boy can suddenly see and has no more problems, boy and girl live happily ever after. So I was pleasantly surprised when nothing went as expected. Will meets his potential love interest when she leaves the classroom in tears because she believes he's staring at her, and their friendship awkwardly stems from that exchange. The most impressive writing in this novel, though, happens after Will makes his decision regarding the surgery. The consequences of his decision are portrayed so realistically and it's impossible not to see (or to not see) what Will is experiencing. As far as coming-of-age/disability novels go, this is quite possibly one of the better ones. I'm especially a fan of the fact that no one behaves as though Will can't live a perfectly full life even without eyesight.

When I saw that Josh Sundquist had written a Young Adult fiction book, I was so excited. What a great story told from the perspective of a teen that has been blind from birth and how his choice to enter a regular high school changes him and those around him. This book made me think of how a blind person thinks about the world around him or her...and appropriate ways to interact with him or her that are not patronizing or offensive. It's such a cute, sweet love story too. It tackles the of issue of how outward beauty is not as important as inward beauty in such a cool way. Too bad we all can't learn to love with our minds, hearts, and ears first!!! Also, I enjoyed the fact that this book is clean enough for me to booktalk it in the sixth grade. So many teen books are adult in language and sex; it's refreshing to find a book that stays more on the innocent side. I'm looking forward to seeing what the teens at my library think of this book...I'm pretty sure they are really going to enjoy it! I"m also looking forward to more from Josh Sundquist!

Unable to review due to lost download file. I would be happy to read if I could redownload.

Born blind, Will is attending mainstream high school for the first time in his life. Can he find friends? Will he fit in? And what about Cecily, the girl with the beautiful voice, could she possibly be interested in him?
To add to the drama, Will is told that he is a candidate for highly risky surgery that may allow him to see. What will he decide?
Give this to those who enjoyed Nicola Yoon's Everything, Everything. This is a great book for those who like romance and books about first love.