I just could not put it down, and I just did not want to leave. I became so intrigued by the world-building of the book that I became sucked into it. The Wish History was definitely one of my favorite parts because I love backstory and world-building so so much! As You Wish felt so magical and enchanting that I felt torn between whether I would like to live in Madison or not (probably not, haha). I became entranced by the Wish History of many characters and the effects of them. As You Wish is magical realism at its finest: Sedoti features a captivating wish system while shedding light onto humanity’s wants and desires.įrom page one, I became fascinated with how the town of Madison revolved around wishing. I just could not put it down even though I had a lot of stuff to do at the time. It was the first YA novel in a long time that I could not put down, and I devoured its 400 pages in just a few days. However, when I first started this book, I was blown a way. I loved Chelsea Sedoti’s YA debut novel The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett so much, so I was so stoked to receive a physical ARC of her newest book As You Wish for a review! However, as I read the reviews, and a lot of them were not too positive, so I became scared that I would not like the narrator that much. This will not affect my review in any way. Can he make their lives better? How can he be happy if the people around him aren’t? And what hope is there for any of them if happiness isn’t an achievable dream? Doubts build, leading Eldon to a more outlandish and scary thought: maybe you can’t wish for happiness…maybe, just maybe, you have to make it for yourself.ĭisclaimer: I received a free physical ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. And with the lives of his family and friends in chaos, he’s left with more questions than answers. Some people wish for money, some people wish for love, but Eldon has seen how wishes have broken the people around him. But Eldon wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, because in Madison, everyone gets one wish-and that wish always comes true.

In the sandy Mojave Desert, Madison is a small town on the road between nothing and nowhere.

What if you could ask for anything- and get it? So I am going to be a bit offline at the moment because of that, but I will still post my usual two posts a week! Today I have a review of one of the first ARCs I have been sent by a publisher after I emailed them via their publicity email, so I am super excited to show you this review of As You Wish by Chelsea Sedoti! Right now, I have two concerts tomorrow, APUSH and AP Language finals next week, and various performances scattered over the next couple of weeks. Hi guys! Happy Friday! With the Christmas season underway, I am going to be extremely busy with concerts and schoolwork.

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