Blog Tour Stop: Reflection by Jessica Roberts- Review

The beginning of this book starts us at a 'before' time. Heather, the main character, is talking with her friend Creed about her leaving for college. Heather almost regrets changing Creed's plans for them, but she doesn't regret the feeling that she felt about needing to go elsewhere, and succeeding at it.

Next is 'After'. Heather wakes up in a place that she's not sure of. She comes to figure out that she's in a hospital and that she was hit by a car, her brain stem was injured, and she was in a coma. She can't really remember much until the doctor, Dr. Adams show her pictures of people she knew. He then gets her to recount her last memory, which was dreaming of a lighthouse and the ocean. Dr. Adams tells her that patients in a coma usually dream about that type of stuff because of the going on around them, i.e. an ocean for the regular intervals of food through the feeding tube, and a light house 'bright light' from the near death experience. Finally, he gets her to tell him all that she remembers of her life, thus starts the chapters of the book.

Throughout her recounting of her life at college, there is a recurring appearance of Nick Richards or 'The Hat'. Heather feels strongly for him, but she's not exactly sure why. Also, in this recounting-- or is it a dream?-- Heather keeps having dreams about an ocean, a lighthouse, and walking down the beach, holding cuddling with someone. Who is this unknown person? 

During the whole story, Heather needs to figure out (mostly) one thing... What is real and what is dreamed up?

This book started out kind of confusing for me. I wasn't exactly sure at first about what was happening during the 'after'. But, then again, I did eventually get it, since I wrote a summary about it for you all.

Then, the story did start out going kind of slowly, but eventually, it did get better. I found that I actually liked this book, once I gave it a chance.

The whole time I was reading this, I was trying to figure out what Heather was trying to do... Was it real or dreamed? Sometimes, I got a little frustrated trying to figure it out, but I got through it!

** SPOLIER**

I loved the whole romantical thing going on between Nick and Heather. It was... addicting. They had a lot of chemistry, and it was curious because at the beginning of the book, Heather is kind of hesitant when it comes to Nick. I'm actually kind of glad the romance thing is between Nick and Heather, and not Heather and Creed (at the beginning, that's where I thought it would be at).

So, I really did like this book. But... the speech of Heather's seemed a bit... stuffy. Every so often, I felt like I was reading one of the older novels, like Jane Eyre or Pride & Prejudice. That really bothered me a little because I kept feeling like the era was different than it really is. Otherwise, I liked the book.

BUT.... Guess what happens.... CLIFFHANGER ending. If you read this, you will NEED the next book, Reaction.