Between Here and Forever by Elizabeth Scott

Title: Between Here and Forever
Author: Elizabeth Scott
Release Date: May 24, 2011
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Pages: 250 pages
Links: amazon/ goodreads/ website
Source: publisher for review

Summary: Abby accepted that she can’t measure up to her beautiful, magnetic sister Tess a long time ago, and knows exactly what she is: Second best. Invisible.
Until the accident.
Now Tess is in a coma, and Abby’s life is on hold. It may have been hard living with Tess, but it's nothing compared to living without her.
She's got a plan to bring Tess back though, involving the gorgeous and mysterious Eli, but then Abby learns something about Tess, something that was always there, but that she’d never seen. Abby is about to find out that truth isn't always what you think it is, and that life holds more than she ever thought it could...

My Thoughts: I was looking through my reviews on the site and I realized that I had not done a review for Elizabeth Scott's newest novel. I just HAD to let my thoughts out on this novel because it honestly touched me. This book is yet another flawless novel and I'm actually happy I waited to review it because it's the type of book that you think about later and appreciate even more after you finish it.

Abby is one of my favorite characters in YA literature but it's not because of what she said...it is because of what she didn't and the unhidden meanings that she brings. Now I admit that while reading the novel she annoyed me to no end because she couldn't see how beautiful she really was. But then I realized that she was living in the shadow of her sister, Tess, for so long that's how she honestly felt. I found that so heart-breaking that a young girl could not see her own beauty. Eli was a well written character that did a great job at making Abby see her true colors.

The plot was not very original but was done in such a way that made it stand out from all the other similar novels. While I was able to guess the ending, Scott executed it in a way that I still wanted to read more. She made her characters believable and put so much emotion and feeling into her books.

To be honest I finished this novel in one sitting. I started it saying I'd only read 50 pages before going to bed and the next thing I knew I only had 50 pages left to go. I devoured it in 4 hours which is not normal for me. Please if you haven't checked this one out, please do. If you haven't read Elizabeth Scott go now and do it! Amazing read, 5 stars.

Rating: 5/5 stars
happy reading!