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The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)

Amber Smith

Start date: September 1, 2025

Finish date: September 30, 2025

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Feb 16, 2025 zeynep୨୧ rated it it was amazing

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This book was truly a life changer🩷 One of the best I've ever read if not the best, it is so beautifully written and I was captivated from the start. I love how Eden grows and changes through the story, I love how her feelings are perfectly described, I just love everything about this book!!

The whole time, I was waiting for Eden to tell someone what Kevin did to her. It broke my heart how no one was really there for her when she needed it most and how no one knew what she ...more

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Jun 14, 2024 Chlo (Taylor's Version) rated it it was amazing

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It was a good book but I felt like it was so UNREALISTIC as a highschooler NOBODY sleeps with everybody all the damn time ok it just does not happen

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May 02, 2025 sophia_thesecond (percy jackson ver.) rated it it was amazing

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tragic. this book was so good I loved it. I couldn't put it down. it was so sad though. I think what I hated the most, was yea she was being a britch, but her friends didn't even see that something was seriously wrong.

hey siri, play the greatest by billie eilish

eden: you deserve the world honey. what she went through was horrible. absolutely horrible.

josh: i love you. literally. you also deserve the world. but like srsly tho he's so sweet, caring, and kind.

caelin: i actually didn't hate him. ...more

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Aug 31, 2024 ౨ৎ careena ౨ৎ (life of a showgirl!! ❤️‍🔥) rated it really liked it

this book is easily one of my top books. it was so beautiful and made me cry so many times. 4.5 stars

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Apr 02, 2025 LY rated it it was amazing

Eden shows how 1 night, how 5 minutes can change your life. She slowly lost everyone because of it. Mara was a good friend but I think she needed to understand that Eden had said several times that she didn’t like Steve. Cameron was unnecessarily mean. Caelin and Eden were never the same after that. He was always trying to get her to stop but didn’t understand why she was acting that way. Josh was probably the only time she was happy.

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