Natasha Friend

When beautiful high school student Lexi is involved in an automobile accident that leaves her disfigured, she must learn who she really is beyond a pretty face, and she must also learn to forgive. Simultaneous.

My Life in Black and White

Chelsea Hunter

The premise of the story sounded interesting, young girl whose life gets thrown upside down because of an accident, and the plot itself lived up to what I was expecting. There were, at times, where I felt bad for Alexa, or Lex, because of the pain and suffereing she was going through. That's all that I felt for her though. Other than that, I did not like her at all. 

The author was definitely going for a character who was not the most likable at the beginning, who you get to see change throughout the story, which she did a good job doing. My problem was that there was almost no redeemable quality, in my opinion, about her at the beginning, and by the end of the story, I just didn't really care. For me, I like to feel some connection to the main character at the beginning of the story, or I typically never connect, even when the character does get better, like she did in this story.

Besides that issue with Lex that I had, the book was really interesting. There were a few things I didn't really like throughout the story, but not enough that the plot wasn't good. It was also slow, which is another thing that I typically don't like when reading. I'm all about pace and keeping things moving, but in My Life in Black and White, the slower pace fits.

My Life in Black and White

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