Title: Before
Author: Anna Todd
Published: December 8th 2015 by Gallery Books
ISBN: 1501130706 (ISBN13: 9781501130700)
Series: After (Book #5)
Book Five of the After series—Anna Todd’s Wattpad fanfiction that racked up one billion reads online and captivated romance readers across the globe!
As told by Hardin and other characters, Before will explore the hero’s life before he met Tessa, reveal what happens after After, give you new insights on their turbulent romance—and revel in the awesome power of true love. #HESSA
I read Before having not read any of the
other books in the ‘After’ series by Anna Todd, and was a little worried it was
going to impact my enjoyment of the book.
I’m happy to say it didn’t, and I’m keen to pick up the rest of the
series now.
Before tells the story of how Hardin and Tessa first met, and
provides the background to their tumultuous relationship. Hardin is the ‘bad boy’ – I’m reluctant to
describe him as a ‘typical’ bad boy because it felt like there was more to him. Intelligent, angry, rebellious, and yet
despite that Tessa manages to catch his interest. Nothing like the other dalliances he has had,
Tessa is the ‘good girl’, she screams innocence and even so finds herself drawn
to Hardin like a moth to a flame.
Before is brilliantly written. The characters are well developed and like I
said, the story engaged me to the extent that I will go and read the rest of
this series. Hardin grapples with his
attraction to Tessa, what starts out as a cruel game becomes so much more for
him and he soon realises that he risks losing the one thing that is actually
starting to mean something to him.
Before is told from Hardin’s point of view and many of the
chapters start with a paragraph or two written in the third person. I really liked the greater insight these gave
to Hardin’s character. It wasn’t a quick
read for me, while it was easy to read, there is a complexity about the story and
I didn’t want to rush the experience. I
found myself putting it down and then pondering what would happen next between
Hardin and Tessa before coming back to the story.
If you’ve read the ‘After’ series then I would expect
you would need no encouragement to pick up Before. For those of you new to the series, it may be
best to start with book #1 ‘After’, but you can definitely read Before
without having read the series and still thoroughly enjoy this introduction to
#HESSA.
4 out of 5 stars
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