The Rift in Our Reality: A Sweet Young Adult Romance

De: Amy Proebstel

Narrado por: Heather Masters

Perfect for the listeners of Midnight Sun by Trish Cook and John Green's The Fault in Our Stars.

Winning means staying alive. Losing means giving up. I’m not a quitter. That’s why I’m still alive when every doctor agrees I shouldn’t be. Dealt a horrid genetic deck of cards, I live with Batten disease. It’s rare, incurable, and always fatal.

Since my diagnosis, my parents, family, and doctors have worked tirelessly to find a cure. Yet the disease still took things from me...mostly my eyesight and my energy.

But I refuse to give it my happiness.

At almost 17, I’m still ticking off the boxes of my dream bucket list. I’ll keep pushing for the seeing-eye dog...but only because romance seems too far-fetched. A girl can dream. Right?

Maybe this summer will be different.

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©2019 Amy Proebstel (P)2019 Amy Proebstel

Great Read

The Rift in Our Reality: A Sweet Young Adult Romance was a great read by Amy Proebstel. Haley is battling Battens Disease, which doesn't permit drainage of toxins from her brain. It is not only rare, it's incurable, and always fatal. The disease took her eyesight no matter how hard everyone tried to find a cure. She isn't allowing it to take her happiness. She is ticking off the boxes of her dream bucket list. She has her seeing eye dog and believes romance is too far fetched for her. I really loved reading this book and can't wait to read more by the author.

Beautiful and emotional story

I cannot say enough good things about this book! The story is a beautifully written, emotional young adult romance. The main character, Hailey, shows so much courage and is an inspiration to the lives of the people around her -- and to me, the listener. The relationships between Hailey,her family, friends and are deep and supportive.

Heather Masters did a great job narrating each character and brought this emotional, sad story to life. I would definitely listen to other books that she has narrated.

I loved that the book was honoring the real Hailey who is battling Batten disease.

I was given this audio book at my request and am voluntarily leaving this review.

Wonderful! sweet! sad! hopeful!

Oh what a lovely, sweet, wonderful, sad story.

Even though the ending was sad, it was also full of hope.
being a totally blind person myself, i thought the way Hayley was portrayed as a legally blind person was great. She didn’t let anything stand in her way.
I love the way, she wanted to enjoy every moment and “live”.
I loved the bike riding scene. Actually there were lots more, but this review would get rather long if I wrote down all the scenes that moved me.
Charlie was brilliant and reminded me of my guide dog in many ways.

The narration was great. The Narrator’s voice perfectly suited Hayley and even matt. There was the right kind of emotion for whatever was being described.

I wasn’t aware of Batten disease before. This book certainly made me more aware.

Just for the author’s future reference, most smart phones will speak these days and are totally accessible and able to be used by a blind person independently.
Even though this story was meant for young adults, I totally enjoyed it and was drawn in to Hayley’s world from the first few pages.
I would highly recommend this book, but would suggest you have some tissues handy.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

A sad but sweet coming of age love story...

The Rift in Our Reality by Amy Proebstel is a great coming of age teen/YA novel very reminiscent of John Green's "The Fault in Our Stars," though I 'felt' the latter more, if that makes sense. Haley's story is about her battle with Batten Disease, which basically doesn't let her brain get rid of any waste and leads to her blindness and eventual death. I knew nothing about this disease and dang, is it a nasty one. It often takes kids before they've had a chance to really become adults and live life. Well, Haley is determined to live her best life while she can. Her positive attitude is amazing and she's just an admirable young lady. She's got a wonderful family and a great best friend, but her life changes one summer when she meets Matt. Matt quickly becomes Haley's "person," and we get to experience their love, heartache, joys, etc. This is a very sweet, though sad, coming of age story that will lead you through a whole array of emotions.

Heather Masters did a fabulous job narrating this story. Her narrating voice was perfect for Haley and she did a great job navigating the other character voices as well. Her use of distinctive voices for the various characters made it really easy to follow along to conversations. Heather Masters WAS Haley! I'd definitely recommend her as a narrator and will happily listen to more performances by her. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher for an honest review.

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A beautiful and emotional young adult romance!

I really enjoyed listening to this book. It had a great storyline, including the added benefit of learning about the rare diagnosis of Batten disease. It was inspirational to see how the young girl continued to try to live her life to the fullest and so sweet how she found such a kind and supportive young man to be by her side. Heather Masters did an excellent job narrating the story as well. Her male and female voices were all very believable and pleasant. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.