The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith

The novel follows Eden McCrorey and is uniquely structured around her four years of high school: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior year. This timeline allows the reader to witness the profound, slow-motion transformation of her identity in the wake of a single night.

Before high school begins, Eden is a sweet, relatively naive girl looking forward to normal teenage milestones. Everything shatters when she is raped in her own bedroom by her older brother’s best friend—someone her family knows, trusts, and frequently welcomes into their home.

Terrified of breaking her family apart, deeply ashamed, and convinced no one will believe her, Eden buries the secret deep inside. Instead of speaking out, she tries to compartmentalize the trauma. As the high school years tick by, we see Eden completely reinvent herself to cope with the pain. She alienates her lifelong best friends, shifts her look, pushes away a sweet boy named Jonah who genuinely cares for her, and spirals into dangerous, self-destructive behaviors. The book acts as a painful character study of a girl fracturing under the weight of a secret, until she finally reaches a breaking point where she must choose between letting the trauma destroy her or fighting to reclaim her voice.

Language: English.

Genre: Romance.

Binding: সেলাই করা বাইন্ডিং

Quality: Premium Quality Books.

Printing: High Quality Printing.

Paper: Eye Friendly paper (Cream White)

Cover: Matt cover (Paperback).