A review by imlaurenshelton
Full Flight by Ashley Schumacher

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

I love this book. I received an ARC from Tantor Audio through NetGalley and I am so ecstatic that I did. Because this book is just good. First of all - it’s not too much, which some may critique, but I like that it doesn’t push too much on the reader. The writing is good enough to guide the reader down Anna’s (& Weston’s) thoughts and expanding on those thoughts without being overbearing and flashy.  Ashley Schumacher’s writing is really soothing, no matter the content, it’s intelligent yet easy to read. The words just flow well together. 

Because I listened to the Audiobook, I want to highlight the narration from Tina Wolstencroft and Cody Roberts. They did an excellent job performing this story and bringing feeling into it. Because of the ending of the book, I’m glad I listened to this story; it felt like I was listening to a friend and I was much more emotional. 

To the meat - I loved the story. I love

tragedy, which this is btw.

The outcast kid falls in love with the quirky/odd duck that still fits in, what’s not to love? Oh AND it’s set in small town Texas, which was portrayed excellently. I adored the grappling of faith displayed in here, which happens to a lot of teens that grow up in church/the Bible Belt. No this isn’t a Christian novel, but it handled that topic well in my opinion. My favorite part of this book was the jacket (read the book, you’ll get it). I felt like every conflict in the novel was resolved, everything wrapped up neatly. I do recommend this book and I will be purchasing a paperback for my shelves. It’s one I will probably revisit often.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Car accident

Death. I honestly love a good tragedy. Even bad tragedies. I like when HEA doesn’t look like rainbows and sunshine. For Full Flight, HEA looks like finding a way to move on past the death of a loved one and grief to continue living life and accomplishing dreams. After an entire novel of falling in love, moving past hardships, Anna’s boyfriend ,Weston, dies in a car accident driving home from her house. There’s no gore here at the final 20% of the book, just a lot of grief and sadness. There is also cursing and brief mentions of sexual activity between minors (which I always take a portion of the rating off for). I don’t think the content is too heavy to be disturbing at all, but felt it deserved mentioning.