I'm sorry to say this book did not grab me, I found it hard to finish if I'm totally honest and I've ended up putting it down a lot and reading other books in between as it just didn't grab me. This is a book out of my normal comfort zone so it could just be me and not the book itself but personally for me I struggled with it

I absolutely LOVED this book.
Eldon is a selfish, conceited, jock and takes every opportunity to show what a horrible person he is. But the growth that he goes through and everything that he learns and changes, just makes this book so rewarding. I couldn't put it down.
I really enjoyed the chapters that were written explaining the wishes of other townspeople. The writing style was thoroughly Eldon. Spoken like a 17 year old, I related to some of his emotions from that age. Well done!

I really liked the concept of this book, but the main character was so unlikable that it was hard to really get into the story. I just wanted to slap Eldon the whole way through. RIP wishing cave. What a jerk.

As You Wish comes from the perspective of Eldon, a cute, funny, 17 year old in Madison, NV. He is turning 18 in 25 days and then he'll get a wish. The first chapter is intriguing. What's Eldon's secret? In Madison, a town of secrets, everyone gets 1 wish. The enormity of this upcoming, life-changing event presses down on him. The story is well-written and feelings are real. Several characters are introduced, such as Merrill, the best friend, and Eldon's younger sister, Ebba. Where is she? What happened to her? The reader's interest is continually piqued with the stories of how wishes have been granted to other people in the town. "It's human nature to fixate on the path not taken rather than the one you're walking." Halfway through the book, religion is introduced and mildly linked to wishing, but it's not too distracting. As You Wish is about temporary fulfillment, guilt, regret, family, true friends, and finding yourself. "Is there really such a thing as the perfect wish?" And, as a bonus, the football team names are genius!

Madison is not a place people stop unless they are getting gas. And no one encourages stopping either. Something isn't quite normal here.

Eldon isn't sure he wants to make a wish. He's seen how some turn out and it isn't all good. 

This was an interesting book. Full of the normal teen aged angst, but also a deeper theme of taking shortcuts through life and what we want at 17 is probably not what we want at 25. 

About how our wants or wishes can and do affect other people's lives. I am still not sure if I liked the end or not. 

Netgalley/Sourcebooks/YA  Release is set for January 01,2018.

If you could wish for anything and know that that wish is going to come true, what would you wish for? Eldon lives in the small town of Madison in the middle of the Mojave Desert, and for as far back as anyone can remember the people born in this town get a wish on their 18th birthday. Eldon's Wish day is coming up in about a month and he has no idea what to wish for.

This book follows Eldon as he researches wishing. He interviews people around town to find out about the wish they made and whether or not they would change things if they could go back. The majority of the people he interviews admit, that yes, they have regrets. Things didn't turn out the way they thought. It's a Monkey's Paw situation. Be careful what you wish for. Throughout the book there are chapters dedicated to telling people's Wish stories. This is the most interesting thing in the book. I was fascinated. We see their life before their wish, and learn why they make the wish they end up making, and then Eldon talks to them, and we see how it turned out for them. It was interesting to see the different characters and why they wished for such different thing, and also how their wishes effected other people.

I enjoyed this book very much, it was fast paced, and interesting enough that it kept pulling me along. I love concept behind it also, it really makes you think, about people, life, and happiness. It forces you to put some things in perspective. My only real complaint with the book was the main character. He was egotistical. A typical jock type, who gets upset when people start wishing to be better than him at football. He's full of himself, seems genuinely shocked when people don't like him. He does things that knows are wrong, but he does them anyway. However, I did identify with one aspect of his life. He recently lost his little sister and the pain he feels throughout the book, is so accurate. I lost my little sister and I understand the pain his family is going through. It made him more real to me.

Overall, this was a really good book and I gave it 4 stars. It comes out in January 2018!

3 Stars. I was really excited to jump into As You Wish because of the fantastic premise, and that was certainly the strongest part of the novel. However, I struggled connecting to the characters, especially Eldon. He was a bit too unlikeable for my taste, which contributed to the tension, but made it difficult for me to root for him. I found some of the supporting characters more interesting, but the representation was kind of questionable. Nevertheless, the character of Madison itself, with it's rich mythology and history, was compelling enough that I was eager to read the ending. I normally don't read for setting, but this one kept me hooked.

I didn't like this book. I read it but none of the characters gave me enough to really want to get to know. I read many YA books and this one was disappointing. It needs to have more of a development of characters, I thought there would be more mystery and aliens in it from it being near area 51. The wish premise was interesting but I thought Eldon's ultimate wish was STUPID. I wanted more from the characters and their wishes.

"Wishing made it a sure thing though."
"But who wants a sure thing? Life is about gambles,"

well that felt like a really long read. . .


this book !!!!!!!!

it had such a unique plot, a unique world, and I am in love with the writing style of the whole book. The history narrations of some characters was a creative addition to this already wonderful story, it made everything much easier to understand and kept up the unique twists of the book. The characters were very easy to relate to and every single one of the characters was given just the right amount of depth, whether they be in the story for a few pages or for the majority of the book. I loved seeing them grow and change.

this is a wonderful coming of age book that I am sure a lot of teenagers can relate to (particularly, older ones). The moral of the story in general is something that everyone should learn and read about. The story is practically about finding yourself, it teaches you that it's okay if you don't know what's going to happen because that is what life is about, it's okay not to be perfect. And what really stood out to me is how to still believe in the magic that the world has, but to not let it control you and to see what is beyond that magic.

"maybe we destroy our own lives"


wishing here means so much more if you relate it to real life and I can really see this book being a classic for me, personally.


"Mayor Fontaine is awful and terrifying. But like the rest of us, he's human too."


this was not cliche in any means of the word and I am just left in awe at how amazing this was. It got me hooked so bad that I did not even want to finish this book too quickly.


just go where life takes you.

"being extraordinary is overrated."

I really wanted to like this one but the characters just made it so hard. The plot had so much potential, but it just wasn't a good read for me. I hated how everyone was selfish and rude. The women are depicted poorly. Most have been said that their wishes were used for either better looks, bigger boobs or for their dream man. Eldon was a complete stuck-up jerk who only complained about how he's not popular anymore and how the girls don't want him. His automatic reaction to his girlfriend breaking up with him was because she wished to be more popular/beautiful, so the most popular boy in the class would date her. ARE YOU SERIOUS. I also hated how the only gay character in the story WISHED FOR HIS GAYNESS AWAY.

Maybe I'm thinking too much of this. Maybe this story was made to be a learning lesson. But that is in no way how I read it and I'm sure a lot of people will be hurt from this story if they don't realize right away that this is supposed to be a "what not to do." I had higher hopes.

This book is an intriguing premise. What would you wish for if you could wish for anything and get it? (As long as it doesn't impact the outside world).

It seems like an easy answer, but unfortunately the language you use matters, and it shows in this novel as Eldon, one of the main characters tries to figure out what his birthday wish will be.

You can wish for a business, but it might not be successful. You can wish for unlimited donuts, but it won't stop you from gaining weight if you don't specify (no this is not an example of a wish in the book).

The struggle in this novel is extremely well written, even as Eldon is almost irredeemably arrogant and immature. But then, some teenagers are. However he is not without growth, even as he naivete takes him to some interesting places emotionally.

The characters I liked most were Eldon's father, who is a warm, put sad character, stuck in Madison like most of them, and Merrill, Eldon's best friend who is loyal even when he should probably walk away.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes their YA sprinkled with existential crisis' as I definitely enjoyed this.

Imagine if at the age of eighteen you have the wish of your lifetime to make. Would you be certainly prepared to wish the right thing for forever? Or, would you wish like a teenager?
The town of Wishing, Texas, keeps to itself and does not ever encourage visitors because the truth of the town would bring gawkers and news hounds. Wishing is a place where every eighteen year old gets a wish on their eighteenth birthday for whatever they choose to get, have, change, or whatever. This year is the year for Eben to make his wish and he wants not to. He has seen the damage the wishes have wrought in the lives of the people of the town and does not want that. Forces are pushing him to decide, to make the “right” choice. He does the best thing he can: investigate the wishes of others, how it truly affected them and whether they would wish it again. When he’s done, he will decide.

Fun, fresh concept. Just needs some development and reorganization, I think. Full review on Goodreads.

Magic, adventure, friendship and so much more. This book has a lot to offer it's readers and it would be a mistake not to read this.

If you could make one wish when you turn eighteen, what would that wish be? As You Wish makes you think of what I would wish for, and keeps you guessing what Eldon wishes for . I can't wait to read more books by this author.

Would love to read something by this author again! The story was well thought out and the characters were very likable!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC of As You Wish, by Chelsea Sedoti. Not only was this book an enjoyable read, but also thought provoking. What would you wish for that would change your life forever? This is the question that 17 year old Eldon has to decide on his 18th birthday. After talking to townspeople, who made their wishes on their birthdays, he has to decide if wishes can make people happy, or just hurt them. What a great book to make people wonder if they are so busy wishing for things that they forget to be happy with what they have. I loved this book.

Thanks to NetGalley for sending me this ARC for an honest review.

I did not enjoy this book. The premise is great - a town where everyone gets a wish on their 18th birthday - and I had high hopes for the story but this book definitely did not live up to my expectations.
I established long ago that I really struggle to read books that have obnoxious, annoying, male characters that don't seem to want to change and Eldon is definitely one of these. He is rude, self-entitled and even when his friends point this out he doesn't seem to want to change, I struggled to care about what he was going through and therefore really struggled to care about this book.
It was an easy to read book and the 'wish' idea kept me intrigued enough to want to finish the book and find out what was going to happen, but that was about it.
Every chapter centres around Eldon and what he hates/enjoys complaining about/how he is hard done by, which is really quite disappointing. I would have loved to hear from other characters from the town, perhaps gain more insight into what these wishes even mean and where they have come form.
While there was entertaining parts to this book, and the idea is excellent it ultimately wasn't executed well and I found myself feeling disappointed at the end.

Release date: 01.02.18

DNF at 32% (Though I did skip to the final chapter to see how things ended.)

Jesus Christ, this was the worst book I've tried to read in a long time. Maybe young adult fiction is not for me anymore? I don't know. This book is set in a small town in the desert, near Area 51. Nothing much goes on in said town, except for the occasional tourist on his or her way to find aliens. Oh, and everyone in town can make one wish that comes true on their eighteenth birthday. Why? "It just happens," one character says. "There isn't a reason."

This book is so damn lazy. The characters are drawn in the broadest of strokes, and the main character (Eldon? Ellwan? I don't know) is the worst. He's a total brute: insensitive to the point of being cruel for no real reason other than his girlfriend left him for a guy he — said MC — plays with on the football team. That's . . . it, basically. And the fact that he was once the best on the football team but no longer is due to other players' wishes making them better has him down, too. So there's a lot of generic teenage angst and confusion about the future, which is okay . . . if written well. It's not, here. This main character is mean to his friends, his parents, everyone. And yet, he constantly reminds the reader that he's super hot and can have sex with any girl he wants. Yay, character development?

32% is more than fair, I think. This book is flaming trash and may no one pay full price for this turd when it comes out in January.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC, which was given for free in exchange for an honest review. This is it. Sorry your book sucks so much, but at least the cover is cool.