Before
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4.5 • 351 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Book 5 of the After series—Anna Todd’s Wattpad fanfiction that racked up 1 billion reads online and captivated romance readers across the globe! Before explores Hardin Scott’s life before Tessa, reveals what happens after After, and gives new insights on their turbulent #Hessa romance.
Cosmopolitan called Anna Todd “the biggest literary phenom of her generation.” That’s Normal declared Hardin and Tessa “The Mr. Darcy and Lizzy Bennet of our time.” Revel in the awesome, messy power of true love.
BEFORE Hardin met Tessa he was a raging storm. DURING those first moments they met, he realized he needed to keep her for himself—his life depended on it. AFTER they got together, the world would never be the same.
Hardin and Tessa’s dramatic love affair became a vortex pulling in everyone around them. For the first time these others are given voice as they appear before, during, and after the events in original After novels. Alongside them, Hardin’s account of his first encounters with Tessa—which will change what you thought you knew about the brooding boy and the angel who loved him.
Customer Reviews
Great read
After devouring the first 4 books in this series last year, I was so excited to read book 5, Before. Getting inside Hardin’s head and seeing his thought process was everything and more. Initially I thought, how could this ever change my point of view? How is this any different from what we've previously read in the first 4 books? I was pleasantly surprise because this book gave me so much more that I expected
Getting Hardin’s most inner dialogue was heart breaking. You can see the turmoil that he faces within himself, the self sabotage, the hatred. His want to be a better person for Tessa and for himself. I felt like I needed the small reminders that were within the pages to help me remember minor things that made such a huge impact to their story.
Getting to read about Hardin’s past also helped me get a better understanding of how he became who he was when he first met Tessa and why he continued to punish himself.
The last 10% of the book has to be my favorite. Getting a chapter from some of the most vital characters and where they were at in their lives. I love love love hearing about side characters. My only disappointment was the I wanted more from Steph and Molly’s POV. They played such a pivotal part in the first 4 books. I was secretly hoping that Steph might have come to her senses and redeemed herself. Oh well there is always the future, and while Anna keeps on writing, I’ll keep on reading.
Hard Read
Love this series but this booked Jumped around to much for me. I felt this constant confusion on where I was up to and why there were random chapters about characters that seemed out of place…
Another poorly written novel
Another pointless novel no one needed. It’s essentially a book full of character motivations for why they are such terrible people.