The Way I Used to Be
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- The Way I Used to BeBy: Amber Smith
- “I hate that just because you happen to be good at something, people automatically think that's what makes you happy, but it's not really like that, you know? It's not that simple.” -Eden
- “And I’m terrified he’ll see through the tough iceberg layer, and he’ll discover not a soft, sweet girl, but an ugly f**king disaster underneath.”-Eden
- The Way I Used to Be. By: Amber SmithMadalyn Balint
- "You're never here, you always have somewhere too be with Mara driving"
- This is Part 1. “Freshman Year it deals with the immediate aftermath of Eden’s sexual assault. At the end of Part 1, her personality begins to change: She smokes cigarettes, she gets into arguments with her parents. She then vows that she will not let anyone take advantage of her the way that Kevin did.
- "Would anyone care?Would anyone even f**king notice?What if one day I wasn't here anymore?What if one day it all just stopped?What if? What if? What if?
- In the second part, Eden meets Josh Miller. She refuses to be his girlfriend, even when Josh tells her that he wants to make their relationship official. Meanwhile, the little sister of Kevin, the boy that raped Eden, starts a rumor at school that Eden is a “slut,” writing slurs about Eden all over the bathroom walls.
- "Caelin, you don't have to come in with me" -E"No, I'm not leaving you here by yourself, Edy"-C
- Eden’s reputation as a “bad girl”—and, particularly, a promiscuous one—is solidified in the third part, “Junior Year.” Eden and Mara both experiment with drugs and alcohol. Relations with Eden and her family become even worse; Eden fights with her parents on a daily basis.
- By the time Eden is gearing up to graduate high school in the fourth part, “Senior Year,” her life is in a complete downward spiral. Eden does not care about going to college the following year. When Kevin is accused of rape by a girl in his dorm, a police investigation follows. Eden thinks about what to do.
- She decides yes, but that she needs to tell Josh first. They meet at a 24-hour diner, where she tells Josh the entire story. Eden tells her brother Caelin next, who is devastated to learn that this happened to Eden. The novel closes with Eden reporting her own rape at the police station.
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