2.5 STARS 
 Once upon a time, I read a Shelly Crane novel called Significance. And I hated it. But that's another story for another time. From then on, I promised myself I would not read another Shelly Crane novel to keep from gouging my eyes out. 
 And then I read the sample of Wide Awake. At first I didn't know it was from her. Don't ask me how I missed that. But when I found out, I thought, you know what? I'll give it a try. After all, it was only .99 cents. And while this book was leaps and bounds above Significance, it still didn't do it for me. 
 I liked our main character Emma. I liked that she hated the person she was before and that she was conflicted about becoming someone new. I felt like that was realistic and probably something that not a lot of people have considered before. I especially liked the fact that she wasn't obsessed with boys, like most MC's seem to be. Like boys are the only things on girls minds in high school. Yeah right. 
 I liked Mason. He was sweet, he was caring, he was respectful and honest and all of the things male MC's usually aren't. It was refreshing to have a good boy rather than a bad boy. 
 As far as the rest of the characters? Pointless. Fluff. I honestly couldn't even tell you their names. 
 This book had all of the components of a good book- likable MC's, an interesting plot. It was well written. There were some inconsistencies with the plot but nothing to make you put on the brakes. It had enough twists to keep you interested but nothing so far-fetched to make you roll your eyes. But somewhere along the line, it lost me. I got bored. I wanted to skim and I kept checking the percentage on the bottom of my kindle, wondering if it was any closer to being over. Maybe it's because I have the attention span of a two year old. Maybe it's because I didn't connect emotionally with any of the characters. At all. Whatever it was, it might have just been me, but I feel like for the heavy subject matter, it should have been more emotionally engaging. Emma's thought process is given in detail, but the way she feels towards everything is just glossed over. I had no idea she was crying or hurting until the scene was almost ending or already over. 
 (view spoiler)[When she walked away from Mason, it was literally like, "I walked away and kept walking until I got home and closed the door and went up to my room and cried. And then I went to sleep." The end. (hide spoiler)] 
 The whole book just felt glossed over. It was telling me to be sad, it was telling me to be mad and annoyed or frustrated and then trying to get me to freak out, but it just didn't work, despite all of it's pleading. Even the cherry on top couldn't get me to care. 
 *shrugs* I feel like I've been in the minority a lot with the NA/YA books lately. Would I recommend this to a friend? Maybe. I guess it depends on what else they've liked. If you like Shelly Crane's other novels, than I'm sure you'll love this. If you're looking for something deeper, don't bother with this one. Sorry, folks.