My Wattpad Story Recommendations

12. The Teddy Bear Agreement by thepurplerose (Rewritten as Sleep Deprived)

A/N: Okay, so I am working on overdrive here. I am so ready to write like a bunch of reviews and rules. But anyway, if you know of stories that remind you of the ones I review, comment them down below. Like, once this girl commented on my Storm and Silence review with a great historical fiction that I totally stayed up till 5 am reading. So yea. Do IT

***Added in: The Teddy Bear Agreement was taken down by the author and is being rewritten as Sleep Deprived with a new character name and going in the direction the author wants it to. Just as good as TTBA so make sure to check it out, I WILL add Sleep Deprived to the reading list that accompanies my recommendations****

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*Description by Author*

I was just about to push myself away and sneak out of the room when his arms tightened just a fraction more around my waist.

"Wait, not yet, I'm awake." Will's breath tickled my ear as he brought me closer and even threw one of his legs over mine. He backed us both away from the edge of the bed and I was pretty sure he was hitting the wall with his back.

"You'll make it harder for me to sneak out without waking you up." I whispered, my slight annoyance edging in my voice. The quick exhale of breath coming from his nose was a probable chuckle as he murmured back to me:

"That's the point."

[This story contains a million grammar errors, you have been warned.]

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Okay. This story, this author, this character development, this everything. I love it, I get soooo excited when I see an update. This story reminds me of Rainbow Rowell book. Which, if you do not know, Rainbow Rowell is basically my favorite author and she earned that position just from one book. Like @thepurplerose she is one of the best authors on Wattpad in my opinion. This story has all the makings of a contemporary, there is the quirkiness, the cuteness overload, the awkward at times but not overbearing (a lot of contemporary novels miss that whole not overbearing thing with the awkwardness but not her) I cannot even begin to list of why I love this story but I have to so I'll pull something out of the jar of perfections from this story.

Let us go with the way it is. This book provides the Teddy Bear Agreement, an agreement that Will and Cassandra (newly living together as roommates) go by where the other has to be a teddy bear because both of theirs is now gone from blackmail gone wrong. I don't want to spoil too much so, yea this isn't a situation you come across every day, and many people resent stories with plots that are unlikely and unrealistic but the thing is; I can see this happening. It may not happen every day, but I can give you a list of people I can see this happening to that I know in real life, but none of them are Will so it won't. I love that it may sound farfetched but in the back of your mind, you think wow. Would I agree to this? Could this happen? Yes...well maybe not to me, but maybe there are people out there with agreements like this one.

Now that is one thing, another is the character development. More specifically in Cassandra Hale. She is the female lead of this story and the POV in which we follow. She is...gosh I am so proud of her, and when this story ends I will probably be a mom at their child's medical school graduation crying my eyes out in pride. She isn't a typical sob story, she had parents who loved her and a group of friends you would consider popular. But the thing that makes me so proud is how strong she made herself, she protects herself emotionally and keeps a guard up, not from some stupid cliché break up but from the pain and rejection she felt as a child and so on to nasty experiences in high school. Will I elaborate? No. Go read it. Shei (the incredible author) totally disregards the norms and clichés of teen fiction and makes it her own. It has all the basics that are in every story like this but with a special twist that you never get in the other stories. Cass is one of those special twists. She has put up a strong front and continues learning the challenges don't end in high school and you have to keep growing and getting stronger with each obstacle placed in front of you. I admire her and feel such pride when she puts down her foot and says enough is enough.

Now onto William. Will, Will, Willy Will Will. Where do I begin with the mastermind behind it all? A psych major with a traumatizing experience when he was young that not only ended a friendship but carved a new path for him to go on. He is charming, adorable, dorky in the most gorgeous of ways, and a complete package. He is attentive, notices little details, and a caring man. He is basically a teddy bear. (Get it? No...ok.) Well, I think those traits are a given considering his mom is a psychiatrist and he picked up those traits from her. He just wants the best for everyone. Also...wait for it... he reads. *gasps and screams from teenage girls everywhere as they begin to sharpen their pitch forks to stake claim on this perfect fictional man* Yes, he reads and is perfect. But for the last few chapters (you'll see what I mean) he has made many upset (not me, I am more disappointed and understanding than upset) but yes, he is imperfect and flawed but who cares. He is perfectly imperfect so I still love him.

The character development for both Will and Cass is wonderful. Especially when you get an insight of the problems that caused all this baggage on them. It sort of sets up an earlier character development for them that lets us know why they are the way they are, add the current character development that we get to live through with them and wow. The thing about growing and learning more as the day goes on is, you don't change as a whole person. To me, that whole 'you changed' or 'you aren't the same person' is bull crap. You mature. But you mature in a way that changes your outlook on life and you are always the same person, but you become the you who knows what is good or bad and can make decisions that may look different than what you would do as a kid but isn't. As a kid you go about things differently, you always have the same solution in mind regardless of whether you are old or young, but now that you are older you approach it differently. You can now see the consequences, regardless of the fact you still don't care and take that one solution forever, now you just approach it with caution. That is development, and THAT is what Cass and Will do. They will always be themselves, now they are more careful with certain things.

The friendships. I said it before, I will say it again; I HATE when stories throw in friends at random times and are always there and loud and create in immature feel to the story. (I read a story where the couple went to Paris, and as they were enjoying themselves, all their friends came by on a boat and were shouting stupid immature things that had absolute no meaning to the story and grr....) However that is not the case here. Her friends are her friends, we get a little insight on them through her past and what she has told Will and they are needed when they appear. They are appreciated and wanted and help support the story by giving us views on her background and high school experiences that Cassandra otherwise would have no need to tell us. Will's friends are the same thing, rarely ever in the story except through phone calls and we get to hear what he is saying about Cass through what she hears from those calls and then an appearance is made appropriate timing as well for when his friend gives us what we didn't hear on the phone. Those deep thoughts of Will's that he has confided in his friend and he automatically fits perfectly in the story. A round of applause to this beautiful author for not only making the friends relevant but not overbearing and giving us enough of one friend for us to appreciate a spin off about that friends past.

3 pages in and 1430 words later and I still haven't said all the wonderful things about this book. It isn't completed yet, though if you are reading this in the future and it is well HI and go marathon it you lucky bug. I think it's time I end this so; this story is funny, quirky, and passionate in a light hearted way. I enjoy it so much and I know many people will. The writing is awesome and the author can make you feel every single emotion the characters feel and that is a rare sight nowadays. I know that one day I will be in Barnes &Noble or on Amazon, pre-ordering this book so it will be beautifully placed on my book shelf when it is published and praised by not only the New York Times but authors like Gayle Forman, John Green, Rainbow Rowell. Kiera Cass, and so many more. Thank you to the author for sharing this story with us and creating the world and characters that we have come to love. Okay I am four pages in I need to stop before I get emotional. 5 gold stars and a freakin Academy Award (they created an Oscar for books just because of this book)