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A broken soul, an alcoholic, a certifiable genius, a Christian man and a secret that will destroy the bonds of their friendship.
When self-proclaimed atheist Fadesola, gets into medical school she believes that it’s a fresh start of sorts for her. Until she discovers her class mate is charming and handsome Tayo Smith, a man she encountered in a violent moment years ago. This revelation shatters Fadesola’s already fragile emotional state but hope comes where she least expects it. A seemingly innocent friendship with Tayo’s friend, Ladi, slowly develops into a smoldering relationship with both afraid to acknowledge their mutual feelings. Things get even more complicated when Nikky, Fadesola’s classmate and friend, ignores her desperate warnings and decides that Tayo is the man she is meant to be with. However, within the complexities of this friendship these flawed individuals will experience God’s redemptive grace in a setting each believed his love would never find them. Still, the first book of a four part series is a coming of age story about navigating through medical school in the first year, complete with hilarious hook ups and breaks ups, legendary parties and incessant studying, and experiencing the triumph of success and disappointment of failure.
Eniola Prentice, in her extraordinary debut novel has written a gripping and thought provoking story that examines Christianity, mental illness, suicide and alcoholism.
When self-proclaimed atheist Fadesola, gets into medical school she believes that it’s a fresh start of sorts for her. Until she discovers her class mate is charming and handsome Tayo Smith, a man she encountered in a violent moment years ago. This revelation shatters Fadesola’s already fragile emotional state but hope comes where she least expects it. A seemingly innocent friendship with Tayo’s friend, Ladi, slowly develops into a smoldering relationship with both afraid to acknowledge their mutual feelings. Things get even more complicated when Nikky, Fadesola’s classmate and friend, ignores her desperate warnings and decides that Tayo is the man she is meant to be with. However, within the complexities of this friendship these flawed individuals will experience God’s redemptive grace in a setting each believed his love would never find them. Still, the first book of a four part series is a coming of age story about navigating through medical school in the first year, complete with hilarious hook ups and breaks ups, legendary parties and incessant studying, and experiencing the triumph of success and disappointment of failure.
Eniola Prentice, in her extraordinary debut novel has written a gripping and thought provoking story that examines Christianity, mental illness, suicide and alcoholism.
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358 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 23, 2014
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March 9, 2022
Indeed this is a thought provoking story. Readers will be ushered into the world of medicos - the academic rigour and stress medical students under go in order to become Doctors. Reading this book increased my respect, admiration and love for the medical profession and medical doctors in particular.
I love the fact that the author gave a superb portrayal of PTSD in the life of Fadesola.
You will also learn from this story that medical students aren't boring....they have interesting lifestyles and if you are lucky to have them as friends, you'll enjoy their company.
I love the fact that multiple povs were used and this enable readers to get into the minds of the characters. This book had a great positive impact on me.
I strongly believe that second and third book in this trilogy will be more awesome than the first. Well done Eniola Prentice. I look forward to reading more books by you. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love the fact that the author gave a superb portrayal of PTSD in the life of Fadesola.
You will also learn from this story that medical students aren't boring....they have interesting lifestyles and if you are lucky to have them as friends, you'll enjoy their company.
I love the fact that multiple povs were used and this enable readers to get into the minds of the characters. This book had a great positive impact on me.
I strongly believe that second and third book in this trilogy will be more awesome than the first. Well done Eniola Prentice. I look forward to reading more books by you. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
May 5, 2021
I enjoyed reading about the four students and their experiences as they went through medical school. All were so different but all shared a common goal: to finish. The twists and turns throughout each of their experiences kept interest high and the mystery of Sola’s sadness remained a top concern throughout the book when finally the mystery was revealed. I did enjoy the book and am anxious to read the next book in the series.
January 18, 2019
Awesome book!
I love the way I could relate with the characters.
When are we getting the next one?
I love the way I could relate with the characters.
When are we getting the next one?
May 30, 2025
4.5 ⭐️
Re-reading the first book of the Still series bought me so much joy especially as it reminded me why I got into Christian fiction in the first place.
Having God-centred stories and flawed characters who were in desperate need of God’s help was beautiful to read. I thought this book would give me 5 stars feeling, but it missed the mark a bit with language being a bit cringy and out of place at times.
It could be because I am a much more mature reader now.
However the pacing was perfect and I cannot wait to continue with this series.
Re-reading the first book of the Still series bought me so much joy especially as it reminded me why I got into Christian fiction in the first place.
Having God-centred stories and flawed characters who were in desperate need of God’s help was beautiful to read. I thought this book would give me 5 stars feeling, but it missed the mark a bit with language being a bit cringy and out of place at times.
It could be because I am a much more mature reader now.
However the pacing was perfect and I cannot wait to continue with this series.
June 8, 2014
Still was a very interesting novel! I was surprised how much the characters meshed together in this unique story!
When first reading I didn't expect to read about all the four main characters perspectives! However I liked that because it added more depth and insight to all the different situations! It was hard to pick a favorite out of all of them because they have so much going on in their life!
One thing I will mention is that the novel was a little slow in coming for me! I did skim much of the beginning, but once I got about a quarter of a way into it I came to enjoy the novel!
The story itself was hard for me to relate too since I have never been to medical school or any parties! I did find it fascinating though even if it was hard to relate too! Their was a lot of humor mixed in and it was eye-opening to see students in medical school with their heavy loads! I absolutely loved the quotes that were included every few chapters!
Overall I did enjoy this novel and am looking forward to the second novel even if was it very heavy at times! I'm glad I was able to "join" these students in their medical school experience with their joys and tears!
I give Still a 3.5/4 out of 5 stars!
*(I received a complimentary copy of this novel from the author in exchange for an honest review! All thoughts expressed are my own and I was not required to write a positive review!)*
When first reading I didn't expect to read about all the four main characters perspectives! However I liked that because it added more depth and insight to all the different situations! It was hard to pick a favorite out of all of them because they have so much going on in their life!
One thing I will mention is that the novel was a little slow in coming for me! I did skim much of the beginning, but once I got about a quarter of a way into it I came to enjoy the novel!
The story itself was hard for me to relate too since I have never been to medical school or any parties! I did find it fascinating though even if it was hard to relate too! Their was a lot of humor mixed in and it was eye-opening to see students in medical school with their heavy loads! I absolutely loved the quotes that were included every few chapters!
Overall I did enjoy this novel and am looking forward to the second novel even if was it very heavy at times! I'm glad I was able to "join" these students in their medical school experience with their joys and tears!
I give Still a 3.5/4 out of 5 stars!
*(I received a complimentary copy of this novel from the author in exchange for an honest review! All thoughts expressed are my own and I was not required to write a positive review!)*
August 18, 2014
Oh please, that was just cheesy and stupid. Review will come tomorrow, but it's not like I have much to say. Or anything good, for that matter.
***
After sleeping on it and getting a better perspective, I decided to make a list of what I liked and what I didn't. I will mark the good ones with + and the bad ones with -.
+There were a lot of perspectives, we could see the story from almost everyone's POV. It was good since every POV belonged to entirely different personalities.
-We could see the story from some entirely useless (to me, might be useful for the sake of the story) characters, which was boring.
-There was a drama tried to be created, but everything was obvious from the start, so there was nothing to wonder about.
-Love story was cheesy. I mean, I've counted six 'love of my life's throughout the book and it is only 358 pages. That makes a 'love of my life' every 60 pages, if divided equally. Sorry, too much for me.
-Too much coincidence. No spoilers, but know that everything is based on coincidences.
***
After sleeping on it and getting a better perspective, I decided to make a list of what I liked and what I didn't. I will mark the good ones with + and the bad ones with -.
+There were a lot of perspectives, we could see the story from almost everyone's POV. It was good since every POV belonged to entirely different personalities.
-We could see the story from some entirely useless (to me, might be useful for the sake of the story) characters, which was boring.
-There was a drama tried to be created, but everything was obvious from the start, so there was nothing to wonder about.
-Love story was cheesy. I mean, I've counted six 'love of my life's throughout the book and it is only 358 pages. That makes a 'love of my life' every 60 pages, if divided equally. Sorry, too much for me.
-Too much coincidence. No spoilers, but know that everything is based on coincidences.
September 29, 2014
*I received the book for free in exchange for an honest review.*
This book was okay and it kept my interest. I do want to read the other books in the series as they are written, to find out what happens to the characters. It is about students in medical school in Washington, D.C. and is told from the point of view of four of them with one section by a fifth. They are all, coincidentally, from Nigeria. What I did not like was some of the dialogue from the parents, especially Nicky’s, as it seemed very fake and almost silly. And I didn’t like Tayo’s story – how could he be such an alcoholic who blacked out every time he drank, and still make it through medical school? How was he even there in the first place? The book was just okay for me, not that great, but it did entertain me, which is what I look for in my reading, even if only for a little while.
This book was okay and it kept my interest. I do want to read the other books in the series as they are written, to find out what happens to the characters. It is about students in medical school in Washington, D.C. and is told from the point of view of four of them with one section by a fifth. They are all, coincidentally, from Nigeria. What I did not like was some of the dialogue from the parents, especially Nicky’s, as it seemed very fake and almost silly. And I didn’t like Tayo’s story – how could he be such an alcoholic who blacked out every time he drank, and still make it through medical school? How was he even there in the first place? The book was just okay for me, not that great, but it did entertain me, which is what I look for in my reading, even if only for a little while.
July 5, 2014
Interesting view of medical school, its parties, and hook-ups. You follow four main characters throughout the story. You get each character's point of view in distinct chapters. Most chapters overlap others with this way of telling the story. Sometimes that can be overwhelming or redundant when the retelling from another point of view doesn't improve your understanding or interest in parts of the story. I felt a wavering interest that fluctuated greatly as the story progressed. Much of what happened, including the big secret, was predictable. Kept me interested enough, but not enthralled.
ARC provided in exchange for honest review.
ARC provided in exchange for honest review.
September 13, 2014
Received for a honest review. Still is a story with 4 different characters and 4 different views going through medical school together. Four different voices in one story. It really sounded interesting. I like the idea but I don't think the writer did a good job conveying it. It started off really slow and had a hard time continuing to read. I also felt that the author tried to hard to make drama that was so obvious from the beginning. I guess that describes this book the best... Tried to hard..
January 15, 2015
A light, sometimes intense and but overall remarkable story. The narrative carries the reader along in very ingenious ways. The reader easily connects with the challenges and triumphs of the different characters. It is a page turner, an easy read even with the depth of detail shared about the medical student's experience(s). Still, has you rooting for some characters more than others and is a reminder of the power of God's gift of mercy and grace and realizing that the person that needs our forgiveness first and the most is ourselves.
Still leaves the reader craving for more.
Still leaves the reader craving for more.
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