Language: R (45 swears 8 'f'); Mature Content: PG (kissing, talk of birth control and a sexually active character); Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SOME
17yo Ivy was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis at the end of her freshman year. She struggles with chronic pain and the effects of the medication, she also has social anxiety. Her mother has Lupus and her older sister Caroline has celiac's disease so the family talks about feeling bad regularly, however, Ivy hasn't told anyone outside her family, not even her best friend. When her mom sees a support group for teens with chronic illness, she encourages the sisters to join. Ivy tries to avoid it, because of her social anxiety, but there's a boy there, Grant, he also has RA and he is cute, and nice and understanding. Maybe it's time Ivy faced this a different way.
Much of Ivy's behavior in the first few chapters was so irritating - not admitting, even to her mother and sister, what her pain levels were like; wearing heels to a dance because she didn't want to not look normal and then spending most of the night on the floor in the girl's restroom because she could hardly walk. I would say it's more of a disability book than a romance. She and Grant click right away and there's not a lot of tension in their relationship - he's her voice of reason because he understands. I suppose it would be a good empathy read, if you have someone who needs to look at chronic illness. The characters are white
Lisa Librarian
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