3.5 stars!

This book is not for everyone and that is okay. I have a hard time rating this book as it was good, but just not my cup of tea. I must say I am pretty squeamish and so the hospital scenes (basically anytime they talked about IVs and needles) made me tense up. This is totally a personal problem, but made it harder for me personally to get through. That said, the story itself, is beautiful and well written. I empathize with Ellie and everything she was going through - with her friends inside and outside the hospital, as well as having to deal with her mom who was blogging the whole thing. The story also read very YA with the way our MC was speaking to her friends, parents and medical professionals. I definitely went back and thought about how I spoke to friends and adults at that age.

The narrator was great and sounded very YA (this is a YA book) so that was a nice touch. Sometimes the narration of YA books can be off, and I find myself thinking that's not what someone that age sounds like.

thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital and audio copy in exchange for my honest review!!

A REALLY great YA coming of age debut featuring a teen girl with a very unique condition that includes several serious disabilities and who also has a mommy blogger mother who has spent several years sharing her medical history with the world and just wants to be able to be a 'normal' highschooler.

This book discusses difficult topics from finding love with a physical disability, having autonomy over your own story and advocating for yourself with medical professionals. Highly relatable and great on audio narrated by my absolute fav, Natalie Naudus!! Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital and audio copy in exchange for my honest review!!

The narration was good, I liked the way it flowed. But the story was just ok. I liked the disability representation. But I felt like the overall story was lacking and the ending was rushed. I really wish I had liked this book more.

Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for allowing me to listen to an early copy in exchange for my honest opinion.