I could feel her anger and resentment and I felt it was totally justified, but when she had her near-death experience, I thought I had guessed wrong. The slow reveal was great, I felt like I was learning new things along with Maddy and it helped me to connect with her more.

Something did nag at me after a while though, specifically after Maddy’s first life-threatening sprint into the big bad world. She has a great relationship with her mum and also with her nurse. Even though Maddy has to be kept inside, she doesn’t seem to be unhappy. I wanted them to have the same happily ever after that all the YA couples get. I liked the relationship between Maddy and Olly, they were adorable together and I really felt for them when her disease was keeping them apart. The thing about this book is that it surprised me, which doesn’t happen very often for me. They strike up a friendship and inevitably fall in love, causing Maddy to make some difficult decisions with her life. Olly is dark and mysterious and his bedroom window is directly opposite Maddy’s. That is, until their new neighbours arrive and she sees him for the first time. She’s quite happy to live inside the safety of her room with her online classes and her books. Maddy has to stay indoors, she has SCID – a genetic disease that means she’s allergic to everything and could die if she goes outside. I knew that it was about a girl who was so sick she had to be kept inside the bubble that is her bedroom, and I knew that she fell for the boy next door, but I wasn’t exactly sure what would happen between them – how it would work, or not, and what the consequences would be – so when I started this book, I was excited to see how it would turn out. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when I picked up this book. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things.

He’s tall, lean and wearing all black-black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely.

The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.īut then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The narrative unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists, illustrations, and more. When a new family moves in next door, she begins a complicated romance that challenges everything she’s ever known. This innovative, heartfelt debut novel tells the story of a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world. I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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