Genre: YA Contemporary
My Rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads Summary:
Amy loves Matthew and he loves her back. This is their story.
Amy is unflinchingly honest about her limitations. Born with cerebral palsy, she can’t walk or talk without help. But trapped inside this uncooperative body lies a brilliant mind and a luminous spirit – a girl capable of truly loving and worthy of being loved in return.
Matthew has his own set of challenges – a mind consumed by unwanted repeated thoughts, obsessive rituals and a crippling fear that he can't explain. But underneath all of the anxiety lies a deep seed of hope for someone to come along who believes in him…
This is the story of Amy and Matthew. It may not be a fairy tale romance or set in an imagined world far from our own. But the love they share is real. And yes, there's magic in it.
Amy is unflinchingly honest about her limitations. Born with cerebral palsy, she can’t walk or talk without help. But trapped inside this uncooperative body lies a brilliant mind and a luminous spirit – a girl capable of truly loving and worthy of being loved in return.
Matthew has his own set of challenges – a mind consumed by unwanted repeated thoughts, obsessive rituals and a crippling fear that he can't explain. But underneath all of the anxiety lies a deep seed of hope for someone to come along who believes in him…
This is the story of Amy and Matthew. It may not be a fairy tale romance or set in an imagined world far from our own. But the love they share is real. And yes, there's magic in it.
This story is absolutely beautiful and I feel like there needs to be more books like this out there in the YA community! Amy has severe cerebral palsy and has to use a walker to get around and a special machine to speak for her. Amy is super intelligent and is sick of living in a shell, so for her senior year, she decides to get peer helpers instead of teacher aides in order to make friends and make the most of her final year of school. Matthew is one of her new peer helpers and they immediately have a connection. Matthew isn't your average boy. He's teased relentlessly for having severe OCD and their relationship really helps both Amy and Matthew with different fears and personal issues.
Firstly, the writing is amazing and really brought to light a disease that people may not know about. Personally, I had a friend in primary school who had cerebral palsy and he was in a wheelchair and couldn't speak either, but he was such a lovely boy and he used to let me ride in his wheelchair. I regret not keeping in touch with him, because now I have no idea where he is or if he's alright or what he's doing, but I often think about him.
This was a really realistic story with absolutely no instalove and it shows the progress of two people's friendship growth and also their own personal growth as individuals. The way this was done was absolutely stunning and eye opening. There were also some really unexpected twists in the book that I definitely didn't expect and it was so exciting and scary and askdfhakbh!
The main thing that I took away from this book is to face your fears and communicate with people. TELL PEOPLE HOW YOU FEEL! The majority of the time, speaking up will solve your problem! This was one of the most beautiful and inspirational books I've ever read and I want everyone to read it and be enlightened and appreciate this beautiful work. <3
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