Review: so real, so gritty, so good!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 6, 2011
i started reading this book thinking it would be a nice fluffy love cures all romance,  boy was i wrong,  it was so much more.  this author writes about a subject that is sensitive for a lot of people, but she does it in a way that is so real and heartwarming but never unrealistic and sappy.i could never get enough of the story of willa and jem.  they are 2 people who are lost in their own worlds of sadness that they never expect to find each other and i love that aspect.  their relationship builds at a slow pace starting with hatred working up to friendship then to so so much more.  i felt so involved with these characters and wanted to shelter them in my own home.  they suffer through so much but finding each other really makes them aware of love they have been avoiding.so much of this story centers on cancer itself and i thought it would deter me from reading,  it did the exact opposite though.  i feel honestly lighter ater this story not heavier as one would think.  i wanted only to keep reading more and more of this story,  even though it was extremely long anyways.  i could have read  at least a hundred pages more.great great story,  it was heart wrenching and gut tearing,  full of love and hope too.  i need more from this author,  she may become my new favorite!