When she's not writing, she is watching old black and white movies, listening to Doris Day on repeat, or reading ancient Greek plays. The authors of this book could’ve written a love story between a CFer and a healthy person (a relationship that would have conflicts of its own), or simply a story that doesn’t revolve around CF but starring a character with CF! Obviously I’d heard of it, but I didn’t realise that I only knew vaguely what it was prior to reading this book. The author has managed to make us care very much about the fate of all these characters, making the inevitable sadness all the harder to bear.

I'd much rather experience a truly poignant romance that evolves over time during the plot of a good book.Stella Grant likes to be in control—even though her totally out of control lungs have sent her in and out of the hospital most of her life. One day, Stella is on her way to visit the NICU when she walks past a room and notices someone new, that would be Will Newman. I’m sorry, but did someone put a spell on me and made my heart into stone because it’s incapable of feeling any emotions right now? Instead Lord addresses the intricacies and messiness of mortality in a genuine and heartwarming way. Will is just waiting until he turns 18, so he can walk away from the hospital and the drug trial, and live (and die) on his own terms.

I was going to start off by making a joke about the vine reference 'two bros chilling in a hot tub five feet apart 'cause they're not gay' (remember that vine?Most everyone with CF goes through a period of not wanting to do their treatments but it’s not something I’ve seen talked about before outside of the CF community. Both of their situations and feelings towards each other rang true and I loved how I learned so much more about Cystic Fibrosis. I went into this story completely blind, I recommend doing so because it definitely gives you all the feels not knowing anything until you read it.