2.5 Stars 
 So to be completely honest, I'll say this: I was disappointed by this book. 
 Why? 
 Well, when your summary touts a likeness to Eleanor & Park and The Fault in Our Stars, I go in expecting a deep, heartfelt story about two teenagers that's going to both make me swoon and rip my heart out. Perhaps my expectations were too high, because while there were some feels working, they just weren't the same. Yes, there are two misfits who find each other. Yes, they fall in love. Yes, the end is a little bit tragic. But these stories are completely different. Eleanor and Park weren't disabled or mentally ill. Hazel and Gus didn't get a do-over (or several, in fact). 
 Really I guess my disappointment is more in the marketing than the actual story itself, because that part wasn't bad. It just wasn't what I expected (or hoped for) after seeing the comparisons to other books that I've loved. 
 Amy Van Dorn is a high school senior living with CP. She's hemiplegic, and needs a computer to talk. Michael's the only boy who's ever had the guts to be honest with her. And now that a new year is coming, instead of the usual aides (adults) at school to help her every day, she's decided she wants people her own age. She wants to make friends. She wants to start to live. She wants to get to know Michael. What she doesn't know is that Michael has demons of his own to battle. After his parents' divorce, he's developed fears and compulsions he thinks he's kept a secret. He's obsessive and afraid. 
 When Amy and Michael pair up, she doesn't feel so disabled...and he doesn't feel so compulsive. These two are good together, as surprising as that sounds. Michael helps her by becoming her friend, and she helps him by pushing him to seek help for his OCD. But they're teenagers with problems. They make stupid decisions. They hurt each other. They hurt themselves. That's where this book really got to me. I think my status said something to the effect of "this book just broke me" because it did! There was a twist I did not expect, and it just...guh. My heart broke. 
 This was a great story, one I'd recommend to anyone who has a disability or who might have children with a disability. It proves that no matter what your problem, you deserve to live your life the way you want to live it. To make your own choices and to be free, no matter what your circumstances are. I commend McGovern for writing it, for showing us that not all young adults are perfect. I do wish, though, that there'd been more at the end. My biggest pet peeve is when I feel like things aren't wrapped up properly.