I'm angry. I'M BLOODY FURIOUS!!! And not in the -oh-this-is-totally-not-fair-and-made-me-question-my-whole-life or in the -im-so-angry-i-wish-i-could-read-more way. 
 No, I'm angry at the complete and utter mockery this author made of a serious condition. 
 Want to know the truth? This book is a complete shitshow. Put it down and don't ever pick it up again. 
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 Okay let's start from the start shall we? She touches him, she kisses him, she runs outside for him (and she can't even remember the very sensation of that bc she was too worried about a boy). So she almost dies for a boy she's only known for about a week or two (of course she doesn't though because what sort of story is that) and so I roll my eyes but I keep reading because who am I to judge? She's 18 and it's the first time she's hung out with someone her age and she wants to live life but then she decides to run away and once again I had to stop myself from rolling my eyes because it's her life and isn't it time she discovered the world, if she decides she can't live her whole life inside her house (although she says its for her 'rose' but I'm going to ignore that fact) then who I am to dispute that fact? 
 Then the bombshell's dropped and I couldn't take it anymore I had to put the book down. 
 OF COURSE, OF BLOODY COURSE SHE GETS HER HAPPY ENDING! Okay, yes she's had a miserable life so far and maybe she does deserves it but that's not how life works!! How is it fair that someone is actually suffering with SKID and yet this author is allowed to magically take it away from a girl who should technically have it too. 
 But even if you are completely fine with allowing the author to make a complete and utter sham out of a really awful, life-crushing disease and turning it into some fairytale story let me compile a list of all the other things this author has managed to butcher in this book: 
 - The relationship. Madeline and Olly are 18 and maddly in love (only 18... I'm trying not to be ageist here but come on). Maddy and Olly's chemistry is non-existant. You wanna call it love? What I read sounded like two horny teenagers that told each other a few facts about themselves and then decleared it love in some twisted attempt to save themselves. 
 - Madeline. The character of Madeline was barely a character. In Yoon's other book I was so caught up in the rich characters that I forgot they were just characters. In this book? Madeline was her condition. You take that away from her and who was she? And when Madeline was no longer her condition, Madeline was Olly. All her thoughts revolved around Olly (what about female empowerement?!!). Take away Olly and I'm having an existential crisis on her behalf. 
 - The condition. Even if you ignore the fact that Yoon basically made a mockery of SKID. For someone who supposedly has SKID, I do not think Yoon did a good enough job of writing a character who suffered from SKID. Sure, she went through the motions of having SKID but Maddy wasn't remotely curious of the outside world, she didn't seem to give two shits about girls her age (good 4 her but come on...) or any other things anyone her age remotely imagines. Her curiosity was only mentioned in passing moments which felt too vague and forced as if someone had made a half-ass attempt at it (are we sure we can even call it an attempt?). 
 - The mother. Her mother whom Maddy was supposedly the closest to in the whole world was cast off and painted as a villian when really this was the only relationship in the book that seemed genuine. Aside from that, the mother is clearly struggling with some mental issues (as well as appearing very thin in a short span of time) but Maddy? No shits to give. 
 -The ending. The whole ending felt rushed, Olly left, she found out the truth then went out to go persue this boy she'd barely been with (physically) for a month. All her other relationships were left on a sour note and Maddy didn't go through any character devolpment. It's as if nothing matters but finidng your true love and that is an awful message to send to teenagers (especially those struggling mentally). A boy (or girl) is not your knight in shining armour. You have to be able to save yourself. 
 - The emotions. I wanted to be able to cry when I found out the truth. Instead I rolled my eyes. Maddy's emotions on her finding out the truth weren't nearly as dramatic and drawn-out as they should've been. I should've been crying for Maddy's mother. I should've been crying when Olly and Maddy reunited... instead I threw the book across the room. 
 The only reason this gets two stars? Madeline's review of the lord of flies was pretty damn accurate. 
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 Esentially this author took a good idea and then proceeded to butcher it with some poorly illustrated teen romance. Yoon then tries to ram it down our throats but once realising it doesn't quite fit she butchers it some more and tries again.