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Would you risk it all for Everything?

    YA romance about a young woman too at risk for illness to even take a breath of fresh, outdoor air.

Then a young man moves in next door with his family and everything changes.

    Madeline has SCID -- a rare disease that inhibits her ability to do, well, almost anything. Her home is

a tightly sealed, fresh air repeler, along with an 8-hour-a-day nurse and her mother with a background in

all things medical. There's scarce things she can do besides online schooling with tutors and living out

her only life among the pages of books.

    Although, Olly, the boy next door, changes everything from the first moment their eyes meet! He's

clearly infatuated with the girl who never leaves her house and she's curious about the boy who dresses

in all black and does parkour.

    They grow fond of each other at a distance, but take a risky, intimate plunge together. Things become

. . . possible. They continue to risk it all, for moments of life and love that Madeline was never awarded

the option of knowing and/or having. All at a price. Madeline's health is threatened but at a cost of her

discovering it had all been . . . a lie.

    The detail apparent within the novel was done beautifully -- especially pages in which it was Madeline

confessing secrets into a journal or IM-ing Olly late at night.

    The betrayal of her mother was a suspicion in the back of my mind -- but her way of accepting,

handling, and coming to terms with it was new to me, considering most times this scenario occurs in

a thriller synopsis with more sinister effects.

    Overall, it was a great read! I'd highly recommend.

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