The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily

um this book?? was absolutely beautiful. it was my second time reading it, but I forgot everything that happened. I loved the characters in this book, don't think I can explain why tho. and the letters that lily & abelard wrote to each other

3 stars I have a bit of a problem with this book. It's not bad, but it's not good either. The representation is great (own voice author!) and Lily is a beautiful little cinnamon roll with a vibrant personality and debilitating ADHD. After breaking the vinyl wall separating two classes, she falls in love with Abelard, the boy who she hit with she was 5 (LOL) and has Asperger. I love the idea, but the writing was a little weak, IMO. Lily reads like she's 12 and it gets annoying at times. Also, why did she have to reference to her ADHD (because - ADHD) in pretty much every pages? Overall, I'm glad I read it, but I was probably too old to fully enjoy this novel. It had so much potential and I was expecting a little bit more.

3.5 stars rounded up to 4. The first person narration was funny, heartbreaking and above all else helped me understand what it is like to live with ADHD. Not sure the love story part worked quite as well, mostly because Abelard wasn't fully fleshed out enough (the secondary characters including Lily's mom, dad, sister and BFF were more striking to me), but then again I'm about 40 years older than the target audience - if I were still a teenager I'd probably be swooning. Major props to the author for making this more than a story about two special snowflakes who find each other.