Ivy has juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and social anxiety and it is not easy being her. She spends most of her time baking and avoiding people until she starts attending a support group for young people with chronic diseases and meets Grant. She does not avoid him. But she has a lovely, slightly awkward romance with him. There's also some stuff about how her Grandma died on her 12th birthday and she hasn't gotten over that. Her mom has lupus, her sister has celiac disease, her dad works a lot, and her brother is annoying, so that keeps her busy too, one of my colleagues on the Mass. Teen Choice book award committee pointed out that the book is about Ivy and her life and interests and one of them is Grant. There is enough romance here that you could definitely sell it as a love story, but it isn't overpowering. The family relationships and friendships feel real and Ivy seems like a kid I could have sitting in my library right now. I just loved this!
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