This book is intense and beautiful. I had tears in my eyes multiple times because it's just so real. Though I'm not disabled in the same way, reading a book about someone with an acquired disability written by someone with the lived experience meant a lot because certain thoughts and feelings the character had were still relatable. Both MCs have had a lot to deal with in their 17 years and their journies together and individually are emotional and gripping. I requested this book because there was a character in a wheelchair on the beautifully designed cover, so I didn't have a ton of expectations going in-- it knocked my socks off.