The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura CreedlePublished by HMH Books for Young Readers on December 26th 2017
Genres: contemporary, Own Voices, Romance, YA
Format: ARC
Source: Publisher
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When Lily Michaels-Ryan ditches her ADHD meds and lands in detention with Abelard, who has Aspergerâs, sheâs intriguedâAbelard seems thirty seconds behind, while she feels thirty seconds ahead. It doesn't hurt that heâs brilliant and beautiful.
When Abelard posts a quote from The Letters of Abelard and Heloise online, their mutual affinity for ancient love letters connects them. The two fall for each other. Hard. But is it enough to bridge their differences in person?
This hilarious, heartbreaking story of human connection between two neurodivergent teens creates characters that will stay with you long after you finish reading.
Hello lovely people! I hope you are all having an amazing and wonderful day todayđ
Today I’ll share my thoughts about a book that I recently read and really, REALLY, liked =) that book is The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily <3
First I would like to thank HMHTeen for sending me and ARC of The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily in exchange of a honest review.
The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily immediately catched my attention when I saw it on GoodReads. I thought the cover looked super cute and after reading the synopsis I immediately added it to my TBR, plus that book title?! It definitely sounded like a book I would enjoy â¤ď¸
This story focuses on Lily who has ADHD and Abelard who has Autism. Their story started with a broken door, a trip to the principal´s office and a stolen kiss. Soon they find themselves sending texts to each other with phrases from âThe Letters of Abelard and Heloiseâ and they fall in love with each other *swoons* the texts were so romantic guys, and we could really see the chemistry between these two charactersâ¤ď¸
This story was told from Lily’s Point of View. We get to know her, how she struggles in school, her life with her mom and sister, her best friend and of course her relationship with Abelard. Lily thinks she is broken. She finds herself breaking things when she doesn’t mean to, she looses track of time and acts on her impulses. She also stopped taking her meds for a while. She didn’t feel like herself when she took them, and so now and then, she pretends to take them so her mother doesn’t notice, but then her mother notices and now she has to take them again. Lily´s mother was someone who clearly wanted to do the right thing for her daughter and I admired her. She worried for Lily and checked on her all the time, there where times where we could see how Lily didn’t feel comfortable about this, there were some scenes where I didn’t like how she acted toward her mother and it broke my heart because her mom really wanted to help her and do what was best for her. But then again I kind of understood why she acted that way, she felt pressured sometimes, not understood, I am glad how their relationship improved at the end â¤ď¸
Lily can be herself when she’s with Abelardâ¤ď¸ They both understand each other and support each other. Abelard is super intelligent and the fact that he always supported Lily, loved her impulses and thinks she isn´t broken as she thinks she is, warmed my heart. While this story was told from Lily´s POV I liked that we still knew what was happening in Abelard’s life.
During the story Abelard gets admitted into the Issac Institute. He didnât wanted to go because that would meant leaving Lily behind and since Lily knew that was an amazing opportunity for Abelard he lied to him and told him she was moving with her dad. There were some ups and downs, the fact that they didnât see each other in school the way they used to and messaged each other affected their relationship. But they make it work a the end â¤ď¸ and it’s worth it.
This book was hard to put down. I really didnât want this story to end. The ending was something that I didnât expect though. I thought it was going to end in a different way and that was one of the main reasons I gave this book 4.3 stars. However, the author did an amazing job, I really liked her writing style and the fact that this book was an own voice book, made me like it even more. I highly recommend this book, it is definitely one of the best books I have read this year.
I hope you guys like this book as much as I did, canât wait to hear your thoughts!
Rebeca xoxo
It’s always hard when you want and/or expect the book to end in a different way but I’m glad you still loved this book nonetheless.
Thanks for sharing
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I really liked this book. The ending was a little too open for me, but I simply adored Lily and the texts between her and Abelard was the best.
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Same, I would have loved to read more after that last chapter and I agree, their text messages were amazing<3
Lovely review! I’ve had The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily on my TBR since last year but I wasn’t able to get my hands on a arc. I will definitely add this to my cart now lol. The representation seems positive & I love that they share an interest in ancient love letters, sounds so romantical (totally made up word lol) đ
Hello Lilly! You should definitely read it, it was a very quick read and I really like the representation, plus it’s swoony & their text messages were perfect <3
Fantastic Review!â¤đ
Thank you so much Dani!
You’re welcome!đ
Oh this is new to me!! Love the sounds of it and hat cover. Great review!
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Thank you so much Grace it means a lot, Happy reading <3
I am so excited to read this book! I think that the entire premise sounds so incredible. It sounds as though the book is very realistic as well. I can’t wait to give it a try myself. Lovely review! đ
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Ahhh thank you so much!!! Hope you like it when you read it <3
I love the uniqueness of this book!
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Awww, this sounds like such a lovely read! I’m so glad books like these are getting published more and more these days. Representation is so important <3 Great review <3
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Thank you so much Jessica! Hope you like it when you read it <3