Love Always, Kate

Love Always Series, Volume 1

By: D. Nichole King

Narrated by: Christy Wurzbach

Dear Diary,

Leukemia's been my life since I was 11. Now, six years later, I want my life back. Only I'm not sure what that is. The test results came back today. 22,000. Which means I'm officially out of remission - again. I have three options:

• Another round of chemo
• A super-new experimental drug
• Dump it all - forget the meds and treatments and enjoy the time I have left

I think I know what I want. Then, in walks Damian, changing everything.

I mean, everything...

He's got his own set of issues. It binds us together, you know? We understand what it's like to lose what matters most in seconds. Still, the last thing I need is to have someone else to crush if I can't fight hard enough. And the last thing he needs is someone else to grieve.

Never mind. I'm down to two options now.

Somehow I know that whichever one I choose, the result will be the same. With the sand in my hourglass seeping to the bottom, I hope there's enough left to show Damian that life's worth living.

Worth fighting for. Worth dying for.

Love Always,

Kate

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Wisdom in one so young

Two young people find each other in this poignant and beautiful storyline. Each are dealing with pain, neither of there own making but they both give and find solace. This story does not have an HEA for one but hopefully it does for the other in the future.
Very nicely performed by the narrator.

Well Done

***This review contains spoilers.***

After a decade of medical crisis, I realized how much I connect with books about people living with medical crises. This book came close to the mark for me. I really liked the story. The characters could have benefited from a little more depth. For example, how were her parents not inconsolable? The biggest problem, though, was that the details of cancer weren't quite right. Those headaches would have been worst in the morning and would have improved when she got up and moving. And the tests to detect spread would have been done on more than just blood, like spinal fluid.

That said, the sentiments were quite good. Literally the only way I've seen to cope with childhood cancer is to accept that we cannot control the outcome and to look for the good within the bad. Thank you for shining a light on that. And thank you for being brave enough to describe the moments of her death. Those moments are sacred and I'm glad you didn't gloss over it.