As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction. As they are sixteen-eighteen years old, the writing is simple and to the point, very readable and entertaining. At this point, what Stella needs to control most is keeping herself away from anyone or anything that might pass along an infection and jeopardize the possibility of a lung transplant. Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient (CF). Will is more headstrong, determined to live his short life to the full and battling against his mother and the hospital staff regarding his treatments.

There’s some disagreement within the CF community about whether or not this book is an accurate depiction of CF.I'm going to let these thoughts steep and possibly come back and update this, but my gut reaction upon finishing this is an icky feeling. She's a big fan of to-do lists (she loves crossing things off) and she hosts her own video series about CF on YouTube. You’ve only been desperately fighting this disease for nearly your whole life just to throw it away on some boy?

The story is told in alternating perspectives between Stella and Will and both narratives complimented each other really well. I never really understood what cystic fibrosis was, but after reading Five Feet Apart it gave me a clear understanding of what it really is. Edit: For the love of God I wrote this review two years ago but some of y'all are still messaging me how dare I say I didn't like the romance. Hell yes, first time at the night time I drank too much coffee when I was reading a book not to be get controlled by my emotional breakdown and probably I’m gonna be awake for entire week, but yes this is memorable and of course is one of the winners of this year.Will and Stella, two people met under different circumstances finds solace in each other, though they know they can't ever be together. Soon, he'll turn eighteen and then he'll be able to unplug all these machines and actually go see the world, not just its hospitals. What if Will and Stella could steal back just a little bit of the space their broken lungs have stolen from them?