Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern

Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date:June 3th 2014
Pages: 343
Source: Publisher
Age Range: Young Adult

Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can't walk without a walker, talk without a voice box, or even fully control her facial expressions. Plagued by obsessive-compulsive disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated thoughts, neurotic rituals, and crippling fear. Both in desperate need of someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alike than either ever realized.

When Amy decides to hire student aides to help her in her senior year at Coral Hills High School, these two teens are thrust into each other's lives. As they begin to spend time with each other, what started as a blossoming friendship eventually grows into something neither expected.

Before I started reading I had no idea what to expect of Say What You Will. Well, the book didn't dissapoint me, but it didn't blow me away either.

The character set up was good. It was very refreshing to read about a main character who is different. From personal experience I know how hard and  difficult it can be if you have a handicap. The author did a great job in portraying this, Amy was alone at some points before she met her new peer Matthew. They have something in common, and it makes them stronger when they become friends. That was great to read and how they just very a huge support to each other.

The plot itself was okay, it had it's weak spots, and I found it hard to stay interested untill the end. Mostly the plot was how Amy and Matthew get through their last high school period, and their choices for what comes next, which college to choose and if they will stay together when that happens. It didn't have any specific plot twist and just flowed along, that bored me at some points. But overall, the friendship and special bond of the two main characters made up for that.

If something in Say What You Will had gripped me a little sooner, it may have turned into a four-star read. But because it took so long for me to have any feelings one way or another, it falls somewhere to the middle of the scale.