[New Post] Arc Book Review: Finding Balance by Kati Gardner

Finding Balance (Brave Enough Book 2) by [Kati Gardner]

Title: Finding Balance

Author: Kati Gardner

Page Count: 320

Published: September 29th,2020

Publisher: Flux

Genre: Teen Romance

Received: From Netgalley exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

Summary:

Jase Ellison doesn’t remember having Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia when he was three years old. His cancer diagnosis only enters his mind twice a year. Once at his yearly checkup at the oncology clinic and when he attends Camp Chemo in the summer. No one in his “real” life knows about his past, especially his friends at Atlanta West Prep.

Mari Manos has never been able to hide her cancer survivorship. She wakes every morning, grabs her pink forearm clip crutches, and starts her day. Mari loves Camp Chemo—where she’s developed a healthy crush on fellow camper Jase. At Camp, she knows that she’ll never get “the look” or have to explain her amputation to anyone.

Jase wants to move on, to never reveal his past. But when Mari transfers to his school, he knows she could blow his cover. That’s the last thing he wants, but he also cannot ignore his attraction to her. For Mari, she only wants to be looked at like a girl, a person, and not only known for her disability. But how do you move on from cancer when the world won’t let you? 

My Thoughts:

I was able to get the first book in the series from Netgalley and I thought that it was a beautiful book, you can check out my review here. These books can also be read as a standalone.

This book follows Jason and Mari they both have something going on in their life. Mari is a force to be wreckin with because she is an amputee, Jase had leukemia, and he does not want anyone to know/find out when he goes to high school because of how he was treated in middle school. for the most part of the book I has hating him because of how him and his gf were treating Mari, but in the end, he was able to come around.

This book just like the last one, has a beautiful message of all the struggles that someone with cancer and being and amputee must go though on there daily life.

I cannot even imagine what the author is going though because this series is personal to her.

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