Soon to be a major motion picture, Everything Everything is filled with everything readers love about young adult romance. It is filled with compassion, risk and adventure and it is a must read for any fan of romance.

Everything, Everything follows 18-year-old Madeline Whittier. Her life is very different than that of other teenagers. She has SCID, also known as Severe Combined Immunodeficiency. Due to her illness, she cannot leave her house because her dangerous allergic reactions can be triggered by a number of things.

To prevent an attack, she must remain in her house, and breathe air that is being constantly filtered. On the rare chance there is a visitor, they must agree to an hour long decontamination, and still cannot touch Madeline. Madeline has come to terms with this. She has a great relationship with her mother and loves her life. This all changes when a moving van pulls into the house across the street, and Olly enters her life.

Olly makes Madeline want for something she cannot have. She begins to dream of going outside, a fantasy she had given up long before. Through advice from her nurse, Carla, Madeline realizes “the greatest risk is not taking one.”

John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars revived the trend of tragic love stories.  Everything, Everything at first appears the same as the rest. A girl is trapped in her own world, quite literally in this case, but escapes with the help of a boy. When I first began to read the book, this pessimistic thought couldn’t leave my mind.  However, Everything, Everything exceeded any preconceptions of romance to tell a story unique and thrilling itself.

Despite the similarities, author Nicola Yoon finds a new way to tell the story. Everything, Everything is narrated from Madeline’s journal, and it details Madeline’s emotions as she falls for Olly. As well as her narration, the book includes entries such as Madeline’s “spoiler alerts,” “neighborhood watches” and the numerous online conversations with Olly.

As well as the creative storytelling, the book throws in a surprise twist that stopped me dead in my tracks. Yoon finds the happy-medium between a tragedy and a “kiss in the rain” moment. Yoon left me wanting more, yet at the same time feeling satisfied with what was given.

Rating: 7/10