Lily has ADHD and suffers from poor impulse control. She’s bright, but failing most of her
classes. She
considers it pretty much inevitable that she will fail at everything she
undertakes. So, it comes as some
surprise when she finds herself in a budding relationship with Abelard, who is autistic
and has issues of his own.
Somehow it
just happened (admittedly when she decided to impulsively kiss Abelard while they were sitting in the principal's office!).
But a relationship between the always late and easily distracted Lily and
the obsessively punctual Abelard will be full of greater tortures than the
medieval lovers Abelard and Heloise!
A charming love story that sounds like it should be a
comedy, but never really goes into romantic comedy territory.
Instead, Creedle plays this straught, exploring with openness and sympathy the emotional
rollercoaster of adolescent love (full of so many expectations and impulses as
it is) through the eyes of the neuro atypical.
The character building is lovely and you really get inside Lily’s head
(Abelard's somewhat less so). She's a unique character – maddening much of the time but so easy to like as well -- that it is easy to see how Lily’s friends and
teachers can like her and support her. And you find yourself doing so as well!
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