a fun fact about me is that this book just destroyed my heart. i am in pieces. i knew to expect the ending, it was basically a given, and yet it has torn me apart in a way i can’t explain. what a beautiful, tragic story. this whole book i felt so deeply for emery and god did i want her to be happy. i wanted her to sense joy and she only had it for such a short time. this book makes me consider how blessed i am and to take advantage of the time we have with people. this life is a fleeting precious thing and we cannot take it for granted. even though i started out strongly disliking kaiden, i came to feel strongly for him too as we learned his own sad past and the demons he fought. at the end of the day, we all just want to feel love. the romantic kind, the familial kind, any kind we can find. i am truly unwell after reading this and will probably fixate on it for a long time to come. one of the best sad contemporary romances i’ve read in years.

This is a very emotional book.  B Celeste did an amazing job pulling at my heartstrings!! You will need tissues, But oh so worth it!! 💙 💜

I enjoyed This book. It was well written. I was able to engage with characters and plot. I would Read another book by this author and I recommend This book

this book was heavy on the emotions. i honestly had to set it aside to read when i felt ready to, and im glad i did. i was definitely in a good headspace to read this one and enjoyed it. i appreciated the invisible disease rep in this book as i feel like it isnt represented enough in books. this book was very sweet and definitely gives the lesson of finding something to live for.

Underneath the Sycamore Tree by B. Celeste is a beautiful, heartbreaking, page turning love story and I was hooked from first page.

Highly Recommend it to all readers.

This book ripped my heart out and put it back together. There were tears, laughter, and pure enjoyment that just poured out of the pages. I loved the diatomic between Kaiden and Emery. Seeing how deeply Kaiden started to care for Emery was both heartwarming and heartbreaking. I loved their banter and chemistry throughout Emery's whole journey, and I'm glad she had his support through her hardest times. Real tear jerker, if you loved "a thousand boy kisses" then this should be number 1 on your reading list, just Make sure who have a box of tissues within reach.

This book surprised me! I wasn't expecting what this book was about. I normally go into books blind. With me having Lupus, this book had me emotional. I could really relate to the character and shared her hurt and sadness. This book will have you crying, so get the tissue ready! I would recommend this book!

This book had been sitting on my bookshelf to read and finally last week, I got around to reading it boy this does pack the emotional punch as part of it is a heartbreaking read as this book contains a lot of angst and a huge amount of grief and the different ways that grief can affect a person. Also, a few ways that having someone with a terminal illness can creep in and take over your life and those around you. I don't normally cry in books, but I did find myself, especially in that last chapter tearing up as some of the book hit home a little too close as the main character Emery is dying and then she starts suffering from kidney failure as her main symptom and she had signs like she had put on a lot of weight but turned out to be water weight from the kidney damage and at the moment, it flashed my mind back a couple of weeks ago when I saw my sister who was diagnosed with renal cancer and it had triggered kidney failure for her. I would say if you aren't good with sad books and you tend to be triggered easily, then skip this one unless you want to be a bawling mess and have those tissues ready as you will be going through a whole box, but on the other hand, if you are like me then you may need only a few to dab your eyes as they may well up but not exactly cry. Without going too deep, we have twins with autoimmune disease - Lupus, we have a dad who died of a brain tumor and then we have the aftermath of grief in two different families. Each chooses to grieve differently. I shall finish here by saying if you need an ugly cry then B. Celeste's Underneath the Sycamore Tree is the read for you.

Wow this book is brilliant! It made me bawl my eyes out like a baby. The characters are relateable for me as I suffer from a chronic illness and the plot was so well written. I love the romance and learning about a disease that I knew nothing about. It's always a eye opener to learn the symptoms of unknown medical facts.

Sadly this book just was not for me. This sat on my kindle for quite some time - twice I have attempted to read and twice I did not finish.

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Underneath the Sycamore Tree written by B Celeste. This is the first book by Ms Celeste that I have read and it totally slaughtered me. Auto immune disorders are terrible and overlooked so often. This book came to me after 2 years of doctors appointments trying to figure out why my body was constantly swollen with unbearable joint pain. It rings so true that people will judge you just by looking at you, without any idea of what is going on beneath the surface. I will still grieve for the twins. Ms Celeste, I hope that you have very good doctors who can help you control your disease. The right help is vital.

This was the first book I have read of B. Celeste and won't be my last. I learned so much just by reading it. I was taught about heartbreak, forgiveness, family, life, friendship, and pure love. it was really devastating and I'll definitely never be able to read this book again, but I'm so glad I read it in the first place. If you’re looking for a deep meaningful story that is sure going to hit you with all the feels, then this book is for you. I will be recommending this book.



Thank you NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books for allowing me to read this ARC for my honest opinion.

Books like this one make me sob(both in a good way and in a heartbreaking way) NetGallery gave me this ARC and while I am just now getting to revising it, this book sent me into a reading slump due to the fact that I could not get over this book. The story, the characters, the ENDING?! I could not stop crying and I enjoyed reading this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books for an e-ARC of this novel in exchange for a review.

This story about Emery, a teenager with a chronic disease, was a heart-wrencher! As a person with an 'invisible illness' myself, I was able to relate to how Em was feeling about a lot of things. She grappled with family, peers, school, and not all of it was sunshine and rainbows. If you are in the mood for a good cry, this new adult book will hit you in the feels. Thank you #NeyGalley!

This was unfortunately a DNF for me. I loved the premise but could not get past the step sibling aspect. Loved the writing style though so will definitely be reading more from this author in the future!

I was lucky to receive an advance copy of Underneath the Sycamore Tree by B. Celeste from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review and opinion. First off let me start off by saying stop everything you are doing BEFORE you open the first page and grab a box of tissues as you will absolutely need them! This book was so well written but OMG so sad! Absolutely broke my heart! I was glad I was at home when I finished it as the tears wouldn't stop! Read this book if you need a good UGLY cry!

Underneath the Sycamore Tree by B. Celeste was a mixed bag for me. I love a good tear jerker but I have to like the characters and this one has some concerning parts (romance between step siblings) and ultimately I felt like my emotions were being manipulated. Ultimately if you can suspend disbelief then you might enjoy it more than I did.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

2 stars.

I didn't love "Under the Sycamore Tree" by B. Celeste. The overwhelming majority of comments I have heard about this book mentioned that it made them cry. I will admit that this story made me reminisce about my own journey with an invisible autoimmune disease that started when I was a teenager, but it did not make me cry. It mostly gave me the ick...like, major ick factors going on here. The main characters, Emery and Kaiden, are step-siblings and are in a physical relationship. Some might be able to overlook this fact since they are not directly blood related, but I couldn't get over it... isn't that how the majority of bad p0rn0s start?! It seems like the author attempts to justify their relationship as being normal because they are both 18 years old...still weird! There are approximately 8 billion people in this world, and you just happen to go after your step-sibling?! This is not a trigger for me, I have read other books where the ADULT siblings have gotten together, but something about them being barely legal makes this so much more problematic. Also? Kaiden is such a walking red flag of toxicity. He treats Emery like absolute garbage... how could anybody see him as a romantic character?! Because he made her an omlette?! He isolates Emery from any potential friends at school because he's "protecting her," what kind of BS is that?! He thinks with his dick ONLY, not with his head. Garbage! I guess that's called a "bully romance," and it is very much not for me. I don't need 100% golden retriever cinnamon roll heroes all the time, but Kaiden is objectively an awful human. And Emery is essentially childlike in this book! She is so inexperienced and innocent and shelted in and about life that all of her sexual interactions with Kaiden felt so, so wrong to me. ick.

Again, what this book does well is show the plight of people who are forced to endure chronic debilitating illnesses like lupus. There are many fantastic quotes about disease, wasting away, caring for oneself as a sick person, being forced to leave your old life and self behind as your illness progresses... but the rest of this book is kind of trashy. Don't read this one, I do not recommend it.

Thanks to NetGalley, B. Celeste, and SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books for the ARC of the book! I was not compensated for my review, and all opinions are my own.

Que the ugly tears. This book was so emotional. It reminded me a lot of a thousand boy kisses, but tugged on my heart wayyyyy more.