It's not easy being able to capture the thought process of someone living with a chronic illness. Betty Corrello was able to do it so beautifully. As someone who is living with a chronic illness, although not lupus, the emotions that Betty was able to put into her writing really capture the feelings of having a chronic illness. Nadia struggling to learn her new life after diagnosis to Marco struggling to learn his new life after retiring, 32 Days in May was such a perfect and funny read.

This book follows a girl who has Lupus, but wants to have a chance at a normal life with someone who doesn't know and so she agrees to date a man for the month of May and then they would go their separate ways.

Whew this book was an emotional journey that left me feeling broken and then put back together by the end. There were many points where I had to stop reading because I had to have a cry. Originally I didn't go into it expecting it to be a five star read because generally romances I feel as though seem fluffy just aren't my cup of tea but then add in the heavy topics, the helping of trauma each character had and you could consider me a goner. This is one of those books that I think will just stick with me going forward.

This romance was weak. The characters felt really shallow even though the FMC is going through some really real struggles. The characters felt flat and the romance wasn’t convincing and the story dragged.

Thank you NetGalley and Harper Audio for the audio ARC!

🎧AUDIOBOOK REVIEW🎧

4 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

I loved this audio! The narrator was great! She did a great job with this beautifully heartbreaking story.

This story is beautiful and heartbreak in all the best ways. This book is about Nadia who had lupus and all the good and bad things that come along with this. But it’s also proof life can go on despite her life altering disease. Highly recommend

A very cute swoonworthy romance that deals with heavy topics masterfully! I couldn't wait to read more from Betty Corrello after readying Summerline Punchline and this was a fantastic follow-up. There was certainly no sophmore slump for Corrello, I can't wait to read more from this author.

The narration in this audio was also great and brought the story to life! I read the ARC last year and was thrilled to get a chance to revisit this listening to the audiobook

There was a lot about this I really liked! The setting down the shore, the banter, disability representation, and surprisingly the insta-love (usually I'm not a fan but it really worked here!) but this was one of those books where I was just like, "pleaseeee just talk to each other!!!" for most of it. I loved the character of Marco, but I wish we had more depth to his backstory, especially after all the talk about him being so troubled and his comments about being jealous of Nadia's childhood. I really liked Nadia and I felt like her perspective as she fell in love and tried to cope with her condition was so genuine and raw. Also loved the NJ Italian family representation of course! Overall, I really enjoyed this one and definitely recommend it!

A no-strings attached summer fling gets very real when a woman with Lupus falls for the recovering alcoholic movie star slash photographer she meets while he's visiting for the summer. This was emotional, had fantastic disability and mental health rep (she has depression because of her diagnosis and considers suicide) and also has a lot of fun travel moments and sweet swoony gestures. A standout, ownvoices debut that is sure to be a hit this summer. 10/10 recommend! Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital and audio copy in exchange for my honest review!!