REVIEW: Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider

(Summary from Goodreads). From the author of The Beginning of Everything: two teens with a deadly disease fall in love on the brink of a cure.

At seventeen, overachieving Lane finds himself at Latham House, a sanatorium for teens suffering from an incurable strain of tuberculosis. Part hospital and part boarding school, Latham is a place of endless rules and confusing rituals, where it's easier to fail breakfast than it is to flunk French.

There, Lane encounters a girl he knew years ago. Instead of the shy loner he remembers, Sadie has transformed. At Latham, she is sarcastic, fearless, and utterly compelling. Her friends, a group of eccentric troublemakers, fascinate Lane, who has never stepped out of bounds his whole life. And as he gradually becomes one of them, Sadie shows him their secrets: how to steal internet, how to sneak into town, and how to disable the med sensors they must wear at all times.

But there are consequences to having secrets, particularly at Latham House. And as Lane and Sadie begin to fall in love and their group begins to fall sicker, their insular world threatens to come crashing down. Told in alternating points of view, Extraordinary Means is a darkly funny story about doomed friendships, first love, and the rare miracle of second chances.

Thank you to Robyn and EpicReads for an ARC of this book. :) 

This was such a great read. I quickly fell in love with all of the characters and enjoyed reading about their adventure in Latham. It is a really funny, quirky, heartbreaking book about a group of friends who live in a sanatorium for teens with TB. 

The friendship between the group of friends is really interesting. I like that they are all honest with each other (in a way…) and want to make the most out of their time in Latham. They don't care what others think of them. They are a group of misfits who fit together in an unlikely way. 

I can't talk much about the story because spoilers… but I kind of predicted that it would happen. I wasn't surprised by the ending, but I also didn't want it to happen.

Honestly I really loved this story. It is a great read about friendship, love, and new experiences. And I really loved the talk of Dapper Day and the video about the guy who acts like various animals. 

Five out of five stars.