The Love Virus

Name: The Love Virus
Brand: Findaway Voices
Rating: 3.52 (27 reviews)
Author: Eleni Cay
ISBN: 9781094293967

Author: Eleni Cay, Eleni Cay

Narrator: Shelly Atton

Unabridged: 7 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Eleni Cay

Published: 04/18/2020

Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Children's Fiction, Children's Love & Romance

Synopsis

When Katie finds out that her increasingly unresponsive legs and extreme fatigue is due to Multiple Sclerosis, she rides an emotional rollercoaster – anger, denial and fear – when faced with a wheelchair-bound existence. She puts her studies at Oxford on hold, and she splits up from her fiancé, Mark, even though she still loves him. While undergoing treatment, Katie is diagnosed with MS2 – a virus that paralyses the mind. In hospital, Katie has to cope with her irritating bedfellows who argue constantly, and where she is treated by Dr Andrews, a handsome psychologist. The closer she gets to him however, the worse her pain becomes. Compounding Katie's struggle is Mark, who returns to her bedside day after day. Once Katie begins Dr Andrews' new experimental MS2 treatment, Mark can't recognise her anymore. He begins to wonder if Katie will ever be cured.Eleni Cay is an award-winning poet living in Norway and in the UK. This is her debut novel.For more information about the author and novel, visit:http://www.eleni-cay.com/thelovevirus

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cheryl M-M on January 01, 2021

Although this kind of sails under the YA genre category I think this is a read that readers both young and old will be able to relate to. The subject matter doesn't change much in relation to age. It's a powerful piece of writing. Provocative, excruciatingly detailed when it comes to moments full of......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on September 24, 2020

"Is it you, Rooster, who ignites these love particles? So tell me then, why him and me? If the love virus can attack anyone, anytime, why did it attack us?" the speaker says in Eleni Cay's novel-in-verse, Love Virus. The book is a stream of consciousness--there are several different storylines, wove......more

Goodreads review by Juliette on August 12, 2020

The Love Virus, by Eleni Cay, is an unforgettable lyric novel about the onset of illness and the difficult journey in mapping a new life. When 19-year-old Katie is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, she is suddenly thrust into a world of fear and confusion. Her journey to try to make sense of her il......more

Goodreads review by Shaurya on October 15, 2020

"I opened my eyes … there were no templates for the sky. It was an open-ended playground for water creations. That’s why the sky never judges, never offers personalised service." The Love Virus by Elina Cay is a verse novel with different storylines; the past and the present woven together into a beau......more

Goodreads review by Vincent on April 05, 2021

You realise you are reading a different kind of story when the character says they give up trying to make love ... because she is 'disabled'. I have never read a book where the protagonist is wheelchair-bound, until I got The Love Virus by Eleni Cay. The book is unique, unforgettable, and it add......more