Out of My Heart

My thoughts when I found out this book came out were:
Oh my, I didn't know a sequel came out! I'll try to find this one and read it as soon as possible! I loved Out of my mind I hope this one comes close to its awesomeness too!
And yes, it did live up to its predecessor, and I absolutely LOVED it!!!
I may have a lot of 5-star ratings on books, and that is because I tend to choose books I kinda have a feeling I'll like, but lately, I started experimenting more, and you see more variety. But man is this one if not THE most favorite book of the year!!!
I loved Out of my mind so much... it was emotional, beautiful, I found myself learning so much and getting more empathetic, and boy did I cheer for Melody all the time!
This one was GORGEOUS too, I loved the feel the cover gave and it's definitely the feel the inside did too. Sharon M. Draper is such an amazing writer, you can really feel the words and thought and feelings Melody has in a not-so-cheesy and overused way. Yes, it may sound childish sometimes, but Melody is still a child, so it should feel that way! I mean I just love first POVs OK?
The first one was about Melody getting to share her thoughts and get them ‘out of her mind' while this one is about her love and feelings that she gets and shares ‘out of her heart' and I just LOVE that, I believe this book was important to complete Melody's growth and especially educate others about these matters!
Now getting in the actual story. If you haven't read Out of my mind maybe you won't understand everything but I think you will anyways as we have some kind of backstory and Infos in the beginning, in a natural way, not just info-dumping; I like that! Melody now is 12 and it's summer break. She loves to read and so she finds out about Green Glades which has this summer camp for kids with disabilities, which I found soo cool that they exist as they don't in my country, sadly. And it's an amazing camp in which you do zip-lining, horseback riding, swimming, and stuff, but they all have them work great for kids with wheelchairs and stuff. Also, every kid has a private counselor who is trained in new ways, and actually, cares and loves kids! Man isn't that just so cool? And I just loved that there were kids with different kinds of disabilities there, not just like Melody who can't walk nor talk, some used walkers, crutches, some didn't as they were, for example, autistic, or had Down Syndrome, it was cool! Melody has such a blast there and learns and tries so many new things, but most importantly, she makes friends, REAL friends!
It was so sweet to read about them and how they wanted freedom, man I just loved those girls! I liked Noah too, he was a sweet boy, and well he actually liked Melody as a normal person, sweet!
I really can't stress this enough, but PLEASE if you're into contemporaries, especially with maybe disabled characters, go READ THIS!!!
And also how sweet is it that Melody is also a synesthete???