Thank you to Penguin for this ARC to read and review 2.5 Stars   
I really, really, really, wanted to love this book. The disability representation was so fantastic and some of the best I've ever read in a book, however one dimensional characters, a lack of an engaging writing style, and poor depiction of BIPOC characters made it impossible to enjoy.
Lilah as well as just about every character in this book are very flat, there's nothing to them, no complexities, flaws, or even major character growth. The only information I was able to retain from Lilah is that she likes strawberry cheesecake jelly beans, is a little boy crazy, and isn't fluent in ASL. That's it. We don't get any other information about Lilah, her hopes, dreams, or even more about her. 
There is a large cast of characters in this, it was difficult to keep track of who is who, or even their position in the camp. Many characters felt unnecessary to the plot, and it was hard to even discern the differences between them. If you gave me a list of every character mentioned, I wouldn't be able to tell you what they looked like, or defining characteristics of their personalities.
The "romance" lacked chemistry, coherent sense, and honestly felt incredibly awkward and forced. There is a semi love triangle at one point, and then it kinda gets dropped out of nowhere and the second "love interest" isn't really mentioned again. It didn't at all feel necessary to the story, and if anything just muddled what was going on. Isaac and Lilah had no chemistry, and truly their relationship went from zero to one hundred, with Lilah having an instant love crush. Much like many other characters, there was an inconsistency to Isaac's character motivations that made it difficult to discern what even was happening.
Maybe it was the first person writing style, but so much of the story involves telling rather then showing what is going on in the story. Over and over again, it just felt like the author was telling us what was going on instead of showing through actions, or better descriptive wording. At times it feels like the plot was lost in favor of depicting the trials and tribulations that the Deaf community experiences, but at a certain point it felt like the less of a romance and more of almost an autobiography of the author's' personal experiences.
My biggest nitpick when it comes to the depiction of race in books is if you can take one descriptor word away from the whole book (ex. Black, Latino, etc) and the character would read as white that is a problem. There is a huge difference between saying a character is a certain race, and actually coding them that way in the writing. (Huge missed opportunity to discuss race when the security guard incident happened!)  I even flipped back to the the beginning to double check if it was in fact an all white cast, or if some of the characters were "supposed" to be BIPOC. Whenever this discussion comes up it's always a tricky subject, because often times people will say you should just be grateful for any representation. 
I think my gut instinct when I finished reading was to rate it 5 stars, because getting this kind of disability rep in books is sadly still very rare. I learned so much from reading this, and have a better understanding of the Deaf experience. And while the book truly shone with how its depictions of what Lilah went through as well as the Deaf community, the other elements greatly overshadowed those bright spots.  At the end of the day this isn't a book I would recommend for others, or even one that I could say I enjoyed.