A review by katiedermody
Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield

This was so lovely! It's late-YA, features a disabled lead and love interest, and is a time loop story. Phoebe has been stuck repeating August 6th for almost a month, not fully sure how she got there but wondering if it's because on the original day she was in a really bad IBS flare up and in the midst of her pain asked the universe to make it all stop. She lives the same day over and over in what was supposed to be the last summer month before senior year, until something changes after she gets knocked over by a car, driven by her former friend Jess. They then get pulled into the time loop with her and over the next twenty or so non-days they get to know each other again and fall in love. They eventually figure out what to do to escape the loop but when Phoebe finally wakes up on Aug 7 it isn't all good. I liked that the story didn't end there, like so many movies or time loop stories do. I loved the disability rep, both Phoebe and her IBS and Jess and their arthritis. Phoebe's only got a vague diagnosis since doctors tend to dismiss her because of her age and for being a fat person. The pain, and the shame she feels having IBS-D were very well written and relatable. Jess does have a diagnosis (oligoarthritis, which I looked up and is a type of juvenile arthritis) and now uses a cane and sometimes a walker depending on their pain and mobility level that day. The fact that they do everything they can, whether that's because it's literally what they can do or because they can't afford the more expensive therapy, and rock a lavender cane were relatable to me. There was a line they said that I especially related to: "Sometimes we push ourselves a little to far, ya know? How could we not when the limits of our bodies are already so small?" This was the author's debut and I'm excited to see what comes next from them (if something does) because I really liked this.