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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hearts Still Beating is a solid book. It’s a stand alone queer zombie romance.
I enjoyed the prose!
I wasn’t sure what was going on with the plot at first but it sort of unfolded itself.
I enjoyed the prose!
I wasn’t sure what was going on with the plot at first but it sort of unfolded itself.
-sapphic/WLW: Mara is bi. I’m not sure if Rory’s sexuality is labeled. Some kissing, not too heavily described.
-Disability: Mara is missing 3 fingers and has slight difficulties with hearing. Rory experiences pain in her leg from a gunshot wound.
-Duel POV
-Friends to lovers
For the biphobia tag:
I don’t remember it happening on page but it was a reference to something minor that happened in the past.…”Carter… the [sister] who assured me it was okay to like boys and girls, who punched the boy down the street that said otherwise.”
-Duel POV
-Friends to lovers
For the biphobia tag:
I don’t remember it happening on page but it was a reference to something minor that happened in the past.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Biphobia, Vomit
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oh my god. Brooke Archer, how could you?? This book was so goddamn good, my heart was torn out, stomped on, and put back fo I was crying, laughing, blushing, ALL OF IT!
Now lemme say, I love myself a dystopian book. Hunger Games, Hearing Red, All That's Left In The World, Wranglestone, etc. But this sapphic apocalyptic novel was everything to me! Not only was this my second time ever reading friends-to-lovers and second-chance romance, but it was a trailblazer for the damn tropes. I truly loved this book and Mara and Rory with all my heart and it's taking every bit of me to not make fanart right now for it
⭐️ friends to lovers
⭐️ second chance romance
⭐️ zombie apocalypse
⭐️ sapphic yearning
📍 California, U.S.
⭐️ friends to lovers
⭐️ second chance romance
⭐️ zombie apocalypse
⭐️ sapphic yearning
📍 California, U.S.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Abandonment
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was not prepared for how much this book made me cry. It was beautiful, but it was horrifying and sad. 💔
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“kissing her is like coming home and coming apart all at once”
beautiful writing, characters & plot
i think this checks all my boxes for a perfect book; happy ending, complex characters, build up of romantic tension, tense plot & pretty writing
beautiful writing, characters & plot
i think this checks all my boxes for a perfect book; happy ending, complex characters, build up of romantic tension, tense plot & pretty writing
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes