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A Thousand Heartbeats by Kiera Cass

6 reviews

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-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

2.5

So many things about this book were just pretty bad but I stayed for the battles. I now wonder if I should have just stopped

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, War, Blood, Violence, Torture, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, and Death

the love interest murders the princesses mother. There’s also a stolen kingdom plot that in the wake of the genocide in Gaza really rubs me the wrong way

cdoubet's review

adventurous emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Classism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Grief, Torture, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Animal death, Blood, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Child abuse and Vomit

frantically's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What a great read! Of course, it's no Selection, but really, what is? "A Thousand Heartbeats" is a great YA story and I loved the enemies-to-lovers and how they became lovers. The ending was a bit too mainstream for me but still a solid 4 stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Torture

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, War, and Body horror

Minor: Animal cruelty, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

paigeinabook's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Dysphoria, Murder, Racial slurs, Mental illness, War, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I started the year with Kiera Cass and 169 books later, I finished the year with Kiera Cass.

This book was a great mix of political intrigue and an adorable enemies-to-lovers romance! Like any good enemies turned lovers, there were plenty of sword fights and verbal assaults that led Annika and Lennox (names I really like for these characters) to fall in love in a truly magical way. I think the way this book described love was fascinating way too look at love, as more like a sound that envelops a person.
I love Kiera Cass’s writing, so this book was a great way to end 2022.
Thank you to NetGalley, Harper Collins, and Kiera Cass for providing me access to this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, War, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Torture, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism, and Confinement