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Heartsong

TJ Klune

4.46 AVERAGE

razzledazzle06's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny fast-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

bente_p's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

goldensisyphus's review

5.0

dark emotional mysterious 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

This entire series is excellent but this story is by far my favorite. So SO well done! The narrator Kirt Graves does such an awesome job with his MA/New England/NY combo accent.

Content Warnings

litas_reads's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional 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: Complicated

chey_n_n's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny 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

acaprice20's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sab_rose's review

5.0

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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: Yes

Content Warnings

sea_me's review against another edition

5.0

Layers upon layers upon layers. And in this book we get to peel them back one by one and expose the heart of the Green Creek series.
The writing is amazing, as always, in that perfect style I've come to associate with TJ Klune alone, and the story both sucker-punches you and hugs you with all its might.
While Carter is my favorite Bennett brother, Robbie is by far my favorite member of the Bennet Pack!! He is kind, considerate, awkward (adorably awkward), nerdy, wears glasses he doesn't need (which is explained in this book), and has a heart of gold. He's funny and smart. And he loves Kelly. Sweet sweet Kelly.
This book broke my heart but then healed it better again. And that's what brilliant writing should be able to do.

6 stars, easily.

yeldarb215's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Yes

This was an achingly beautiful continuation of TJ Klune’s Green Creek series that completely gutted me—in the best way. It’s a story that grabs hold of your heart and doesn’t let go, weaving themes of memory, identity, belonging, and love into every page.

Without giving anything away, this installment follows a quieter, more introspective path than the previous books, but its emotional impact is seismic. It’s about rediscovering who you are when everything you’ve known is taken from you, and how love—and family—can be both a compass and a home.

This book is devastating. There were moments I had to put it down just to breathe. But within the heartbreak is a tenderness that shines. Klune masterfully explores what it means to find strength in vulnerability, and how “home” is not just a place, but the people who anchor us.

If Wolfsong is about first love and Ravensong is about healing past wounds, Heartsong is about holding on—despite loss, despite fear, despite the unknown. It’s gut-wrenching and raw, but also filled with hope.

Prepare yourself emotionally. This book hurts—but it’s a necessary kind of hurt. One that makes you feel more alive for having experienced it.

silenceofthreenicks's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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