A review by bookwormmelissa
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck

4.0

Thanks to S&S and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this title prior to publication. I heard about this book from Anne Bogel, and I haven't heard about it in too many other places. The plotting and format was so original, a love story about a young couple where the husband is in the process of mutating into a great white shark. I loved the commentary on trauma, grief, love, motherhood, and continual growing and transforming. Told in super short chapters ranging from plays to poetry to prose, the pages turn very fast as the story changes. What a thoughtful, strange story full of magical realism and heart! 4 stars.