A review by zoemig
Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love by Heather Demetrios

2.0

I am trying to get better about DNFing books I don't enjoy, but because Dear Heartbreak edited by Heather Demetrios was a collection featuring various authors, I kept thinking that the next essay would be the one that sold me on the book. Unfortunately, after nearly three months reading this collection, my main takeaway is that it just wasn't for me. It's filled with anonymous letters from teens to/about heartbreak, and young adult authors--many of whom have written books I really like--respond with their own personal experiences. But the letters often just felt like an excuse for the writer to tell a specific and generally not very inspiring story from their own life. It's hard to do self-help well, and I just don't think Dear Heartbreak manages it. That said, I'll definitely continue to pick up books by the authors contained within this collection, I'll just try to be pickier about my next anthology.