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A review by brooke_review
We Were Beautiful by Heather Hepler
3.0
In Heather Hepler's new novel, We Were Beautiful, she takes readers on a grief journey with 15 year old Mia, who was the underage driver in a car accident that took her sister's life the previous year. Mia's world has stood still since the day her sister died. Her family has fallen apart, and Mia lives with the consuming guilt that it is all her fault. When her family sends her to live with the grandmother she has never known in New York City for the summer, Mia falls in with a group of teens who are all facing struggles of their own. Through baking and art, love and friendship, can Mia find her way back into the world of the living and make peace with her sister's death?
We Were Beautiful is a poignant, simple novel about being a young person coming to terms with a terrible loss. Hepler has written a book that examines the impact grief and guilt have on young people, and shows what a difference the right support system can have on a hurting person. While this book is insightful and important, it isn't the most captivating or intriguing novel I have read this year. However, teens who enjoy innocent, heartfelt novels about real problems that young people face will like We Were Beautiful.
Thank you to NetGalley and Blink for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.
We Were Beautiful is a poignant, simple novel about being a young person coming to terms with a terrible loss. Hepler has written a book that examines the impact grief and guilt have on young people, and shows what a difference the right support system can have on a hurting person. While this book is insightful and important, it isn't the most captivating or intriguing novel I have read this year. However, teens who enjoy innocent, heartfelt novels about real problems that young people face will like We Were Beautiful.
Thank you to NetGalley and Blink for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.