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Hearts Still Beating
by Brooke Archer
Thank you so much to Netgalley and Penguin Teen for sending me an early copy of this book! All opinions are my own!
Have you been missing that feeling that Warm Bodies gave you? Have you been wanting an apocalyptic romance that will rock your world with the perfect combination of angst and fluff to keep you needing more like you need your next breath? Have you been searching for a sapphic love with a side of disability representation and self love and acceptance to boot? Look no further!
This book was everything I wanted and so much more! It gives such angst and longing which is perfect for the setting of a zombie apocalypse gone wrong (if it could ever have gone right?). I adored the dual POV and the way both girls are so relatable in such different ways. At the end of the day, they're both learning to accept themselves and figure out exactly who they want to be in a world that's gone upside down.
My only issue was partly with the disability rep. Rory has impaired mobility and chronic pain from an injury she got in the apocalypse, but she seems to just "push through" it a lot. It doesn't seem to be intentionally written with toxic positivity as the goal, but rather it seems to be trying to show her strength. But the rate at which she just pushes past the pain rather than modifying situations or letting herself rest was a bit of a red flag for me.
All in all, I absolutely adored this book and the sweet love story that bursts through the fear and gore of zombies. Get your hands on this book, you won't regret it!
Have you been missing that feeling that Warm Bodies gave you? Have you been wanting an apocalyptic romance that will rock your world with the perfect combination of angst and fluff to keep you needing more like you need your next breath? Have you been searching for a sapphic love with a side of disability representation and self love and acceptance to boot? Look no further!
This book was everything I wanted and so much more! It gives such angst and longing which is perfect for the setting of a zombie apocalypse gone wrong (if it could ever have gone right?). I adored the dual POV and the way both girls are so relatable in such different ways. At the end of the day, they're both learning to accept themselves and figure out exactly who they want to be in a world that's gone upside down.
My only issue was partly with the disability rep. Rory has impaired mobility and chronic pain from an injury she got in the apocalypse, but she seems to just "push through" it a lot. It doesn't seem to be intentionally written with toxic positivity as the goal, but rather it seems to be trying to show her strength. But the rate at which she just pushes past the pain rather than modifying situations or letting herself rest was a bit of a red flag for me.
All in all, I absolutely adored this book and the sweet love story that bursts through the fear and gore of zombies. Get your hands on this book, you won't regret it!