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Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover
5.0
Synopsis:
Nineteen-year-old Beyah “Bay-uh” works at McDonald’s and lives with her addict/abusive mother. But when her mother dies, she’s left with no other option than to visit her occasional father. At least until she starts college and can get away from it all. But what she didn’t expect was to share those few months with a stepmother and stepsister. And Samson.
Beyah gets to meet twenty-year-old Samson, even if their first impressions of each other are anything but conventional. Between the poor her and the rich him, when it seems nothing would draw them to each other, an inherent sadness is what pulls them close.
Review:
The story starts in the summer of 2015 in a trailer house, with the sad reality of life. Narrated in the first person from Beyah’s perspective, Heart Bones makes for an intensely emotional read.
Spread over some ten weeks, Beyah and Samson’s story will wring at your heart. But their bonding over shared sunsets and sunrises will soothe it. It was refreshing to read a character who is blunt to a fault in everything she says. But also, Beyah’s character arc is one of the best I’ve ever read. Although I equally relished secretive Samson too.
Stories with stepsister/parents can go any which way. But in this one, the way Sara and Beyah – the stepsisters bonded was beautiful. In fact, in all of the relationships that were present in this story; I liked how they all took baby steps to reach where they did in the end.
This is the first [a:Colleen Hoover|5430144|Colleen Hoover|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1464032240p2/5430144.jpg] title that I’m reading. When I saw that a review copy of this was available, I jumped at the opportunity. Seeing how I could never see myself reading the author’s books anytime soon, what with me being tied up in my TBRs, this was perfect! The title was odd, it intrigued me a lot, and when the meaning behind it is revealed, I was amazed.
While Samson was a mystery for the entire story, the revelation towards the end was nothing short of a whiplash. His past begins to unfold from a few years back and what drew me more to the story was how in the grey this book was. After all, life isn’t perfect, and neither is it fair for everyone.
It’s not been long since I cried while reading a book. But this made me bawl my eyes out. The ending is profound but what an emotional wringer the story puts you through. Five freaking stars for this one for ripping my heart out and putting it back together again. And from what I’ve read in the reviews of Hoover’s other books, this seems to be a trend. I need to prepare myself before I pick up her books from now on, but pick them I will!
Thank you to Social Butterfly PR for an e-ARC of the book.
Originally posted on:
Shaina's Musings
Nineteen-year-old Beyah “Bay-uh” works at McDonald’s and lives with her addict/abusive mother. But when her mother dies, she’s left with no other option than to visit her occasional father. At least until she starts college and can get away from it all. But what she didn’t expect was to share those few months with a stepmother and stepsister. And Samson.
Beyah gets to meet twenty-year-old Samson, even if their first impressions of each other are anything but conventional. Between the poor her and the rich him, when it seems nothing would draw them to each other, an inherent sadness is what pulls them close.
Review:
The story starts in the summer of 2015 in a trailer house, with the sad reality of life. Narrated in the first person from Beyah’s perspective, Heart Bones makes for an intensely emotional read.
Kindness doesn’t sink as deep into your skin as the damage does. The damage stains your soul so bad, you can’t scrub it off. It stays there forever, and I feel like people can see all my damage just by looking at me.
Spread over some ten weeks, Beyah and Samson’s story will wring at your heart. But their bonding over shared sunsets and sunrises will soothe it. It was refreshing to read a character who is blunt to a fault in everything she says. But also, Beyah’s character arc is one of the best I’ve ever read. Although I equally relished secretive Samson too.
“But me and you? We’re just…depressing.”
Samson laughs. “Not depressing. We’re deep. There’s a difference.”
“If you say so.”
Stories with stepsister/parents can go any which way. But in this one, the way Sara and Beyah – the stepsisters bonded was beautiful. In fact, in all of the relationships that were present in this story; I liked how they all took baby steps to reach where they did in the end.
He tastes like saltwater and my blood feels like the sea, raging and crashing through my veins.
This is the first [a:Colleen Hoover|5430144|Colleen Hoover|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1464032240p2/5430144.jpg] title that I’m reading. When I saw that a review copy of this was available, I jumped at the opportunity. Seeing how I could never see myself reading the author’s books anytime soon, what with me being tied up in my TBRs, this was perfect! The title was odd, it intrigued me a lot, and when the meaning behind it is revealed, I was amazed.
It does hurt. It’s fucking brutal. It isn’t fair. I finally have something good in my life and now I’m being forced to leave it behind.
While Samson was a mystery for the entire story, the revelation towards the end was nothing short of a whiplash. His past begins to unfold from a few years back and what drew me more to the story was how in the grey this book was. After all, life isn’t perfect, and neither is it fair for everyone.
…we’re all made up of more than our past behaviors, good or bad.
It’s not been long since I cried while reading a book. But this made me bawl my eyes out. The ending is profound but what an emotional wringer the story puts you through. Five freaking stars for this one for ripping my heart out and putting it back together again. And from what I’ve read in the reviews of Hoover’s other books, this seems to be a trend. I need to prepare myself before I pick up her books from now on, but pick them I will!
Thank you to Social Butterfly PR for an e-ARC of the book.
Originally posted on:
Shaina's Musings