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A review by beckyyreadss
Purple Hearts by Tess Wakefield
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
As most people, I have heard so many things about this book/movie. I wanted to read the book first and the reviews are right – the movie was better.
This book has two points of views. The first one is Cassie Salazar, she is wanting to be a singer and songwriter, but she is drowning in medical bills after being diagnosed with diabetes. The second point of view is Luke Morrow, he is an army trainee, about to ship out for duty, he finds comfort in the unswerving discipline of service – but he is also running from his past. Cassie runs into her old friend Frankie at the bar where she works and she proposes a deal: she’ll marry him in exchange for better medical insurance and they can split the increased paycheck that comes with being a “family.” However, Frankie declines and his attractive but intense friend Luke volunteers to marry Cassie instead. What she doesn’t know is why he wants to extra money and that he has something to gain by marrying Cassie. Cassie and Luke now must set aside their differences to make it look like a real marriage, unless somewhere along the way, it becomes one.
This book had so much potential. It just didn’t do it. I wanted to know more about Cassie, Luke and Frankie. Toby didn’t really interest me and I see why he wasn’t a big character in the movie. Plus the ending just didn’t do it for me. I love dual POVs and enemies-to-lovers – but I don’t think this was really enemies-to-lovers it was sort of let's ignore each other until we have to be a decent human being. It was just . . . okay, there is no other way to describe the book.
If you are wondering whether the book is as good as the movie, it’s not – stick to the movie.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail