A review by gina_readsbooks
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

“Just because something isn’t perfect doesn’t mean we need to throw it away.”

I put off reading this because I didn’t particular love the first two books in this series, but wow is the book incredible. 

Anna is such a great character. She wants to make everyone happy and doesn’t really understand the way her brain works. Through therapy she is diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum. As someone diagnosed with ADHD late in life, her struggles with understanding her diagnosis and what that means is so relatable. It’s portrayed so well. 

Her relationship with Quan is so beautiful and I really adored him. He meets her where she is, which is something that she hasn’t had before. She doesn’t feel pressured when they’re intimate, and it just feels so heartwarming. He has his own struggles, buy he finds such a bright spot in Anna. 

Anna’s sister is such a villain. She is the actually worst, and I did hope there would be some resolution with her. But Anna and Quan’s story is so wonderful that it didn’t matter in the end.