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A review by kerosenelit
You Make My Heart Stop by Becky Hunter
emotional
mysterious
4.0
This was a quite a tragic love story with an ending I’m not completely satisfied with, but gosh, I was absolutely hooked. It left me with tears! Emery has a heart condition that causes her heart to stop in moments of stress. And in these near moments of death, she is transported to an in-between place where she meets Nick, an angel of sorts with a past of his own, living a lonely existence as he helps others cross over.
It’s a bit of a love triangle, but definitely a complicated, bittersweet one. Beginning when Emery is just five years old, there's multiple time jumps, each inevitably leading to the next moment her heart will stop. There are some great conversations about life and death, and overall, I really ached for Emery, her overprotective father, and this unique experience she is forced to live. Even knowing the risk, she continually pushes her limits, always with the underlying hope of seeing Nick again… gah! I ate it up!
(heat level: 2 very brief, very mild open-door scenes)
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
It’s a bit of a love triangle, but definitely a complicated, bittersweet one. Beginning when Emery is just five years old, there's multiple time jumps, each inevitably leading to the next moment her heart will stop. There are some great conversations about life and death, and overall, I really ached for Emery, her overprotective father, and this unique experience she is forced to live. Even knowing the risk, she continually pushes her limits, always with the underlying hope of seeing Nick again… gah! I ate it up!
(heat level: 2 very brief, very mild open-door scenes)
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.