A review by kell_x
The Wrong Heart by Jennifer Hartmann

5.0

The story revolves around grief and the pain and despair that comes with it, no matter the reason. It shows how it can swallow you whole, and like moving sand can bury you alive. 

But it also shows hope. It shows in a completly raw way how it can make you come alive with small things and gestures. How you can change and start to appreciate those moments that are worth living for. How precious it is to be seen.

In this book the author summarizes all those moments and feelings. The grief, the angst, pain and at the same time so much hope. The hope to stay in the past and at the same time the hope of something new. 

The author has a way of making you really feel. And oh boy I felt so much in this book. I could relate through her words to these characters and  felt my heart break a little but also felt them heal and being fix afterwords.  

Yes, it revolves around some heavy subjects, but it is an amazing story. 

I loved both characters. Melody by being just a little bit of what we all need: the good, the optimism, a little ray of sunshine even through her grief. And Parker, with all his fellings of unworthiness, social awkwardness and grumpiness but with such an good heart underneath. He definitely had the Right Heart. 

They complemented each other and through their relationship we could see that not all our previous thoughts and preconceptions have to go as planed to find our happy place. They were all they never thought they wanted or needed, but ended up being all they really deserved. 

It was an emotional ride that I only regret not having experienced sooner.