Title: Heart Bones
Author: Colleen Hoover
ISBN: 1668021919
Publisher: Atria Books
Pages: 368
Source: Jonathan Ball Publishers
Moving, passionate, and unforgettable, Colleen Hoover’s novel follows two young adults from completely different backgrounds embarking on a tentative romance, unaware of what the future holds.
After a childhood filled with poverty and neglect, Beyah Grim finally has her hard-earned ticket out of Kentucky with a full ride to Penn State. But two months before she’s finally free to change her life for the better, an unexpected death leaves her homeless and forced to spend the remainder of her summer in Texas with a father she barely knows.
Devastated and anxious for the summer to go by quickly, Beyah has no time or patience for Samson, the wealthy, brooding guy next door. Yet, the connection between them is too intense to ignore. But with their upcoming futures sending them to opposite ends of the country, the two decide to maintain only a casual summer fling. Too bad neither has any idea that a rip current is about to drag both their hearts out to sea.
Official Summary
24 March 2023
Just graduated from high school and two months away from going to college with a scholarship she got with the volleyball team she finds her mother died of an overdose. She is asked to move from the trailer that she lives in. With no other option, she decides to call her father, who she is not very close to and has not spoken to in years. She moves in with him and his new family in their beach house. Leaving Beyah with a new Stepmother and stepsister. She soon meets Samson, the rich mysterious neighbour next door.
In true CoHo fashion, these characters were amazing. I am one of those people who feel character development and having your characters have depth to them is so much more important than the plot. My heart just broke for Beyah and Samson. Beyah just could not get a break, I mean everything went wrong in this poor girl’s life and I just wanted to give her a million hugs. Samson’s character is also sad although you only really find out toward the end of the book everything that his character has gone through.
I loved her stepsister, Sara. I loved that we did not get the stereotypical mean girl that I was expecting. I loved how supportive and loving Sara was to Beyah. I think it was exactly what Beyah needed.
The ending did feel very rushed so I think that is the reason it got four stars instead of five from me. But other than that the story was amazing, the characters were amazing the plot was good. And I read this book in a day so I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick and fun summer read.
Also by Colleen Hoover
Regretting You
Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike.
Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body.
With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris—Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heart-breaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara.
While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she’s been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together
About The Author
Author Bio from the Author’s Site
Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two novels and novellas. Hoover’s novels fall into the New Adult and Young Adult contemporary romance categories, as well as psychological thriller.
Colleen Hoover is published by Montlake Romance and Atria Books. Colleen also has several indie titles, including her psychological thriller, Verity.
In 2015, Colleen’s novel CONFESS won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance. That was followed up in 2016 with her latest title, It Ends With Us, also winning the Choice Award for Best Romance. In 2017, her title WITHOUT MERIT won best romance.
Her novel CONFESS has been filmed as a series by Awestruck and is available on Prime Video via Amazon and iTunes. Katie Leclerc and Ryan Cooper star in the series.
Colleen founded The Bookworm Box, a charity subscription service and bookstore, with her family in 2015. The Bookworm Box is a subscription service that provides readers with an exciting opportunity to receive signed novels in the mail each month from authors all over the world. All profits from the subscription service are donated to various charities each month. The Bookworm Box has donated over $1,000,000 to help those in need.
Thanks again to Jonathan Ball Publisher for sending me this review copy! Thanks for reading, let me know what you think in the comments below.
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