Review: Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover

Item: Heart Bones
Rating: 5
Author: Angela

November 28, 2022 Angela New Adult, Reviews, Romance

Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover
Published by Audible Studios on August 19, 2020
Pages: 338
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Angela Goethals
Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
Genres: New Adult, Romance

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Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah's parents ever gave her. After carving her path all on her own, Beyah is well on her way to bigger and better things, thanks to no one but herself. With only two short months separating her from the future she's built and the past she desperately wants to leave behind, an unexpected death leaves Beyah with no place to go during the interim.

Forced to reach out to her last resort, Beyah has to spend the remainder of her summer on a peninsula in Texas with a father she barely knows. Beyah's plan is to keep her head down and let the summer slip by seamlessly, but her new neighbor Samson throws a wrench in that plan.

Samson and Beyah have nothing in common on the surface.

She comes from a life of poverty and neglect; he comes from a family of wealth and privilege. But one thing they do have in common is that they're both drawn to sad things. Which means they're drawn to each other.

Beyah and Samson agree to stay in the shallow end of a summer fling. What Beyah doesn't realize is that a rip current is coming, and it's about to drag her heart out to sea.

That lump in my throat? I should be used to it by now. It’s an affliction that seems to occur whenever I read one of Colleen Hoover’s books. I went through a dozen lozenges while reading Heart Bones, and it was totally worth it.

19-year-old Beyah has survived a horrific childhood through sheer determination when a tragedy leaves her homeless and alone. With nowhere else to go, Beyah turns to her estranged father she barely knows for help. He agrees to let her stay with him and his new family at their beach house for the summer. There, she meets Samson, to whom she is inexplicably drawn despite their different backgrounds. The evolution of their tentative friendship is perfectly paced.

Hoover does a remarkable job curating well-rounded, sympathetic characters. Beyah’s indomitable spirit, independence, and resilience amazed me. I was equally attracted to Samson’s mysterious life and empathetic nature. Of course, I can’t forget about Sara, Beyah’s perky, caring step-sister. She’s a joy. I even managed to have a soft spot in my heart for Beyah’s clueless dad.

Heart Bones is an absorbing, moving book that I highly recommend.

Recommended for fans of:
New adult stories
Beaches
Survivors
Emotional stories

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About Colleen Hoover

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. To date, The Bookworm Box has donated over $1,000,000 to help those in need.

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