Heart Bones: A Novel

WOW! WOW! WOW! I can't believe this is the first book that I've read by this author, jezz I think I must have been living on the moon. This book is absolutely freaking fantastic and I couldn't put it down at all and it deserves 10 thousand stars. I was hooked right from the first chapter and the title is just perfection too. This is Beyah and Samson's story. Two people that have had such a crappy upbringing and a really tough start in life are completely drawn to each other and my heart bone totally breaks in half for both of them. They have both always done what they could to survive and when Beyah goes through another traumatic time she goes to stay with her father for the summer and this is when they both meet for the first time. This book will really have your emotions all over the place and you will really feel every single word on the page. The love that these two have is so pure, so real and so raw and is powerful enough to carry them both through. I loved the characters and the way that this author has written them, the reader can really connect with them and the story line flows throughout so great that I couldn't get enough of it. This book is one of the most raw and beautifully written stories that I have ever read. I really enjoyed reading this book and I can't wait to read more from this author in the future and I will definitely recommend this book to everyone.

Escolhi um dia livre pra ler por que sabia que seria uma leitura intensa, pq os livros da Colleen são assim, INTENSOS. É uma história por muitas vezes triste, mas que mostra também quantas coisas boas também podem acontecer à medida que permitimos. Eu amei a Beah e amei o Samsom. Teve risada e teve choro. Também teve muita reflexão e contemplação lendo esse livro. É uma história linda. E eu, como sempre, vivo recomendando a leitura de CoHo ❤️

This was a favorite from this author! Highly recommend any of her books! The endings are always tear jerkers but I have enjoyed all her books so far.

Beyah has been dealt a crappy hand in life. Her mother is an addict and Beyah has had to fend for herself since she was little. When Beyah's mother dies, she is left with no alternative but to stay with her estranged father for two months until she leaves for college. When Beyah arrives at her father's place, she is thrown into a foreign life of luxury and leisure. She begins to spend time with Samson, the neighbor, and although she has no interest in a summer fling with a rich guy, she ends up falling for him. This book spoke to me on so many levels. As someone who grew up in a family with financial struggles, I was astonished and amazed by Colleen Hoover's ability to capture the complexes and experiences of someone who is poor so genuinely and eloquently. Many of Beyah's thoughts and how she related to others who have money resonated with me. I loved the journey that Beyah took in this book. She started off as having come from a small town and only knowing poverty. She made a lot of assumptions and judgements about people with money and she didn't realize how harmful this was in her being able to build connections with her father, step-mother, and step-sister. As she got to know them, she began to see that maybe she was too quick to judge people in the same way she didn't want to be judged. Beyah's loneliness was palpable. She built high walls around herself because she had been in survival mode most of her life. Beyah was used to hiding herself from others, lying and keeping secrets and she had no one in her corner, cheering her on. Being able to open up to Samson gave her a freedom from that loneliness. Samson and Beyah had an interesting first encounter that tore at my heart. I knew from that first meeting that their connection was going to grow fast and deep. Although they didn't know each other for that long, they were more real with each other than they had been with anyone else. As I re-read this book via audio, I noticed things that I hadn't the first time around and it made me appreciate the book even more. Knowing the ending, I was able to catch even more layers of nuances to the story. This is one of my all-time favorite books and it is a must-read! It's an engrossing and heart-wrenching story that lives rent-free in my mind. Steam level: 🔥🔥½ ⚠️: addiction, overdose, death of a parent, sexual assault, mention of drowning, racism

I would highly recommend this book. I loved it. I love the character development. It wasn’t too long of a book. It just was really a feel good book about redemption really loved. It would highly recommend and I am a very avid reader. I read at least one book a week.