Heart Bones: Colleen Hoover

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I shake my head again, because even if family counted, my answer would remain the same. My father barely knows me. My mother wasn’t capable of loving me. I don’t have to know anything about your past to know you’re a good person. I can tell by your actions. I can tell by the way you treat me. Why would it matter what kind of family you have, or how rich you are, or what the people in your past meant to you before I showed up?”

De Samson no se sabe nada, solo que es el hijo de alguien que tiene mucho dinero. Beyah intenta averiguar y el no le dice nada. Así que llegan al acuerdo de estar juntos por el verano y que al final el le responderá todo lo que quiera saber.with a lot of books, i tend to like them much more than expected. and that hasn’t changed at all with this book. i didn’t have high expectations for this one given that the author is very controversial, and i have not liked any books that i have read from her as of right now. i read this book because i have no intention of supporting the author and i wanted to get rid of this book off my shelf despite my liking towards it. however i do think that this book is less.. toxic than her other books. beyah’s father was another story. he was a perfect father, and he lived in a stable home with a stable family, but wasn’t willing to participate in beyah’s life. because of this, he isn’t aware of a lot that is happening considering that beyah barely speaks to him, and it made me sad. it goes to show just because someone seems perfect doesn’t mean they really are all around in another person’s eyes. i think the reason why i enjoyed this book so much was how it shows another side of society. Heart Bones was such a wonderful, emotional, but also touching YA/NA contemporary romance. When I read Regretting You, I loved the YA part so much, and hoped she would write a YA novel, and as if she heard me, she wrote one. Maybe I'm finally outgrowing the new adult genre. (Say it ain't so!) At the risk of dating myself, it's been almost two decades since I was the age of the characters in this book. And even though I'd like to think I remain young at heart, I suppose there is a limit. My reading preferences can only remain that young for so long, especially when it comes to angsty romances.

marjorie was so sweet and considerate to everyone around her. she gave peanuts to everyone and loaned samson her house at the end of the book, and it’s clear that it means a lot to samson. she was overall such an interesting character to read about despite being “different.” i am so happy with the way this book ended and how samson looked after her at times and helped her around the house Don’t worry. Hearts don’t have bones. They can’t actually break.’ But what if the only way of knowing you grew a heart bone is by feeling the agony of the break?”

the plot twist was definitely more easy to stomach in this book. as i’ve said before, i do think that this book is much lighter, simply because it shows how people do bad things, and it doesn’t define them. some people do bad things out of desperation because it’s the only way to survive. it shows that we have to be selfish and own our place in this world which i appreciated. my main problem with coho’s other books was the fact that these toxic mmc’s would do terrible things to the fmc and rather than leaving, they would be given another chance and we are expected to believe they “stay together” for eternity. however, this book did no such thing and rather showed a person just trying to cover up their mistakes from the person they loved as a way to feel accepted and not morally wrong, like how samson knew. also his name being shawn?? it was an unexpected plot point and i felt like it helped build up to the actual plot twist towards the end. I may not be ending the summer with Samson by my side, but I’m ending it with something I didn’t have when I showed up here. Recién graduada de la secundaria y a dos meses de ir a la universidad con una beca que consiguió con el equipo de voleyball, al llegar al tráiler donde vive con su madre, la encuentra muerta de una sobredosis. El cuerpo de su madre está aún caliente cuando le piden que desaloje el tráiler. Eso la deja en la calle con la única opción de llamar a su padre, con el que no tiene una relación cercana y al que no ve desde hace varios años. Peor aún, su padre se casó y tiene que compartir la casa de playa en la que se están quedando por el verano con su esposa y una hermanastra.

Despite my grievances or it could be because of my period and I’m hormonal, this book made me so emotional I hurt and I cried. That’s enough of a win for me. After the massive disappointment that was Regretting You, this book was a much needed relief. It proves that I guess I’m not completely over CoHo afterall. Nothing is known about Samson, only that he is the son of someone who has a lot of money. Beyah tries to find out and he doesn't tell her. So they agree to be together for the summer and that in the end he will answer everything she wants to know. But as the summer progresses, and she lets her guard down little by little, Beyah realizes that there’s so much about Samson she doesn’t know. He has so many secrets that he promises to tell her before she leaves, but she’s not sure leaving is even what she wants anymore. They promised not to fall in love with each other, but how do you stop yourself from falling? My mouth falls open when it hits me. Samson remembered what I told him—that no one has ever come to any of my games.I thought I knew who I was, but I had no idea people can become different versions of themselves in different settings. In August, I’ll be out of this life, and it won’t be because of anything my mother did for me, or because my father bailed me out of here. It’ll be because of me. It’s the first sunset I’ve ever felt this deep in my chest. I feel my eyes begin to tear up at the sheer beauty of it. Forbidden romances/toxic relationships get too normal to the point of me questioning myself why I am reading the book