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    Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things
    Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things
    Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things
    Audiobook11 hours

    Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

    Written by Jacqueline Firkins

    Narrated by Laura Knight Keating

    3.5/5

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    In this charming debut about first love and second chances, a young girl gets caught between the boy next door and a playboy. Perfect for fans of To All The Boys I've Loved Before. Mansfield, Massachusetts, is the last place seventeen-year-old Edie Price wants to spend her final summer before college. It's the home of wealthy suburban mothers and prima donnas like Edie's cousins, who are determined to distract her from her mother's death with cute boys and Cinderella-style makeovers. She's got her own plans, and they don't include any prince charming. But as she dives into schoolwork and getting a scholarship for college, Edie finds herself drawn to two Mansfield boys strumming for her attention: First, there's Sebastian, Edie's childhood friend and first love, who's sweet and smart and . . . already has a girlfriend. Then there's Henry, the local bad boy and all-around player who's totally off limits-even if his kisses are chemically addictive. Both boys are trouble. Edie can't help herself from being caught between them. Now, she just has to make sure it isn't her heart that breaks in the process.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateDec 17, 2019
    ISBN9781980051480
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    Jacqueline Firkins

    Jacqueline Firkins is a playwright, screenwriter, and comics artist who’s been creating worlds and characters as a set and costume designer for the past twenty years. She’s on the fulltime faculty at the University of British Columbia where she also takes any writing class they’ll let her into. When not writing, drawing, or sewing, she can be found running by the ocean, listening to earnest love songs, and pretending her dog understands every word she says. Twitter: JFkillsdarlings Instagram: jfkillsdarlings 

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    • 2/5
      DNF at Chapter 10.

      This reads like it's written by someone whose only knowledge of what it's like to be in high school comes from watching bad teen movies. Very cliche, in the worst kind of way. The love interests so far are trash (and not in a good angsty way) and I don't think I could get into any relationships that develop from either of them.
    • 2/5
      It was an okay book. A bit predictable but I liked the characters.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed the voice this writer writes with and imbued into her characters. Each character is complex with inner worlds and struggles. I also very much appreciate the struggles are very approachable and common things with class, being true to yourself, loss, the meaning of friendship and love. Doesn't need some fantastical conflict these everyday ones are enough. I really appreciate how level headed the main character is.I do feel that there are depths to Henry that are not explored but should be #teamhenry.
    • 3/5
      This one got off to a slow start, but there was something about it that kept my interest going. Honestly, it was probably wondering if Edie would keep her feelings for her childhood love, Sebastian, or fall for the bad-boy Henry who seemed interested in her right from the start, despite his history with girls.

      The love triangle was a bit frustrating because it was obvious that Sebastian had something for Edie, but he already had a girlfriend and she kept showing up at the most inconvenient times. To be honest though, I’m not so sure about the love triangle because I wasn’t too keen about Henry and I feel like the plot would have worked without him because of Sebastian’s girlfriend being such an obstacle.

      I think what I liked most about the book was how Edie had grown in realizing how her actions affect others and whether she’s being selfish in situations or not. This went back to the situation she was in with her best friend before she moved and throughout the book she tries to make amends online and through texts, but she later realizes that she needs to see her friend face-to-face and give a heartfelt, no bullshit apology.

      So, overall, I did like this book. It’s a quick and light read. However, it’s not quite up in my top favorites.