Blog Tour Review-Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things by Jacqueline Firkins

Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers

Release Date: December 17th 2019

Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Retellings, Contemporary

Synopsis:

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 suburbanites 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. Edie has her own plans, and they don’t include a prince charming.

But as Edie dives into schoolwork and applying for college scholarships, she finds herself drawn to two Mansfield boys who start vying for her attention. First there's Sebastian, Edie’s childhood friend and first love. He’s sweet and smart and . . . already has a girlfriend. Then there's Henry, the local bad boy and all-around player. He’s totally off limits, even if his kisses are chemically addictive.

Both boys are trouble. Edie can’t help but get caught between them. Someone's heart is going to break. Now she just has to make sure it isn't hers.

Review:

Anytime I see there’s a retelling for a Jane Austen book, I quickly jump on it real quick. I don’t even read the synopsis, I just follow the story into oblivion because yes, I’m a huge fan. Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things is both cute and quirky—holding its own on an enjoyable read.

The main character, Edie is taken from one of the only worlds she ever knew, to a new one. One filled with glamour and wealth. It’s obviously an adjustment. But let me talk about my favorite part of the whole entire books—THE ROMANCE! More importantly, the lovely boys of the book. Sebastian and Henry. I’m gonna go ahead and say that love triangles aren’t my favorite; especially when my fave guy isn’t the one whom the main character picks.

The guys couldn’t be more different from each other and the whole time I’m screaming about who Edie should pick...and she doesn’t. It’s expected and predictable but it doesn’t mean I wasn’t any less disappointed. Overall, I thought Firkins wrote an amazing book that will most definitely interest fans of Han and Matsen.

*Thank you to the publisher for providing a copy for an honest and unbiased review. All thoughts and opinions are subjective but my own.

About the Author:

Jacqueline's a writer, costume designer, and lover of beautiful things. She's on the fulltime faculty in the Department of Theatre & Film at the University of British Columbia where she also takes any writing class they’ll let her into. When not obsessing about where to put the buttons or the commas, she can be found running by the ocean, eating excessive amounts of gluten, listening to earnest love songs, and pretending her dog understands every word she says.

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