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The Heart Principle grabbed mine and didn’t let go

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

December 29, 2022 by teresaelectro 4 Comments

Helen Hoang’s The Heart Principle was everything I wanted and more. Our heroine Anna Sun is going through it. She is a violinist stuck in a loop after a performance video goes viral on YouTube. With every practice session, she wants to replicate that moment with precision. She ends up burned out and unable to finish the song. She is attempting therapy to find a breakthrough. Later that day, her boyfriend asks to “see other people” as an excuse to know that he’s ready to […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: autism, autistic voices, grief, Helen Hoang, Mental Health, musician, Own voices, San Francisco, The Heart Principle, The Kiss Quotient #3, violin

teresaelectro's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: autism, autistic voices, grief, Helen Hoang, Mental Health, musician, Own voices, San Francisco, The Heart Principle, The Kiss Quotient #3, violin ·
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The Heart Principle

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

March 16, 2022 by Classic 8 Comments

Trigger warning: Suicide ideation What a lovely book. I have really enjoyed all of the books in this series, and this one is probably my favorite. I know that some readers were not happy with this because it was “too serious” and not a romantic comedy like they were expecting. But honestly, we get some very “fire” sex scenes, so I was fine with this book being more open about the main character’s Asperger’s diagnosis and the burnout that she was feeling and how dark […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient #3

Classic's CBR14 Review No:67 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient #3 ·
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