Book: Our Chemical Hearts
Author: Krystal Sutherland
Release Date: October 2016
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books
Genres: YA Contemporary
Format: Hardback
Pages: 313
This. Book. Was. AMAZING!
I breezed through this book in almost one sitting which isn't very common for me. I haven't read a physical book from start to finish since July and this was one I could not put down!
From debut author, Krystal Sutherland, comes this amazingly realistic love story. Our Chemical Hearts is not your typical YA love story and I think that's one of the reasons I loved it so much! The characters, the plot, the geeky references; they all make this book so amazing.
On goodreads, the first line of the description is as follows: "John Green meets Rainbow Rowell in this irresistible story of first love, broken hearts, and the golden seams that put them back together again." I was excited for this book because of this quote and it did not let me down.
Our Chemical Hearts follows Henry Page and his senior year of high school. This year, more specifically the first few months, are filled with first love, being editor of the newpaper, and dealing with life that involves more than playing video games with his friends and grades. One day a new student walks into his drama class late, walking with a cane, and dressed completely like a boy. This student is Grace Page. When Grace and Henry are both chosen as editor of the school newspaper Henry starts falling for this mystery girl.
We see the ups and downs of a new crush and the beginning stages of a relationship. We also see the anxiety of liking someone and not knowing if they like you back as well as the anxiety and worry about someone you care deeply for. We also get to see heartbreak. Unlike a lot of YA contemporary books this book takes you through a range of real emotions and makes you think.
Having met Krystal and listening to her talk about this book made me enjoy it that much more! I loved the wide range of characters we got with this book. The overly Aussie Australian, the biracial lesbian best friend, the wacky and loving parents, the once beautiful now strange girl and our leading man, the intelligent boy who loves his friends and family.
Henry's parents were my favorite in this book! They're so loving and understanding to their son and are also completely weird and embarrassing to him as well.
Grace Town is very mysterious and suffering internally. I won't go into it much but I really appreciated her character and loved the complete arc that she had.
Lola, La, is one of Henry's best friends and is completely awesome! She's there for Henry and Murray, Muz, but she also knows when she needs to step in and do something. Murray is the overly dramatic friend who lathers on the fact that he's originally from Australia. I love him and his relationship with Henry. I also love the fact that between these three friends they are all equally open with each others families as well.
And then we have Henry Page. Oh Henry. How I adore you sweet Henry Page. Henry is very caring and very nerdy. I fell in love with him from the first moment we met him and I feel for him so much.
There is so much more I could say about this book, but I'm going to leave it here to avoid spoilers. This book very quickly became one of my favorites and I am already looking forward to rereading it at some point in the future! It's emotional, it's heartbreaking, and it's everything I didn't know I wanted!!
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