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This was a really great coming-of-age YA novel. Would recommend to anyone who likes YA books with strong female protagonists. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Full review at: https://erinkonrad.com/2021/01/30/how-to-build-a-heart-book-review/

I really enjoyed readind this book. There are a few situations that will make your heart feel quite heavy at times and I won‘t lie… I cried on some parts and had to stop reading for a bit. But, what I love most about stories like this is when they surprise you and give you more than what you‘re looking for. This book hurt in more ways than I could imagine, but it‘s also meaningful and filled with so much beauty, hope and love.

How to Build a Heart by Maria Padian deals with a lot of issues. Friendship, families, mother daughter relationships, sibling relationships, loss of a parent and many more. This story really touched my heart and brought a lot of different emotions out of me. It made me happy and it made me sad. I loved the writing and I was so into the story from the beginning. It also has some trigger warnings abuse, racism, bullying and depression.

This YA novel dives into social classes & how that affects high school relationships. Izzy comes from a poor family, but her private school classmates have no idea since she's on scholarship and never invites anyone over. But she's scared everything will change when she starts falling for the brother of the classmate she took under her wing, and her family is selected for Habitat for Humanity which is being built in her crush's ritzy neighborhood.