The Unbroken Hearts Club by Brooke Carter is a short novel/novella about a girl and her father recovering from her mother’s death from Huntington’s Disease. She’s having difficulty in school, and has to finish her media project in order to graduate. Her best friend Cole is helping her get through this time.
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an Advanced Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
The Unbroken Hearts Club was an enjoyable enough story. Lo (short for Logan) is an interesting character who enjoys taking photos and bonds with Cole over their shared passion for 90’s movies. Cole would like their relationship to be more, but Lo is having difficulty feeling much of anything after the death of her mother.
I thought that Lo and her father’s grief seemed realistic. While Lo turned into herself, her father sought the companionship of other people (which is why he allows a grief support group to meet in their basement). We don’t always have the same reactions to grief, and I like how this book shows that.
Although the book was enjoyable overall, this book did have a few problems. It probably could have used a little more editing to make the prose tighter. Some of the conversations seem a little off. Lo and Cole’s relationship issues seemed to resolve themselves a little unrealistically. These were minor issues that didn’t keep me from enjoying the story, but it did keep it from being a four-star read.
Although The Unbroken Hearts Club is a cute story, it’s not going to be one of my favorite books this year. It’s not available yet, but it is available for pre-order. It is scheduled to be released on January 29th.