Till It Arrives is inspired by Jamie from The Perpetual Page-Turner’s Save the Date feature. Sometimes I read books that are not released anytime soon, but I want to share some of my feelings on the book right away, so Till It Arrives is born! (It also allows me to read books that appear later in my schedule, so that’s awesome too.) Since I don’t usually use GIFs in my reviews, I thought I’ll use plenty of GIFs to describe my feelings for the book I’m talking about in this feature!
Things We Know By Heart
Author: Jessi Kirby
Series: None
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Publisher: HarperTeen
Summary:
After Quinn’s boyfriend, Trent, dies in an accident their junior year, she reaches out to the recipients of his donated organs as part of her mourning process. When the recipient of Trent’s heart remains silent, she secretly goes outside the system to track down nineteen-year-old Colton Thomas, hoping to find peace once and for all.
If only it were that easy. What starts as an accidental run-in with Colton quickly becomes an undeniable attraction. She doesn’t want to give in to it – especially since he has no idea how they’re connected – though it’s the first time in months Quinn has felt happy again. But no matter how hard she’s falling for Colton, each beat of his heart reminds her of all she’s lost…and all that remains at stake.
First Sentence: I don’t know how I knew, when the sirens woke me just before dawn, that they were for him.
My Review:
A Tale of A Lack of Feels With A Side of Boredom
When I saw the synopsis of Things We Know By Heart:
What I saw that it was written by an author whose previous book I didn’t like:
When I read through the first third of the book:
When I continued to experience absolutely no emotions (except boredom):
To sum the book up in a GIF:
Oh I love Jessi Kirby! It’s awful you didn’t like her new book but if you didn’t like her previous one perhaps her style doesn’t mesh.
Love your gifs :)
Oh no!!! That’s such a shame! Golden is one of my all time favourites so have high hopes for this one. :(
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Oh that premise sounded so promising, I was looking forward to it. Maybe I won’t read it after seeing those very expressive GIF’s. Ha
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Oh no! I’m sad to hear you didn’t enjoy this :(
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Aw no, I was reading the synopsis and thought that this sounded great! Sorry you didn’t like it!
Laura recently posted…Review: Us- David Nicholls
really??? seriously??!!! but i was looking forward to this one. i don’t think i’ve read anything before from this author. so i will still get a copy when it comes out and form my own opinion. but i will not expect much. i don’t read that many contemporary YA but i was really interested with the premise of this book. here is hoping i will like it better than you did :/
That sucks…I was totally looking forward to Things We Know by Heart, but now I’m rethinking about reading it at all. If I do I’ll probably push it back a while. I have way too many books on my pile to be reading a book that won’t do anything for me. I can’t wait to read your full review Kelly! :)
Well….. That royally sucks. I normally don’t get sucked into the synopsis of a contemporary story, especially this type, but for some strange reason this one caught my attention. Maybe the pretty cover? I don’t know. But, apparently, I should do some lowering of the expectations… What do ya say?! Thanks for the Till it Arrives!
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Oh, drat! I was looking forward to reading this book, but it seems like it’s not living up to everyone’s expectations. I hate when books are disappointing- it’s such a downer! Hopefully you pick up some books you enjoy soon!
I love when you do these! The gifs are fantastic! This isn’t one I planned to read and I’m I didn’t now!
Crystal @ Bookiemoji recently posted…Stacking the Shelves (1)
The synopsis of this book makes me want to read it, though the story seems a little sad. I’m a fan of love stories but I need them to be interesting; I hate when love stories turn boring, so I think that maybe I’ll choose another book to read instead of Things We Know By Heart.
The synopsis seems like something I’d like and that cover is adorable! I’ll make sure to come back for the full review and see what your thoughts about it were. :)
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Oh no! I was so looking forward to this book :( The synopsis looks so interesting! Oh well :( Great gifs, though ;P
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The synapses of this book is really intriguing but after reading your review I’m not sure if I even want to read this book when it comes out…
Oh no! I had such high hopes for this book! Maybe I should be lowering my expectations… :(
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This was my first Jessi Kirby book and it is a real shame, because I was expecting so much more. To me this was just so flat and one-dimensional. There was SO much potential with the story and it just let me down. The sad part is, it was still a good book, it just could have been so much more.
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Eesh… That definitely doesn’t sound good. Looks like I’ll have to avoid this one. =/
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What a neat feature! I really enjoyed this, though I seem to have enjoyed it a whole lot more than you enjoyed the book, which is unfortunate- I mean, this was fun and NEAT, but I’m so sorry that it was such a disappointing read, especially when you’d been really excited for it!
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