THE BOOK OF BROKEN HEARTS is by one of my favorite YA authors, Sarah Ockler. She takes you on a wild ride with your emotions and she never lets you go. Β THE BOOK OF BROKEN HEARTS is no exception. Β Jude Hernandez is about to begin her final summer before going away to college. Β She is spending the summer with her father, Papi, who is in the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease. Β It is breaking Jude's heart to see her strong, big Papi going through this horrible disease. Β The one thing Jude knows that makes her father happy, is his vintage motorcycle, who he calls Valentina. Β She gets it in her head to rebuild his old bike and maybe, just maybe, it will bring all his memories back and make him feel good again.
With the help of a local garage, Jude finds a mechanic willing to work on Valentina. Β His name is Emilio and he really knows his stuff. Β The only problem with that is that his last name is Vargas. So what you say? Well Β out of Β Jude's three sisters, two of them have had their hearts broken by Vargas boys!! Β So, they create a book of broken hearts and all of them, Jude included, Β swear on it that they will never ever go near a Vargas for as long as they live. Β They take a blood oath they are Β so serious about it! Β Well, this is when the story gets crazy as Jude tries to fight her feelings for the Vargas bad boy and keep it a big secret from her sisters. Β
Your heart will break throughout THE BOOK OF BROKEN HEARTS for Jude. Β For her to watch her father slowly but surely lose his memory is so hard. Β She is trying so hard to help him and keep at least Β the memories he had while on his bike, Β alive in his mind. Β He was in a biker gang when he first got it and the stories he tells her about it, it's like they took place yesterday. Β Emilio is great with Papi, so patient and kind and Jude feels her feelings growing stronger for him Β every day!Β
I truly feel this is Sarah's best book yet. It is emotional, gut wrenching, and a book that stays with you long Β after you are finished with it. Β It is a book of family love and heart break. Β THE BOOK OF BROKEN HEARTS will have you turning the pages late into the night. Β Sarah really brings the swoon effect alive in her book and I'm Β telling you, you will be in love with Emilio by the end of the book. Β Be prepared to cry ugly when reading THE BOOK OF BROKEN HEARTS. The bond this family has is so strong and always present. Β How could you not fall in love with all of them?
When all signs point to heartbreak, can love still be a rule
of the road? A poignant and romantic novel from the author
of Bittersweet and Twenty Boy Summer.
Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most
important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious
heartbreakers. Sheβs seen the tears and disasters that
dating a Vargas boy can cause, and she swore an oathβwith
candles and a contract and everythingβto never have anything
to do with one.
Now Jude is the only sister still living at home, and sheβs
spending the summer helping her ailing father restore his
vintage motorcycleβwhich means hiring a mechanic to help
out. Is it Judeβs fault he happens to be cute? And
surprisingly sweet? And a Vargas?
Jude tells herself itβs strictly bike business with Emilio.
Her sisters will never find out, and Jude can spot those
flirty little Vargas tricks a mile awayβno way would she
fall for them. But Judeβs defenses are crumbling, and if
history is destined to repeat itself, sheβs speeding toward
some serious heartbreakβ¦unless her sisters were wrong?
Jude may have taken an oath, but sheβs beginning to think
that when it comes to love, some promises might be worth
breaking.
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