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Heartstream
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"Friends don't kill friends.' I say. 'Oh honey,' she says. 'Of course they do.'
Wow! I honestly am blown away. I didn't expect this level of thriller-ness when I picked this up, but I absolutely LOVED IT!
The description makes it seem like a kind of sci-fi futuristic novel. We have two POVs, Cat and Amy.
Amy is a Heartstreamer - she is able to post her feelings online via patches on her head that allow others to feel her emotions. Such an interesting concept - with the internet as it is now, people share so much online, so it's really believable that a piece of tech like this could become available in the near future. Amy uses Heartstream to share her struggles, particularly her mother's battle with cancer, and death (not a spoiler, this happens almost immediately.) After her mother's funeral Amy arrives home to discover a stranger in her house, a bomb vest attached to their chest - they have wanted to meet Amy for a long time. But what do they want? And who are they?
The second POV is Cat's. She is part of a fandom for a band called The Everlasting. They all ship two of the band members - Ryan and Nick, and they are OBSESSED. Seriously these girls were terrifying - I know fandom's can be pretty hardcore, but this was next level. Cat's best friend Evie is one of the worst. She is a powerhouse in the fandom - everyone knows her, she has every form of social media known to humankind, and if you piss her off you will be hacked, and wish you'd never been born. Their lives are 'Rick4eva' (Ryan and Nick). What Cat hasn't told her best friend, and probably never will - is that she is secretly dating Ryan. The lead singer. If the fandom found out they would be out for blood. (Imagine - every girlfriend Justin Bieber has ever had, the amount of abuse they recieved from fans.)
So how do these two characters link? How are they connected? Well, I am not going to tell you, because you NEED to read this book. Just know that I was absolutely SHOOK when all the revelations came out, and there is twist after twist and twist. Honestly, I can't view fandom's in the same light, and this was some seriously DARK parts of human nature.
I was truly gripped. Don't miss out on this one guys, honestly it is so worth it!
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Well my nerves are shot to all hell, but damn this was GOOD!!!
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Charlotte May's review
bookshelves: crime-mystery-thriller, favourites, illness-mental-terminal, sci-fi, ya
Jul 24, 2019
bookshelves: crime-mystery-thriller, favourites, illness-mental-terminal, sci-fi, ya
"Friends don't kill friends.' I say. 'Oh honey,' she says. 'Of course they do.'
Wow! I honestly am blown away. I didn't expect this level of thriller-ness when I picked this up, but I absolutely LOVED IT!
The description makes it seem like a kind of sci-fi futuristic novel. We have two POVs, Cat and Amy.
Amy is a Heartstreamer - she is able to post her feelings online via patches on her head that allow others to feel her emotions. Such an interesting concept - with the internet as it is now, people share so much online, so it's really believable that a piece of tech like this could become available in the near future. Amy uses Heartstream to share her struggles, particularly her mother's battle with cancer, and death (not a spoiler, this happens almost immediately.) After her mother's funeral Amy arrives home to discover a stranger in her house, a bomb vest attached to their chest - they have wanted to meet Amy for a long time. But what do they want? And who are they?
The second POV is Cat's. She is part of a fandom for a band called The Everlasting. They all ship two of the band members - Ryan and Nick, and they are OBSESSED. Seriously these girls were terrifying - I know fandom's can be pretty hardcore, but this was next level. Cat's best friend Evie is one of the worst. She is a powerhouse in the fandom - everyone knows her, she has every form of social media known to humankind, and if you piss her off you will be hacked, and wish you'd never been born. Their lives are 'Rick4eva' (Ryan and Nick). What Cat hasn't told her best friend, and probably never will - is that she is secretly dating Ryan. The lead singer. If the fandom found out they would be out for blood. (Imagine - every girlfriend Justin Bieber has ever had, the amount of abuse they recieved from fans.)
So how do these two characters link? How are they connected? Well, I am not going to tell you, because you NEED to read this book. Just know that I was absolutely SHOOK when all the revelations came out, and there is twist after twist and twist. Honestly, I can't view fandom's in the same light, and this was some seriously DARK parts of human nature.
I was truly gripped. Don't miss out on this one guys, honestly it is so worth it!
**********************************************
Well my nerves are shot to all hell, but damn this was GOOD!!!
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Reading Progress
July 22, 2019
– Shelved as:
to-read
July 22, 2019
– Shelved
July 24, 2019
– Shelved as:
library-loans
October 25, 2019
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Started Reading
October 25, 2019
–
17.33%
" “What is it?”
“What’s what?”
“Whatever’s has you looking like a family of hedgehogs has taken up residence in your underwear for the past week.”
Ha!! Brilliant 😂😂😂"
page
61
“What’s what?”
“Whatever’s has you looking like a family of hedgehogs has taken up residence in your underwear for the past week.”
Ha!! Brilliant 😂😂😂"
October 26, 2019
–
38.35%
" “I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding.”
Theeeeeeere it is!!"
page
135
Theeeeeeere it is!!"
October 27, 2019
–
57.1%
"This is addictive. So much creepier and thriller-like than I expected."
page
201
October 27, 2019
– Shelved as:
illness-mental-terminal
October 27, 2019
– Shelved as:
favourites
October 27, 2019
– Shelved as:
crime-mystery-thriller
October 27, 2019
– Shelved as:
ya
October 27, 2019
– Shelved as:
sci-fi
October 27, 2019
–
Finished Reading
