{"id":7543,"date":"2024-02-21T17:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T01:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=7543"},"modified":"2024-02-21T16:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T00:17:11","slug":"a-thousand-heartbeats-teen-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2024\/a-thousand-heartbeats-teen-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"A Thousand Heartbeats – Teen Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Jasmine Sov<\/span>, age 17<\/span><\/p>\n

A Thousand Heartbeats<\/span> <\/em>by Kiera Cass<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Princess Annika has always longed for true love. But within the bounds of Meckonah Castle, she knows that isn\u2019t possible for her. Since her mother\u2019s disappearance, her once-loving father has grown distant, and the needs of the kingdom require that she enter a political marriage with a man she doesn\u2019t love. Meanwhile, Lennox swore to never let love get in the way of his duty: to help his people reclaim the kingdom that was stolen from them by another clan. From the harsh lessons he\u2019s learned at a young age, he believes being feared is the only way to be accepted. But when their worlds unexpectedly collide, Annika and Lennox find that love may be possible for them after all.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Thousand Heartbeats\u201d tries to show strong emotions and character development, but fails to execute them properly. The beginning of the story takes far too long to set up Annika and Lennox\u2019s first meeting, while the end rushes to compensate. Despite the slow beginning, the enemies-to-lovers romance moved far too fast\u2014perhaps because the buildup from enemies to tentative friends to lovers was condensed into just a few days. I couldn\u2019t understand how Annika could set down some of her grievances about Lennox in such a short time, nor how they could have bonded so quickly just from sharing their traumas. Most of the side characters function only as obstacles or supporting tools with a name and a description of their hair. The world also lacks depth aside from the names of lands and characters, plus a description of one holiday.<\/p>\n

1.5 stars of 5 stars<\/p>\n

Find this book in our catalog: A Thousand Heartbeats<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Catalog Number: YA FIC CASS,K<\/span><\/p>\n

565 <\/span>pages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Jasmine Sov, age 17 A Thousand Heartbeats by Kiera Cass Princess Annika has always longed for true love. But within the bounds of Meckonah Castle, she knows that isn\u2019t possible for her. Since her mother\u2019s disappearance, her once-loving father has grown distant, and the needs of the kingdom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":7545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,54],"tags":[196,166,195,194,193],"class_list":["post-7543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-teen-reviews","tag-distance","tag-family","tag-grievance","tag-lost","tag-love"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2024\/02\/59314662.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-1XF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2195,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2015\/a-thousand-nights-teen-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":7543,"position":0},"title":"A Thousand Nights — teen review","author":"Teen Blogger","date":"October 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Review by Kara,\u00a0teen reviewer A Thousand Nights by E.K. 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