Jane's Reviews > A Thousand Heartbeats

This came up in a "you read that book, try this book" list and I thought, why not? It's been a long time since I read a young adult fantasy romance.

Now I remember why it's been a long time. Whoo boy. Every cliche in the book (except the romantic triangle, one small blessing). I think my favorite part was the hurricane followed by the earthquake while our romantic pair were sheltering in a cave in the middle of a battle. Where was the tsunami following the earthquake?

They both are undervalued by terrible parents, he is a bad boy who is really a good boy at heart, she is a plucky fighting princess better able to lead her people than her older brother. This is *fine* as a YA romance so I gave it three stars but I had so many issues with it.

A couple of not fun things:
He (view spoiler)[literally killed her mother, and she forgives him. (hide spoiler)]
His pet fox is (view spoiler)[killed and eaten by his mother's boyfriend.(view spoiler)[
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