Katherine Webber

From the author of the acclaimed Wing Jones comes a 'break-up' book about a Japanese-American teenager, set in the Palm Springs desert, California. For fans of Nicola Yoon's Everything, Everything and Sara Barnard's Beautiful Broken Things. Sometimes a broken heart is all you need to set you free ... Reiko loves the endless sky and electric colours of the Californian desert. It is a refuge from an increasingly claustrophobic life of family pressures and her own secrets. Then she meets Seth, a boy who shares a love of the desert and her yearning for a different kind of life. But Reiko and Seth both want something the other can't give them. As summer ends, things begin to fall apart. But the end of love can sometimes be the beginning of you ...

Only Love Can Break Your Heart

"Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Walker Books Ltd."--Copyright page.

Jantien 

** spoiler alert **
           I’m sad that I didn’t really like this book. I know it was all about the learning process, but Reiko was sooo self centred. And her “relationship” with Seth was awful, Seth himself was an absolute asshole. Her family didn’t strike me as supportive at all. I have never been to a 🏜 desert and now I’m kind of curious to explore, but other than that this book was not for me.

Mijs Franssen

4/5 ✨ I really enjoyed this book

I read this two years ago for the first time, and decided to re-read it now. A friend of mine from England reccomended it, and when I saw it in a bookstore, I decided to buy it.

This book is filled with heartache, grief, teenage angst and in some way hope as well. It is a very raw portrayal of grief, and how losing a family member can be traumatic. Meanwhile, it has a strong friendship, well-written side characters and realistic family bonds in it as well.
I’d defenitly reccomend this book. I thouroghly enjoyed it.

Sophie Elaina 

What a lovely book. The characters are flawed and real and unreliable and I adore that. The whole story is just so beautiful and my emotions were all over the place while I was reading it.

Katherine Webber's writing is somehow both gritty and lyrical while also being quick, smart and to the point, I've not really read any writing quite like it. She really knows how to pull at your heart strings and capture you in a story. And regarding the character arc's, they were stunningly well woven together and I really enjoyed the fact that the growth was realistic. As a whole it wasn't pleasant to read at times but I feel like it was a necessary tale to tell.

Stefie 

3 stars
Look I really enjoy this book. But I don’t know why I just couldn’t feel connected with her character. Like it didn’t do much as much as I hoped for. There are so much emotional thing and I feel bad for a lot of times. Especially knowing what she has to go through. But yeap... maybe it’s just didn’t work for me sadly :( 

However the whole story was pretty good. I am pretty sure a lot of you will enjoy it more than I do.

* Thank you to the publisher for sending me a review copy :)

Only Love Can Break Your Heart

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