Shivaun Plozza

When Marlowe gets a heart transplant and a second chance at life, all she wants is to thank her donor's family. Maybe then she can move on. Maybe then she'll discover who she is if she's no longer The Dying Girl. But with a little brother who dresses like every day is Halloween, a vegan warrior for a mother and an all-out war with the hot butcher's apprentice next door, Marlowe's life is already pretty complicated. And her second chance is about to take an unexpected turn...

Tin Heart

Jamieson

I loved the unique set up - this book follows Marlowe Jensen, Australian girl from Melbourne living after her heart transplant and coming to terms with the fact her donor's family have no wish to contact her, despite that Marlow desperately wants to meet them. There were some other things I thought were nice for YA I don't see enough, like that the main character is vegan, and attends protests, and she's sometimes kind of mean and has super huge fights with her mum because she's 16. I just thought it was nice to see 

The reason this book is a three-star for me and not more is that I didn't like the writing style much. It's first-person, addressing the reader, which is a style I really dislike unless utilised really well. I also thought the climax came a little too late and I thought more could have followed the climax to resolve the story. 

But I did enjoy the main character a lot and the central plot around Marlowe and her feelings about her heart donation. I thought this was a well done YA about self-discovery, grief and mourning with some really great emotional moments and scenes.

Bestselling author of All the Bright Places Jennifer Niven calls emerging talent Shivaun Plozza’s charming and romantic second YA novel, Tin Heart, “from cover to cover swoon-worthy, moving, deep, and funny”! When Marlowe gets a heart transplant and a second chance at life, all she wants to do is to thank her donor’s family. Maybe then she can move on. Maybe then she’ll discover who she is if she’s no longer The Dying Girl. But with a little brother who dresses like every day is Halloween, a vegan warrior for a mother, and an all-out war with the hot butcher’s apprentice next door, Marlowe’s life is already pretty complicated. And her second chance is about to take an unexpected turn...

A Novel

Jordan Heustis

I’d give this book between 3.5-4 stars. I really liked the plot and what the book was about but I felt like everything was so set up to work out so perfectly every time that you could just guess what was going to happen. I also feel like there was a perfect set up for a major ending twist but it didn’t happen or it wasn’t right for the story. I loved the characters!

Hayley 📖🌈💜🌸

There were so many great things about this book (the writing, Marlowe, Pip, the honesty, the relationships, the humour) and a few things that weren’t my absolute favourite (her mum never listening to her, that damn party, Eddie Oro needing a fucking punch in the face), but all in all, an amazing read that made me laugh and cry and stay up til 1am to finish.

Tin Heart

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