Aug
Sometimes a shattered
heart needs to sing to love again . . . Sixteen year old
singer-songwriter Shaynee Sullivan hasn’t so much as touched her guitar
since her mom died six months ago. But when she meets a gorgeous and
surprising rocker named Dean, her shattered heart begins to mend . . .
and then burst at the seams. Heart-wrenching, heart-warming, and
sometimes even heart-racing, Heart Shaped Rock will leave you laughing
through tears and rooting for love in all its forms.
2014 Readers Favorite Award Finalist in three categories: Young Adult, Young Adult-Coming of Age and Young Adult-Romance!
My Review:
first lay eyes on the beautiful cover of ‘Heart Shaped Rock’ I was completely
hooked. I love book covers that grabbed me and this one immediately did. When I
received ‘Heart Shaped Rock’ in exchange for an honest review I was thrilled.
Somehow I just knew this would be an amazing read. And boy it was..
Shaped Rock’ we meet Shaynee, a sixteen year old girl who just lost her mother
through cancer. Shaynee is devastated by the loss of her mother. She struggles
to hold on and be there for her little brother Lennox, who’s twelve. But
somehow, with help of her best friend Tiffany she survives the first six months
of her mother’s death. But still there is a big whole in Shaynee’s heart and
she doesn’t know how to go on. When Tiffany keeps telling Shaynee to come work
with her in a coffee shop called ‘Sheila’s’, Shaynee decides it’s time to give
it a try. Shaynee immediately loves working there and she immediately loves the
owner of ‘Sheila’s’. Soon after Shaynee starts her new job she meets this
mysterious motorcycle boy called Dean. Dean is seventeen years old, extremely
handsome and best of all a singer in a band called ‘Red Card Riot’. Shaynee and
Dean immediately hid it off and it seems they are mend to be. But when Shaynee
finds out Deans secret, she is devasted beyond words. And soon Shaynee may lose
more people than only her mom.
are some books in which the beginning is a little slow and there is a lot of
intro. And there are also books that don’t grab your attention until somewhere
in the middle. ‘Heart Shaped Rock’ is nothing like those books. This book
grabbed my attention from the moment I first started reading it. I really fell
in love with this story. There were many heartbreaking and teary-eyed moments
in this book, and I also shed some tears. This book was just that beautiful. I
loved reading about Shaynee and Dean and I felled so sorry for the loss Shaynee
had to go through.
thing I loved most about this book was how descriptive everything was written.
Laura Roppé definitely did an amazing job. Every feeling Shaynee had was described
and it made this book really great.
character I loved the most was definitely Lennox. Although his part wasn’t huge,
I loved reading about the little goofy brother. I wish we could more about him
and how he grew up. He was definitely the kind of kid I would be hanging out
with when I was younger.
book was definitely an emotional roller-coaster and I loved it all the way. What
is also amazing about this book is that all the music that Shaynee and Dean
wrote is really out there for us to hear. Just visit Laura Roppé’s website. Loved that. A
definite must read ‘Heart Shaped Rock’!!!
What others have to say about the book:
you’ve got to check out Heart Shaped Rock.” — New York Times best-selling
author of Maybe Someday, Colleen Hoover
“Laura Roppé has written a moving and emotional novel of first love, accurately
capturing the voice and mind of a dramatic and emotional sixteen year old girl
caught in a maelstrom of grief and loss, love and heartbreak. And then there’s
Dean…you’ll just have to read the book, ‘cause I can’t do him justice in a few
short sentences.” –Jasinda Wilder, New York Times and USA Today best-selling
author of Falling into You
About the Author:
Laura Roppé is an award-winning singer/songwriter,
author, audio book narrator, speaker, and former attorney from San Diego, California.
In 2011, Billboard Magazine ranked her as Number Three on its chart of the Top
50 “uncharted” artists in the world. In May 2013, Laura began hosting
Amazon’s weekly podcast, “Kindle Love Stories,” for people who love
hearing about love stories, romance, and happily ever afters.
Her first book is the non-fiction memoir, Rocking the Pink. Her latest is a
YA-teen romance novel entitled Heart Shaped Rock, featuring a soundtrack.
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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram
