Written by: Jenn Bennett
Genre: Young Adult, Romance
304 pages
In The Anatomical Shape of a Heart, the main characters are a quirky art girl—Beatrix Adams—and a drop-dead gorgeous (and rich) graffiti artist, Jack Vincent. Beatrix Adams (Bex) lives with her mother who is an emergency room nurse at Parnassus Medical Center and her older brother, Heath, who is quite a troublesome nineteen year-old. Beatrix is fond of anatomy and aspires to be a medical illustrator. She wants to enter a student drawing competition that offers a scholarship prize, so she's hoping to be allowed to draw the cadavers in the anatomy lab at the hospital her mother works at. When the doctor from the anatomy lab doesn’t show up to their meeting, Bex finds herself taking a transit bus to her home, and while waiting for the bus, she meets an attractive boy, Jack Vincent, all dressed in black thus making it the start of their love story; however, The Anatomical Shape of a Heart isn’t all late-night escapades and cadaver drawings – there are family struggles, heartbreak, and consequences that have to be faced. The book tackles mental issues, divorce, sex and more that I think might interest some of you!
For me, the story was unique in its own way because it had the quirky, interesting characters, great romance, and wonderful writing that Bennett is known for. I liked that Beatrix was comfortable with who she was and didn’t feel like she didn’t belong in this world. I respected how Bennett handled giving sex a positive outlook as it can be very sensitive but often gets handled poorly in books for young adults. If I were to change something about this book, I would add more plot twists within the story because I love the excitement, and the book didn’t really have that much page turners, in my opinion!
Genre: Young Adult, Romance
304 pages
In The Anatomical Shape of a Heart, the main characters are a quirky art girl—Beatrix Adams—and a drop-dead gorgeous (and rich) graffiti artist, Jack Vincent. Beatrix Adams (Bex) lives with her mother who is an emergency room nurse at Parnassus Medical Center and her older brother, Heath, who is quite a troublesome nineteen year-old. Beatrix is fond of anatomy and aspires to be a medical illustrator. She wants to enter a student drawing competition that offers a scholarship prize, so she's hoping to be allowed to draw the cadavers in the anatomy lab at the hospital her mother works at. When the doctor from the anatomy lab doesn’t show up to their meeting, Bex finds herself taking a transit bus to her home, and while waiting for the bus, she meets an attractive boy, Jack Vincent, all dressed in black thus making it the start of their love story; however, The Anatomical Shape of a Heart isn’t all late-night escapades and cadaver drawings – there are family struggles, heartbreak, and consequences that have to be faced. The book tackles mental issues, divorce, sex and more that I think might interest some of you!
For me, the story was unique in its own way because it had the quirky, interesting characters, great romance, and wonderful writing that Bennett is known for. I liked that Beatrix was comfortable with who she was and didn’t feel like she didn’t belong in this world. I respected how Bennett handled giving sex a positive outlook as it can be very sensitive but often gets handled poorly in books for young adults. If I were to change something about this book, I would add more plot twists within the story because I love the excitement, and the book didn’t really have that much page turners, in my opinion!
This book seems every interesting especially for those who appericate the arts or medical issues. I really like the way you presented the characters and I do agree that Beatrix doesn't seem to fit into this situation that she's in.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting book! It's always fun to read a book with a good love story with characters that you normally wouldn't assume would end up together. It's unfortunate that the story didn't have a lot of page turners, but it still seems like a book I would want to read! Thanks!
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