Foolish Hearts
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4.1 • 34 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
When Claudia accidentally eavesdrops on the epic breakup of Paige and Iris, the it-couple at her school, she finds herself in hot water with prickly, difficult Iris. Thrown together against their will in the class production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, along with the goofiest, cutest boy Claudia has ever known, Iris and Claudia are in for an eye-opening senior year.
Smart, funny, and thoroughly, wonderfully flawed, Claudia navigates a world of intense friendships and tentative romance in Emma Mills's Follish Hearts, a young adult novel about expanding your horizons, allowing yourself to be vulnerable, and accepting—and loving—people for who they really are.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Redemption arc?" asks Claudia's best friend, Zoe, curious about Claudia's unexpected new friendship with Iris, her private school's class president and infamous mean girl. It all starts when Claudia is forced to spend time with Iris for a class project, just as Iris is reeling from a breakup with her longtime girlfriend, Paige. Claudia discovers that Iris is more complicated and vulnerable than everyone assumes, and the evolution of their relationship from enemies to intimate friends who respect and rely on each other is compelling and real. Mills (This Adventure Ends) thoughtfully explores the nuances of all kinds of relationships, both friendly and romantic, via Claudia and her circle of friends. Also in the mix: Zoe is falling in love with Claudia's brother, Iris longs to get back together with Paige, and Claudia faces her own insecurities and hopes for a romance with popular Gideon. Through these friendship struggles and romances old and new, Mills evokes the high stakes and vast rewards of trust, intimacy, and honesty. Ages 14 up.)
Customer Reviews
Absolutely loved this
I’ve read five of the author’s contemporary romances and loved them all, but this one might be my absolute favorite. I appreciated that the friendship arc between Claudia and Iris was just as important as the romance between Claudia and Gideon. I adored Gideon’s goofiness and Iris’s prickly nature. Nice to see girl gamers get respect and an honest appreciation of BTS-style boy bands.
such a good book!!
i love this book and the characters and strongly recommend it. my heart was touched! definitely going to look at more books from this author :))
Hilarious and fun book
I’m sure that I’m significantly older than the target audience for this book, but I loved this book so much. I’ve never laughed this much at a book in my entire life. I’m not even sure why I found some of their dialogue and thoughts so hilarious, but I honestly was smiling and laughing in real life and that never happens.
Claudia is a great heroine, very mature for a YA heroine and so endearing. Gideon is honestly the best hero ever. He is so funny and nice and I wish more people were like that in real life. All of the side characters were fantastic too, they all seemed so real.
This was such a great light read in between a lot of the more angsty stuff I read. Not that this didn’t have any angst, but it didn’t stress me out immensely, so that was a nice change. This book is for everyone, everyone can find something they love in this story.