The Heartbroken Heartbreaker

by Sam Madison

When Kyla Evans was dumped by her best friend-slash-boyfriend, Cedric, she was devastated. Convinced that her whole life came tumbling down, she promised that she would definitely get back at him, seeking nothing but revenge.

She abandoned her glasses and sweatshirts, determined to make Cedric regret ever dumping her. What she wants: Revenge. How she’s planning to get it: By going
out with the school’s biggest player; the person her ex-boyfriend loathes the most—

Seth Everett.

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what happens to kyla and seth after the epilogue? http://ask.fm/iamsammadison/answer/13...

Genres: Romance, Young Adult, Contemporary, Fiction, Ebooks, Teen, Realistic Fiction

187 pages, ebook

Reviews

[Agatha · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best Wattpad books I've ever read.

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From its beautifully written quotes and style, to its simple, yet lovable characters.
I love how the ending doesn't conflict with the character development, I mean all this time we've seen Kyla and Seth at their best and their worst moments, and made them develop from the cliche Wattpad girl and guy, to the realistic version of what it means to love and to let go. It blew my mind how the author deconstructed every single Wattpad book I've read.

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Did I mention I ship them so HARD

Beautiful, the only reason why I gave it 4 stars was because I felt like the supporting characters could have been more developed, but aside from that, I had no regrets reading this book.

EDIT 3/11/2016 : I JUST READ THE NEW STORY FROM SETH"S POV AND IT MADE ME FEEL THINGS!

-and then the answer happened , I am now convinced that Sam Madison is some kind of writing genie and this story made 6 stars for me for that really vague ending, but reading the author's version actually made me cry-If they could make this a movie-I would die happy, but I know that's far from happening haha.

[Nadwa · Rating 5 out of 5]

but happy endings are nothing but nostalgia for the present

I honestly couldn't read the ending; it was all too much.
It's been a while since I've last felt such intense feelings, and let me just say, I'm not the kind of person who quits- especially reading books. But this one hit me so damn hard. I thought it was going to be another cliche wattpad novel but no. God knows it wasn't.
I got the overall outcome of the book. So the message was delivered... Straight to my friggin broken heart.
Not usually so melodramatic, but you know what they say; desperate times...

[Reina Tan · Rating 4 out of 5]

⚠ subjective opinions
° ° °
The Heartbroken Heartbreaker is one of popular wattpad stories that I haven't gave it a chance to read it until the end. LoL.

This story has been in my library since two years ago, but I stuck in chapter 14. I liked the story, so far.

And last year, one of Indonesia Publisher translate this amazing story. So, here I am. I tried to read it until the end, even though I knew there will be a lot of differences between wattpad version and the book.

I like the whole of this story. The characters, plot, and topic. This book made me so emotional.

So fuckin' emotional.

While read it, I laughed, smiled, annoyed, also—almost—cried.

I didn't expect that 'thing' will come like tsunami. Which the waves just swipe everything up without making difference.

Oh, I love the characters so much.

I usually ship YA couple from books, if I really head over heels the story. And...

Who doesn't like Kyla and Seth?

Even though the desc said Seth is this, Seth is that, I didn't even think he is a devilishly handsome that anyone can't resist. The thing I believed that anyone couldn't resist is his personality.

Well, in this story he's quite mysterious. Just Kyla felt, the more you dive in the story, the more you will know the characters. And, I found Seth is really good personality and charming.

I've said that I almost cried, right? It's true.

Shit.

The Heartbroken Heartbreaker has made me a The Heartbroken Reader.😭😭

I don't care what will happen in the future with people in this book—especially, the OTP—

—I'm believing SpongeBob and Squidward will together

[Sen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Updated Review

Please don't get bored of my review guys. I know, but I accidentally deleted my review and I just re-read it in June so I'm gonna review, both the original version and the new version.

To be honest, I prefer the original version. Because it that version was what making me fall in love with Kyla and Seth. They're just so sweet, and Seth is not a problematic kid. He's just broken inside and all his best friends know that.

Also, I have lots of favorite scene in the original version. The one where Kyla saw his mom and a guy dating in the park and she ran away to a music store (which connected to the story Chance Encounters, it was the store Reed and Austin visited during their search of Tori) and asked Seth to pick her up. And Seth did and he let her stayed at his house. And they both slept in his sister's room, which in the new version they didn't (they slept on the couch). And lots, lots, lots things.

The new version was more realistic though, Kyla and Seth met at a class and Seth borrowed her pen and then he bothered her. And vice versa.

Sam changed the first half of the book and removed it completely from this earth (well, not really. She must still have it on her laptop). Well, I like both version. And I like Seth and Kyla a lot. They're just meant to be, but the thing is, Sam tend to be realistic so she didn't make them end up together. but they're good friends. Oh, I hate how Sam pictured their ending where Seth and Kyla entered the amusement park linking their pinky fingers and that's it. I like thinking its their reconciliation and they're dating for real. Oh, but Sam is Sam, she's a heartbreaker and she likes breaking our hearts.

P.S the book is now available on bookstore, well at least in the Philippines. If you want to buy it, you can check her Wattpad profile, there's a link where we can buy it online :)

[Mefab ⋆˚✿˖° · Rating 5 out of 5]

One thing you can't stop while reading this
"Tears"

Reread!
And loved!

-H❤️

[Jem · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like most of the books I read lately, I wasn't sure whether to put five or four stars, and if I should add the book to my favorites list or not. But anyway, I decided this deserved five stars and it should be on my favorites list.

I started reading this maybe weeks (or has that been already more than a month..?) after graduation. That was the time when I was just looking up books and then reading and reading the whole day. (That was fun and lovely). I was so distressed to find that this book wasn't finished. But anyway, when Sam updated, I was so ecstatic because I just wanted Seth and Kyla to get together.

To cut things short, I wanted more. I wanted more of Seth and Kyla, because it felt like ever since Kyla admitted her feelings, there weren't lots of Seth-Kyla anymore. But yeah. That was a shallow point.

Still, what I loved about this book is the last chapter and the epilogue. The last chapter is practically the end of the book, the part where everything becomes okay. On that last part, Seth and Kyla didn't get together. What happened was that Kyla felt okay - she was okay with what happened with her and Cedric, and she was okay with what happened with her and Seth. To me that meant that she was really okay, like she was sad she wasn't with Seth but at least she was happy with her current state in life.

The epilogue wasn't enough, because I was hoping that her and Seth could finally be really together, but Sam left her readers hanging. Also, it was stated in her note that the readers get to decide if they want Seth and Kyla together or if they don't get back together. If I was the writer, I would prefer them to not be together but I wanted Kyla and Seth to be together so there. haha ok there

(This is one of my favorite wattpad books, but Started With A Lie is still on top of the list ;))

[Utha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Awal baca, sempat berpikir untuk DNF karena alur lambat dan nggak terlalu suka dengan jalan berceritanya. Tapi kudu ditahan-tahan, bertekad menyelesaikan sampai tuntas. Tapi ternyata dari pertengahan cerita mulai enak diikuti perjalanan kisah Kyla ini. Bahkan suka banget menuju akhir cerita.

3.5 bintang~

Kayaknya bakal jual buku ini ha ha ha.

[Forever lazy Kat ~*duh-duhm duh-duhm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kyla got dumped by her boyfriend Cedric for no apparent reason other than the 'it's complicated' bullshit. To make matters worse, she got into a fight with her bestfriend Hail, plus her mother doesn't seem to care about her anymore. Feeling hurt, broken and alone, Kyla decided to be strong and change herself. And change came with a person named Seth Everett, and his idea to get revenge by dating him.




I was supposed to go to the mall earlier but after reading the beautiful 'author's note', I was hooked so I decided to postpone my plan and sit on my comfy chair and began reading! I have read numerous of books but I rarely read the author's note, just the first line or something. XD

Anyways.

The Heartbroken - I love the development of Kyla's character. From a whiny bitchy girl to a mature, intelligent woman. Like Seth, I like how she could see past the bad side of a person. I love how she finally moved on and dealt with her past and became a much more splendid person than she was. Wish I could read Kyla's entry Empty Jars for that writing contest. The excerpt was beautiful.

The Heartbreaker - There is more to his playful smile than meets the eye. And damn you Seth for making me love you *insert fangirl screams* His character is what I love the most in the book. His witty banter with Kyla made me laughed a lot that my Mom probably thought I was getting delusional of some sort.

This book was so fucking captivating! It really showed the struggles and fears of a person who got his / her heart broken. And after knowing why the characters acted the way they did (poor, dear Cedric) you just couldn't help but wish they were there next to you and give them a hug. It was very realistic that anyone could relate to it. Shockingly, I love how the story ended. The open-ending gives a much more promising possibilities between the two characters and it's up to the reader to imagine what will happen next.

Like what Kyla wrote to Seth: "It's not about The End, because The End is never the end..."

And sooo.. I am gonna read this book once again and pile up my favorite quotes. So will probably edit this again tomorrow. And will probably look for this book tomorrow at the mall. I need to have this book. XD

"When you get your heart broken, other people can help you pick the pieces up, but only YOU can glue the pieces back together."

[k · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's been so long since I've read a wattpad book that's actually good with flawed characters (that are aware and try to fix their flaws as much as they can) and with interesting and not flat characters (I loved all of them) that I just have to give this book 4 stars. It's published under Pop Fiction and I am hunting a physical copy once quarantine is over.

ACTUAL REVIEW:

My oh my, I loved the cast of characters. THE FACT THAT THERE WAS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN THIS BOOK WAS ENOUGH TO BLOW ME AWAY CONSIDEIRNG I WAS LOOKING FOR TRASHY SHIT TO READ BUT I ENDED UP LOVING THIS, ehem, our main character Kyla changes the most throughout this whole story from being judgmental and immature to letting her guard down and actually having an open-mind. I liked how everyone, even the side characters, felt so real. I adore the friend group in this :(( the friendship here was one of the best and the message that this book wants to give is just plain beautiful. I kind of predicted some of the things along the way (cause duh) but that didn't stop me from laughing out loud, smiling hard and screaming my head off out of frustration.

This book makes me have feel strong emotions towards the story, and that's what I find in a book and it did me good.

It did start out very cliche and I found myself rolling my eyes a lot when trying to get in to, but it was like a trap to make you think that way because although the story has been done many times, the writing and the execution was what made stand out from the others.

I loved Seth and Cedric and their relationship with Kyla and how they handled the problems they came along the way and how they tried to make up for it. I liked how some of the characters fucked-up but that's part of life! And they showed that well.

It did have some things that bothered me like being repetitive and a bit confusing at times but I enjoyed this overall :") I'm glad I picked it up when I was trying to cheer myself up, letting it change my expectations completely and giving me a wonderful story.

[Sreevidhya · Rating 5 out of 5]

*If Sam Madison reads this review, *

Dear Sam,
This was one book that made me cry my eyes out. I decided to take a break, get calm. but I still couldn't stop my tears. I was in my classroom when I read this. My bench mates were like...*looking inside the phone for past an hour... closes the phone... face palms and sobs*
the last few chapters literally broke my heart into unidentifiable pieces.
At one moment It felt like everything was just not supposed to happen this way, the next moment it felt that everything happened for good, and then... He left.
But then the Epilogue was everything... I had bundles of hope while I stood halfway through the page... but then..
I found myself fighting back with tears. I keep telling myself that kyla and seth... Maybe he....OKAY NO SPOILERS.. I really really loved this story and will be surely one of my everytime favorites ...
But it still hurts me where you stopped .. I really wanted to hear that from you dear Author..🌻
I have high hopes and requests for a second part, or a one shot.

Ladies and Gentlemen, THIS BOOK IS GOLD.

[Drew Boulton · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's not often that you find a book that strikes something in you, especially on Wattpad. But this book had me laughing, crying and completely relating to some of the things Kyla said or did. There were certain points of it that were so hard to read because it reminded me so much of myself. To say I was shocked is an understatement. For a book with not much credit on wattpad, it was absolutely amazing.

[Nia F. S. Kartadilaga · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Heartbroken Heartbreaker tidak hanya terfokus pada kisah romance yang melibatkan Cedric, Kyla, dan Seth. Semakin kita membaca isi buku, semakin kita akan dibawa menelusuri hal-hal lain yang membuka banyak hal mengenai sisi lain masing-masing tokoh sentral, beserta kisah pendamping lain yang meliputi banyak hal; proses upgrade diri setiap karakter, proses menerima masa lalu, berani menghadapi hal menyakitkan dan tidak menyenangkan yang terjadi di dalam hidup kita, mencoba menjadi lebih matang dan dewasa, serta isu-isu di dalam kehidupan keluarga. Semuanya saling terkait, dan semuanya pun saling mengikat kisah Cedric, Kyla, dan Seth.

Kita tidak bisa mengambil jalan pintas dalam hidup. Kita harus melewati momen-momen seburuk apapun, karena semua jalan itu seringkali mengarah ke jalan lain yang lebih baik. Tidak hanya langit yang memiliki bintang terang. Akan selalu ada bintang redup di sana sini, tersebar di antara bintang-bintang yang terang. Dan karena itulah, langit menjadi lebih menakjubkan. (p. 345)

Menurut saya, highlight yang menonjol dan menjadi kekuatan utama buku The Heartbroken Heartbreaker adalah gambaran hubungan antara Seth dan Kyla. Hubungan mereka berdua dimulai dengan segala rencana revenge yang mungkin terkesan apa banget itu. Tetapi, semakin mereka berinteraksi, semakin terbentuk juga mutual understanding di antara mereka. Urusan mutual understanding ini mengingatkan saya pada kisah Lily and her anonymous pen pal di buku P. S. I Like You karya Kasie West. Lily dan si 'pen pal' memiliki basic trust yang cukup kuat, yang membuat mereka dapat saling menguatkan, saling mendukung, saling mengisi kelebihan dan kekurangan masing-masing -- yang pada akhirnya membantu mereka berdua untuk dapat upgrade diri ke arah positif. Nah, kurang lebih begitu juga hubungan yang terjalin di antara Seth dan Kyla.

Bagian favorit saya mengenai hubungan Seth dan Kyla adalah ketika mereka mulai mencoba saling mengenal lebih jauh. Saat itu hubungan mereka masih sangat awkward; sebatas partner in crime. Supaya dapat lebih tahu tentang satu sama lain, akhirnya Seth mengajak Kyla bermain sepuluh pertanyaan. Ini sweet sekali dan jika dilakukan dengan sungguh-sungguh pasti membuat siapapun yang melakukan permainan ini kemungkinan besar akan lebih bisa menghargai hubungan antar mereka.

Gambaran persahabatan antara Kyla dan Hail juga menarik. Selayaknya sahabat, ada masa-masa jatuh bangun; kadang kompak, kadang ada salah paham. Kadang dekat, kadang kita bingung kenapa hubungan dengan sahabat bisa menjadi renggang. Meskipun demikian, kita biasanya akan selalu menemukan momen merindukan sahabat, terutama saat ada salah paham yang membuat hubungan menjadi menjauh. Begitu juga yang dialami oleh Kyla dan Hail. Ada pernyataan Kyla yang saya suka terkait momen ini.

Selengkapnya bisa dibaca di http://www.niafajriyani.com/2017/12/B...

PS
Ada rangkaian blogtour berhadiah buku The Heartbroken Heartbreaker lho di blog saya. Hihi...

[Wafaa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ohmygoodness. It had been a really long while since i started sobbing over some godforsaken fictional characters. I mean, i was constantly asking myself/the author/ the world/ fate/ snowflake : WHY?!
When Seth left i felt my heart break, it was precisely like: "You left in peace.. left me in pieces."
I don't know what to do with my life anymore. Wanna get depressed? Read this book. Wanna feel the character development? Read this book. Wanna swoon ? Read this book. Wanna cry? Read this book. Wanna be thankful/grateful ? Read this book. Just read it.

[Anna Traasdahl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow that was emotional. It honestly was one of the best books I’ve read in a while. Half of it I kinda spent crying my eyes out on my bed but it was kinda nice because I usually don’t cry when I read books. I mean I usually try not to read sad books but like all the sad parts happened all at once. It looked like a perfectly happy book when I saw it and started reading it. Like the beginning was so normal and happy and then like halfway through the tears just started coming.
I actually really liked this book because it didn’t end at all like other books do. It was just so much more real. I’m a little mad that the epilogue ended the way it did with not revealing completely what happened to their relationship but that’s what made it more interesting. I was also kinda really mad that it took them so long to admit their feelings for each other but I feel like if they did earlier then it would have ruined the book. I just can’t believe how dumb I thought Cedric was at the beginning and then when you figure out why he broke up with her you just feel guilty which just makes you cry even harder😂 Also I just really think the cover is super cute and it’s kinda what made me want to read this but DON’T LET THE COVER FOOL YOU

[Adin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Banyak yang bilang kalau buku ini membuat pembaca berurai air mata. Kalau dilihat dari isi cerita yang ternyata *serumit* itu, bisa aja lah ya. Semua tokoh utama di sini seolah jadi korban kegagalan orangtua mereka masing-masing. Dan, aku jadi mikir kalau lingkup di buku ini tuh sekecil itu. Karena seolah dunia Kyla dan teman-temannya sempit banget. Yaa ... cuma seputar keluarga mereka aja.

Jalan cerita di buku ini juga *satsetsatset*. Cepet banget, beberapa kali ada yang dramatis bak sinetron. Tiba-tiba dekat, tiba-tiba si anak nakal berubah jadi baik (padahal aku belum nemu bukti kalau orang itu awalnya emang nakal). Semua karakternya berasa nanggung, dan di pertengahan mulai nyampur jadi satu.

Aku nggak bisa masuk ke cerita sama sekali. Termasuk saat ada twist yang mau bikin kesan *ding dong kagetin nih!!*. Rasanya maksa aja gitu. Dan alurnya pun makin kejar-kejaran alias cepet banget sampai ke ending.

Yah. Aku bisa lihat seberapa heartbrokennya semua orang. Tapi ya cuma itu. Karena nggak ada feelnya, apalagi air mata.

[Ipeh Alena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Terkadang, menikmati novel dengan tema percintaan remaja itu bisa membantu mengembalikan semangat membaca yang tengah merosot. Kisah pura-pura pacaran antara Seth dan Kyla ini cukup lucu, meski tampaknya biasa saja karena temanya terlalu umum. Tapi, bumbu yang disajikan Sam ini cukup baik.

Saya tidak ingin berbohong, entah kenapa saya menyukai buku ini, dan beberapa kali membaca ulang demi mendapat beberapa hal yang ingin saya tuliskan nanti di blog. Tentunya, bisa jadi ada kemungkinan saya akan membaca ulang.

Apalagi endingnya, saya suka, karena tidak selalu menawarkan happy ending. Tapi memberikan kebebasan yang lebih leluasa bagi pembaca untuk menangkap kisah mereka.

Read more : http://bit.ly/TheHeartbrokenHearbreaker

[Angie Pangan · Rating 4 out of 5]

So I was in a bad mood and I was looking for a book that I could hate that was bearable enough for me to read all the way through. Essentially, something to kill time and distract me from the knowledge that I didn’t have an actual book to read. So The Heartbroken Heartbreaker seemed like the natural choice. It is about Kyla Evans, a teenage girl who’s dating her ex-boyfriend (Cedric)’s enemy (Seth) to get revenge and make him jealous.

From this premise, I went into this story expecting the usual problems I find in teen/YA stories: shallow relationships, superficial values, stereotyped and 2-dimensional characters, immature decisions, teenage angst without justifiable reason, teenage stupidity (Don't shoot me! I'm 16 and I know as well as anyone else how stupid teenagers can be), and of course, insta-love

I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was completely wrong.

The Relationships were:< /u>
1. Real. There was depth to the (former) romance between Cedric and Kyla and substance to the foundation of the new relationship developing between Kyla and Seth. It was a romance that was realistically woven.

2. Complex. The characters were connected in more ways than one, but not so much that there were too many “twists” or that it started to sound like a conspiracy theory. They had history. There are reasons for their wounds, like the (kind-of-sort-of) ex-girlfriend, father who died from cancer, and walk-out parents. These characters had lives outside of the story.

3. Justified. Cedric and Seth didn’t hate each other for no reason. There were legitimate reasons for all three of the characters to be angry with their parents (though some reasons were better than others). Some of their reasons were immature, but totally justified for two boys in that situation. I can’t say that I would have taken the higher road if I was either of them.

4. Believable. The conversations in the book are utterly hilarious. I stayed up until 4 in the morning to finish this book and I was laughing my head off almost the entire time. It was balanced between shameless flirting, good-natured teasing, pointless arguments, and philosophical discussions. In other words, how normal teenagers talk. They’re never stupid ALL the time or INTELLIGENT all the time. There is depth here.

The Characters were
1. Human. Even though Seth and his friends are obviously the popular kids at school, they weren’t stereotyped into being judgmental, shallow, or stupid. They were funny, likable, and lively. No cardboard cut-outs here.

2. Flawed. Ok, so I lied a bit. There was a little bit of immaturity, mainly on Kyla’s part. At the beginning of the story, she’s utterly pathetic: she makes out with random strangers around Cedric, but only when he’s around; she’s mad at everyone and quick to judge. But she grows so much in the course of the book. We can watch her transition from being a petty teenage girl to a mature young woman.

3. Beautifully broken. They did despicable things, but once you found out what their motives were, your heart just broke and all you wanted to do was crawl into the story and piece them back together.

The Values were:
1. Unexpectedly deep. I found myself so incredibly, profoundly touched beyond words.

2. Admirable and respectable. Kyla learns to stand on her own and find meaning and purpose in life beyond getting back at Cedric. And it addresses the fact that there’s no such thing as a happy ending. There’s always something after the last page. Which is a good segue into my warning for this book: There is no real closure in this book. Admittedly, that’s my favorite part of this book (though it killed me). But I know that there will be many who hate this. Most people don’t want a book to end with so many loose ends unless there is going to be a sequel. But this is life and I thought that it was beautifully executed. We read the last page with the knowledge that Kyla had finally learned how to live with tragedy and heartbreak. She had finally learned how to move on, and that’s good enough for me.

All in all , definitely worth it and recommended for age appropriate audiences. There’s a lot to learn here and even if you hate the lack of closure, read it anyway because, frankly, you need to learn how to deal with it. In real life, you’re probably not going to see how everything fits together before you’re dead. You’re going to have to live with dozens, if not hundreds of loose ends.

It really only has two notable flaws, and one was completely expected. The first, and expected one, was that it was very rough. As with almost all books on Wattpad, the story is first draft and mostly unedited. Expect typos, but few that will impair your understanding of the story. Second, metaphors galore. It’s almost incoherent and scatterbrained. But not enough to significantly detract from the story. If it bugs you, just skim past the passages of introspection.

NOW GO READ IT.

[janine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not sure how I feel about this book, but I don't think I quite like it.

[tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

"When you get your heart broken, other people can help you pick the pieces up, but only you can glue the pieces back together."

A good book, whatever genre it may be- fiction or non fiction, fantasy or contemporary, sci-fi or mystery-, will never fail to resonate with you and to leave you thinking about the characters, the story, and the message it holds. This is the reason why I fell in love with this book right off the bat. It was beautifully emotional and real and it made me feel so much- happiness, sadness, anger, confusion, frustration. The writing style was poetic and perfectly written. The main characters were well-crafted and their developments touched my heart in more ways than one.

"Moving on is not forgetting- moving on is being able to remember without feeling awful about it."

My only complaint, to be honest, is that the side characters were literally just there for the heck of it. Aside from Alyssa, the others were ushered to the sidelines and were never given a chance to be in the spotlight. Which was quite disappointing because these characters seemed interesting and they could've been interesting if the author hadn't left them out.

"Some people write to make something ugly beautiful, some write to leave a part of themselves to be remembered, some write to give words soul and meaning, and some write to exist in non-existence."

But overall, this was a book that not only entertained me but also made me feel a shitton of emotions and left me with an endless flowing river of thoughts.

"You can't take shortcuts. You have to go through the bad moments because these roads often lead to other roads that offer good ones."

[Edwina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fucking hell (sorry for the swearing) - as much as I wanted the ending to be good altogether and let them have a happy ending I realised that this book is honestly one of the best Wattpad books I've ever read. First of all, it's not cliche and it's all about reality and not the idealistic plot line we see in such cliche novels on Wattpad. Kyla and Seth are honestly well-written characters and their past is what makes them for who they are in the novel. I commend the author for the well written and beautifully crafted material in the novel. It's something I wish I could see more in other teenage novels as well. Good read and had to give it a 4 stars because it gave me some justice and closed another chapter on the both of them. Absolute great read!

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

It wasn’t my plan to write a review on this. I’ve got various reasons to not review this book, but the most important would be my incorrigible desire of not wanting anyone else to read this book.

I know,I could sit for ages thinking about expressing my feelings for this book, but never can I ever give justice to neither to my feelings and nor the book.

All I wish is, no one should ever discover this book (as to what I think is it belongs to me, is written for me, and it’s mine!!).

P.S. No offense to the author!

[sonia ☀️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

First off, I. LOVE. THIS. BOOK. So much.


Kyla is a character I identify with and her development throughout the book is so tremendous that at some point it overwhelms me.


The Male lead(s) are strong and supportive but they never feel unrealistic. They are so positive and radiant but they never overshadow Kyla in anyway.


Sam Madison just has a way with words. I l fell in love with this book and I know that I will always be in love with it.

[Joan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heartbreak, moving on, falling on love, another heartbreak and all those bittersweet shattering broken moments in between. One of the most emotional stories I've read so far in Wattpad. So much in love with the plot.

[Leila ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

“𝘋𝘶𝘶𝘶𝘥𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘶𝘱, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘳𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦.”

No hay nada que me guste más que un libro con una enseñanza, and duuuude did I like this one.

Aproximadamente hace siete meses mi (primer) novio cortó conmigo. A pesar de saber que se venía, de todas formas me dolió muchísimo y tardé mucho en aceptarlo. Y muchas de las cosas que trata este libro, tocaban una fibra sensible. Porque yo también estuve enojada de que hayan abandonado la pelea constante que era nuestra relación. Porque yo también me retaba a mi misma porque había pasado un mes y yo todavía lo seguía pensando como si siguiéramos juntos. Porque a mi también se me hizo imposible el cambio de estar siempre juntos, a no saber nada de la vida del otro.

Y me gusta mucho la moraleja que te deja. Todos superamos a la gente a nuestro tiempo, y de una forma diferente. Y superar no significa olvidar, si no que es aceptar todas las cosas (buenas y malas) que viviste con el otro, y entender que lo único que te quedan son los recuerdos. Y cómo esa persona impactó tu vida, cambiándote para siempre.

Dios, los personajes me volvieron loca. Me encantó Kyra y me encantó Seth y me encantó Cedric y me encantó Alyssa. No puedo pensar en un libro donde haya habido una relationship development tan bien desarrolla como la de Kyra y Seth. Me iba enamorando de Seth al mismo tiempo que Kyra, y eso hizo que todo el libro fuera más mágico.

Me molestó mucho lo parecido que era a To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before en muchos casos. Creo que eso es lo único que delata que es un libro de Wattpad. Porque si omitimos eso, este libro tiene la calidad que cualquier otro libro young adult.

Amé los poemas de la autora, y la carta final (voy a incluir ambas en este orden al final de la reseña). Dioooos me volvieron loca mal. Y me hicieron llorar como una condenada. Hacía mucho que no lloraba con un libro, y muchísimo más que no lloraba con un libro de Wattpad.

En cuanto al final... al principio lo odié. E incluso ahora no me termina de cerrar, porque no soy muy amante de los finales abiertos. Y no me gusta cómo, incluso habiendo pasado dos años, ellos se seguían amando como si nada. Una de las cosas que más aprecié de este libro fue su parecido a la realidad. Podría haber sido basado en hechos reales y yo lo hubiera creído. Pero siento que el epílogo medio arruinó eso para mi. Además, él SE ENCONTRÓ CON SARAH HACÍA 𝗗𝗢𝗦 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗦 NADA MÁS, 𝗬 𝗡𝗢 𝗡𝗢𝗦 𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗘 POR QUÉ MIERDA LE HABÍA CORTADO. O SEA QUÉ RECONTRA RE CARAJO.
Sin embargo, más allá de que me pareció extremadamente triste, me encantó el final con Cedric. Me encantó en el sentido de que no sentí que fuera apurado; veías como a medida que pasaba el tiempo él iba empeorando, y me pareció súper tierno y heart breaking como se llevaba tan bien con la hermanastra de Kyra. Cuando en su funeral ella dice “ᴀᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ʜᴏᴘᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜɪs ᴍɪʀᴀᴄʟᴇ, ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ғɪɴᴅ ᴀ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀʟ ʜɪᴍ. ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ, ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ʜɪᴍ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴀᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴍʏ ᴍɪʀᴀᴄʟᴇ.” ME HACE LLORAR CADA. PUTA. VEZ.

Que lindo fue no haber dormido para leer esto. Aguante llorar y sufrir por un final que no era para nada lo que querías!!!!

“ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ, ʀᴏᴍᴇᴏ?
ʜᴏᴡ ɪᴛ ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ғᴇᴇʟ ᴀs ɪғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ʀᴇᴠᴏʟᴠᴇᴅ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ʜᴇʀ,
ʜᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜɴ sᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ ᴅɪᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡɪɴᴋʟᴇ ɪɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴇʏᴇs,
ʜᴏᴡ ʜᴇʀ sᴍɪʟᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇʏᴇs ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ.

ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ, ʀᴏᴍᴇᴏ?
ʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ɪᴛ ʜᴜʀᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ sʜᴇ ᴡᴀʟᴋᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ,
ʜᴇʀ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴡᴏʀᴅs ʟɪᴋᴇ sʜᴀᴛᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ɢʟᴀss,
ᴍᴀʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴄᴜᴛs ᴜᴘᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ.

ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ, ʀᴏᴍᴇᴏ?
ʜᴏᴡ ᴅɪғғɪᴄᴜʟᴛ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴛᴏ ғᴏʀɢᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴋɪss,
ʜᴏᴡ sᴛᴜᴘɪᴅ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴛᴏ ᴍɪss ᴛʜᴇ ғᴇᴇʟ ᴏғ ʜᴇʀ ʜᴀɴᴅ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀs,
ʜᴏᴡ ᴘᴀᴛʜᴇᴛɪᴄ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜ ғᴇᴇʟs ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪsʜ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪsʜ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪsʜ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʙʟᴇᴇᴅ.

ʙᴜᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ, ʀᴏᴍᴇᴏ?
ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴍɪʟʟɪᴏɴs ᴏғ ᴊᴜʟɪᴇᴛs ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ,
ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴀɴ sʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ,
ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴡ’s ᴘʀᴏᴍɪsᴇs ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪғᴜʟ ᴛʜᴀɴ ʏᴇsᴛᴇʀᴅᴀʏ’s sʜᴀᴅᴏᴡs.

ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ, ʀᴏᴍᴇᴏ.
ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴀ ᴊᴜʟɪᴇᴛ ᴛᴏᴏ.”

“ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀsᴇ ᴀʀʀᴀɴɢɪɴɢ ᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢ ᴡᴀs ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙᴜᴛ ᴀ ᴛʀᴀɢᴇᴅʏ ᴡᴀɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ. ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀʀᴇɴ’ᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ’s ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ, sᴇᴛʜ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ’s ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ. ɪᴛ’s ɴᴏᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ɪs ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ’s ɴᴏᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏʀ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ. ɪᴛ’s ᴀʟʟ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴀᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴏᴜʀ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴍᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜɪs sᴇᴇᴍɪɴɢʟʏ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴏɴᴇ, ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴍᴇ ʜᴀᴘᴘɪᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ. ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ғʟᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇʟᴘᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴍʏ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ. ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ғᴀʟʟ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ.
ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴜʀ sᴛᴏʀʏ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴛʀᴀɢᴇᴅʏ, sᴇᴛʜ, ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ᴇɴᴅɪɴɢs ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙᴜᴛ ᴀ ɴᴏsᴛᴀʟɢɪᴀ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ. ᴀɴᴅ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ɪɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs, ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ sᴛɪʟʟ ᴄʜᴏᴏsᴇ ᴛᴏ ғᴀʟʟ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ɪs ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ʟᴏsɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ.”

4 de 5 estrellas.

[Fatin Syazwani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excuse my 1st time ever writing review on goodread.
But i couldn't help it. I seriously need to review on this one.
The heartbroken heartbreaker. I takes too long to read this book bcos i expect it would be cliche (yeah judging from the synopsis)
But, i seriously saying it is it.
One of the best romance book i've read so far on wattpad. (Of course including storm & silence/ cellphone swap/ TBBTTB/ n many more)
THH is a must read novel.
Its not written in a rush kind of style.. its take a lot of patient, and explanation, and flashback and it caused readers to have emotional roller coaster over and over plus heart damaged.
Don't expect to find happiness and colorful love stories like any other stories.
Its a definition of damage beyond repair. But, its NOT the hurt that the writer focusing on, but the way one can cope n overcome it by having someone to help u learn and to pick pieces of ur heart.
In fact, i can assure at the end of the story, everyone will know exactly the feels of being heartbroken without having heartred to any of the characters.

Indeed its really really BEAUTIFUL beyond all the heart wrenching events, mistakes and each of the unspeakable, besides all the metaphor, and the definition of LIFE.

Here is some of the beautiful words u will find in there:

'I realize that the hardest part of letting go is having to watch something get carried away by the wind.
You hold it in your grasp, knowing its the last time you ever will, and you open your hand and watch it leave without the slightest idea as to where it might land.'

'What i felt was a different kind of ache that was brought by the thought of losing something that had been a vital part of your life; like outgrowing your favorite blanket and you know you can't kept it anymore but you can't let it go. You can't.
But i should. I had to.'

'His words were careful and deliberate, like he was setting something heavy on a glass table, and he was afraid the weight might break it'

Beautiful indeed is not it?

[Bibli Fy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Baca ini tuh bikin nostalgia waktu lagi suka-sukanya baca cerita Wattpad pas SMP.

Fyi aja, buku ini salah satu buku yang terbit dari Wattpad, ditulis sama penulis dari Filipina. Aku juga sempet mampir ke karya aslinya di Wattpad, dan itu ternyata ditulis dalam bahasa inggris instead of Tagalog.

Aku mau bahas gaya penulisannya dulu, soalnya kan sering tuh orang-orang punya stigma kalo tulisan di Wattpad itu seringnya berantakan, ga bagus, dan akhirnya bikin ga minat baca deh. Well, di chapter pertama sampe ketiga, aku merasa diksi dan deskripsi latar suasana dan tempatnya masih kaya terlalu dangkal, kurang jelas dan jujur kurang menarik. Tapi, setelah itu berubah banget, narasinya jadi jauh lebih menarik dan semakin terarah, ga asal 'lompat-lompat' aja yang penting sampe ke adegan selanjutnya.

Terus buat plot-nya, sebenernya klise, enemies to friends to lovers, fake dating, dan tipikal cerita remaja SMA banget hahahaha, tapi yang bikin aku paham kenapa buku ini bisa narik banyak pembaca karena alurnya menyentuh, apalagi bawa-bawa soal keluarga. Buku ini itu selain soal cinta dan patah hati, juga soal gimana kita berdamai dengan keadaan, dan menurutku mungkin relate untuk sebagian orang. Aku juga suka gimana tiap karakter itu punya ciri khas masing-masing yang bikin pembaca itu mudah banget kenal dan membedakan sifat mereka. Buku ini bikin alur dan latar belakang yang realistis terus konsisten dengan apa yang dia coba sampaikan dan mendasari that tragic love story sampe akhir.

Kamu boleh kehilangan, kamu boleh patah hati dan belum bisa move on, but that doesn't mean you won't recover and find new love. Kamu bisa pisah sama seseorang, but if both of you are destined to be together, then you'll find each other again.

[ari · Rating 5 out of 5]

the only book ever written. the only book i have ever read. i have a degree in english literature and idk if any book i read had as much of an impact on me as this one did (maybe perks/the bell jar but i read that afterwards sooo)

i read this book for the first time seven years ago back in my wattpad days in highschool, and i just re-discovered it (an actual copy) and it hurts just the same. perhaps more considering i knew what was coming and i still CRIED. i understand that as a wattpad book, it had to be DRAMATIC and fast-paced but please i was devastated. the last 75 pages didn't let me BREATHE

ugh. seth. kyla. we COULD HAVE WORKED IT OUT. WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL. fuck sarah i don't even know her. what the fuck did that bitch do that had him so wound up like this. cedric is whatever tbh i never cared much for him. also wtf nicole ?? WHY DID YOU LEAVE AND GO MAKE OUT WITH HER?? idc that he realized it meant nothing but ummm why would we do that...I UNDERSTAND HE WAS ANGRY BUT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ANGRY AND GO ON THAT WALK AND REALIZE EVEN KISSING ANYONE ELSE MADE HIM SICK.

next. umm moving to new york?? WHY. why. why. why. the ambiguous ending HAUNTED me for years. i HATE ambigious endings. i gaslit myself into thinking they found themselves back together. but, i just found out she revealed the ending on her ask fm. AND WHAT DO I LEARN? THEY NEVER END UP TOGETHER. "they stay friends." ok well i don't want them as JUST FRIENDS. and also warren and alyssa? what happened there. i find out that he brought a date and she was upset and then nothing? no closure. no one wants me to be happy. i have no peace.

i know the author said it's because they were toxic and blah blah blah but i mean why couldn't that mean they work it out eventually ....ughhhhhh.

anyways, five stars because this fundamentally changed my life. it set the standard for all romance novels in my entire life. seth everett was my blueprint. the scene of them kissing at the party and warren saying that he's WHIPPED literally is ingrained in my dna. it is the standard. idk what to say i'm so upset and i probably cried more this time than first reading it because i knew their downfall was coming. why why why

[Self. · Rating 4 out of 5]

"𝙺𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕 𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙. 𝙺𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗-𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚞𝚔 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚞𝚗, 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚊 𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚎 𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑 𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔." -𝐡𝐥𝐦 𝟑𝟒𝟓

Novel ini menceritakan tentang Kyla yang pura-pura pacaran dengan Seth (cowok populer di sekolah) untuk membalas dendam pada Cedric yang tiba-tiba memutuskannya tanpa ada alasan yang jelas.

Okay, sebenarnya novel dengan cerita seperti ini bisa dikatakan sudah mainstream dan klise. Tapi kembali lagi bagaimana penulis meramu ceritanya. Meskipun begitu, novel ini cukup menghibur.

Kisahnya tentang kehidupan remaja, ini bukan cerita remaja yang haha-hihi tapi lebih realistis. Itulah yang membuatku betah membacanya.

Proses penerimaan masa lalu, berani menghadapi hal yang menyakitkan, isu-isu dalam kehidupan keluarga, dsb. yang mengikat kisah Kyla, Seth dan Cedric. Alurnya yang maju-mundur membuatku mengerti apa yang terjadi diantara Kyla dan Seth.

Plot twist di beberapa bab terakhir cukup mempermainkan perasaanku:). Mengenai kekurangan, ending-nya menurutku terburu-buru. Tapi it's okay, overall, aku suka buku ini.

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty much one of the best Wattpad books I’ve ever read. The author somehow managed to keep the humor throughout the story yet still offer so many life lessons we can take from Kyla, Seth, and Cedric. My favorite quote will always be this one:

You hold its wings between your thumb and index finger and you can feel them slightly buzzing as the dragonfly attempts to fly. You bring it closer to you and watch it—you take not of every color, every curve, every little detail on its frail little body—and wish that you would never have to let go of something so beautiful.

But rarely in our lives do we ever get what we wish for and you know you can’t hold on forever, because sometimes, it’s holding on that makes us weak.

So you pry your fingers apart.

For a second, the dragonfly stays still. And then its wispy wings buzz to life. It flies and you watch is rise, higher and higher, farther and farther, until you can’t see it anymore.

You squint into the sunlight, your eyes narrowing to tiny slits, but your lips tug into a smile.

[Yuliani · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Heartbroken Heartbreaker, menceritakan luka yang dialami oleh ketiga tokoh; Kyla Evans, Seth Everett, Cedric Walter. Kyla, yang patah hati karena di putuskan oleh Cedric ketika hubungan mereka baik-baik saja, ketika Kyla merasa tidak melakukan hal yang salah. Seth, yang terseret dalam gelombang masa lalunya mencoba keluar dari bayang-bayang masa lalu dengan melabuhkan hatinya ke orang baru. Cedric, yang menutupi rahasianya dengan memilih memutuskan Kyla agar sebisa mungkin tidak menyakiti seseorang yang dicintainya.

Ini pengalaman pertamaku membaca novel Filipina terbitan @penerbitharu, karya Sam Madison ini menceritakan tentang kisah anak remaja sehingga konfliknya tidak terlalu berat sebenarnya. Tapi penulis membuat novel ini memiliki kisah yang complicated, sehingga cukup mengaduk-aduk perasaan pembaca. Konfliknya tidak seputar tentang percintaan saja, namun di balut dengan kisah persahabatan yang retak, bertemu teman-teman baru, dan keluarga yang tidak utuh. Serta percakapan antara Kyla - Seth, Kyla - Cedric mampu membuatku mengulang kalimat demi kalimat.