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Steph
is 63% done
Oh it hurts, it hurts. Lily King you've robbed my heart!! This is the first book I've been emotionally invested in (whilst trying to conceal it bc I'm reading in public) after months!! My chest, my throat, my eyes try to break free and wail in pain!
— Jan 20, 2026 02:55AM
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Steph
is 92% done
I can't read the ending unfold.. Oh good Lord. I'll be missing this book, I'll be in pain forever (hopefully, not..)
I feel like I'm a child trapped clueless and sobbing between Yash and Casey's dilemmas. 'God, I hate hospitals,' Casey would say. And I, with my wretched heart woefully agree.
Maybe in the end, I'll actually just accept where fate takes them, and learn that love goes beyond the world we know of.
— Jan 20, 2026 03:33PM
I feel like I'm a child trapped clueless and sobbing between Yash and Casey's dilemmas. 'God, I hate hospitals,' Casey would say. And I, with my wretched heart woefully agree.
Maybe in the end, I'll actually just accept where fate takes them, and learn that love goes beyond the world we know of.
Steph
is 63% done
Oh it hurts, it hurts. Lily King you've robbed my heart!! My chest, my throat, my eyes try to break free and wail in pain! I love the richness of your writing, your characters?!!? Why do I feel like I know them so dearly, like deeply that it hurts literally, after just casually reading their stories in Writers & Lovers? From just loving Casey's sarcastic remarks before to this??!
— Jan 20, 2026 03:08AM
Steph
is 63% done
Oh it hurts, it hurts. Lily Kina you've robbed my heart!! This is the first book I have been emotionally invested (whilst trying to conceal it bc I'm reading in public) after months!! My chest, my throat, my eyes try to break free and wail in pain!
— Jan 20, 2026 02:53AM
Steph
is 63% done
Oh it hurts, it hurts. Lily King you've robbed my heart. This has been the first book I've been emotionally invested (whilst trying to conceal it bc I'm reading in public) after months! And I'm hurting. My chest, my throat, my eyes try to break free and wail in pain!
— Jan 20, 2026 02:50AM
Steph
is 40% done
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I feel sad.. Why Yash. I thought you're.. sjanfb I can see little red flags here and there. Maybe you're entertaining someone else - maybe Sam convinced you about something.
And Casey, you always have the wrong choices.
Went to Paris and never thought about stability and being a responsible adult. Can't talk about emotions when you knew it was you suffering from all that bottling up you did since Jay. AAA
— Jan 18, 2026 09:15PM
I feel sad.. Why Yash. I thought you're.. sjanfb I can see little red flags here and there. Maybe you're entertaining someone else - maybe Sam convinced you about something.
And Casey, you always have the wrong choices.
Went to Paris and never thought about stability and being a responsible adult. Can't talk about emotions when you knew it was you suffering from all that bottling up you did since Jay. AAA
Steph
is 20% done
I'm really enjoying the book thus far! And I feel like I loved it bc I recently finished Writers & Lovers and this book even made more sense. I pick up little realizations here and there. About Sam's religiousness and stiffness - I can say I'm a spiritiual person, too. But I don't largely think one's spirituality must be caged on rules upon rules. It's different.
— Jan 17, 2026 06:03PM

