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Violence
Barely any
Some violence — Beyah's past circumstances
Language
A lot
Strong language throughout
Sexual Content
Very heavy
Explicit sexual content
Substance Use
Some
A mother's addiction — depicted; Beyah's survival circumstances
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Explicit sexual content; Strong language throughout; A mother's addiction — Beyah's entire life has been shaped by it; Beyah's poverty — real and depicted honestly; The beach house world — the class gap; Samson's own situation — what he's carrying
What this book is about
Beyah Grim has been surviving on her own for years — her mother is an addict, her father was absent. When her mother is hospitalized, she goes to her father's beach house in Texas for the summer. There she meets Samson, a neighbor who seems to have everything Beyah doesn't. Heart Bones is a new adult romance with significant poverty and addiction in the backstory.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Explicit sexual content
Strong language throughout
A mother's addiction — Beyah's entire life shaped by it
Beyah's poverty — real and depicted honestly
Samson's own situation — what he's carrying
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