I’ve read and enjoyed Bethany Mangle’s debut Prepped, so when I was invited to read her latest book (Thank you Books Forward!), I was intrigued! However, I didn’t know if I could fit it into my reading schedule since I already felt overbooked. So I agreed to share a spotlight with hopes of a review to share later on. This one sounds absolutely heartbreaking—but in a good way. Let me know if you’ve read this one! ❤️
Title: Conditions of a Heart
Author: Bethany Mangle
Genre: Young Adult, Romance
Publishes On: February 20, 2024
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Source: digital (Netgalley)
Pages: 352
Synopsis:
For fans of Talia Hibbert and Lynn Painter comes a funny and unflinchingly honest story about a teen who must come to terms with her disability and what it means for her identity, her love life, and her future.
Brynn Kwan is desperate for her high school persona to be real. That Brynn is head of the yearbook committee, the favorite for prom queen, and definitely not crumbling from a secret disability that’s rapidly wearing her down. If no one knows the truth about her condition, Brynn doesn’t have to worry about the pitying looks or accusations of being a faker that already destroyed her childhood friendships. She’s even willing to let go of her four-year relationship with her first love, Oliver, rather than reveal that a necessary surgery was the reason she ignored his existence for the entire summer.
But after Brynn tries to break up a fight at a pep rally and winds up barred from all her clubs and senior prom, she has nothing left to prop up her illusion of being just like everyone else. During a week-long suspension from school, she realizes that she doesn’t quite recognize the face in the mirror—and it’s not because of her black eye from the fight. With a healthy sister who simply doesn’t understand and a confused ex-boyfriend who won’t just take a hint and go away like a normal human being , Brynn begins to wonder if it’s possible to reinvent her world by being the person she thought no one herself.
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About the Author
Bethany Mangle is the author of the young adult contemporary novels PREPPED and ALL THE RIGHT REASONS. Her third book, CONDITIONS OF A HEART, is forthcoming in February 2024. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys spoiling her dog, playing video games, and spending time with her unbearably nerdy husband. She moves too much to put a location in her bio ever again.
Have you read Conditions of a Heart? Will you be adding it to your tbr? Let me know in the comments!
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I hadn’t heard of this one before but it sounds interesting! Maybe very angsty but I’m intrigued. I hope you enjoy this whenever you get the chance to read it 🙂
It does sound like a good one! Hopefully I can get to it sooner rather than later. 🙂
I really enjoyed her book Prepped; and I’m now adding this one to my TBR list. 😀
Yay!! I would love to hear what you think about it.