Monday, March 2, 2020

Review: Girls With Razor Hearts by Suzanne Young

Title: Girls With Razors Hearts
Author: Suzanne Young
Series: Book Two in the Girls With Sharp Sticks Series
Genre: Fantasy
Published By: Simon Pulse (March 17, 2020)
Source: ARC Provided by the Publisher (in exchange for an honest review)
My Rating: 4 Stars!



Book Description:
It’s time to fight back in this second novel in a thrilling, subversive near future series from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young about a girls-only private high school that is far more than it appears to be.

Make me a girl with a razor heart…

It’s been weeks since Mena and the other girls of Innovations Academy escaped their elite boarding school. Although traumatized by the violence and experimentations that occurred there, Mena quickly discovers that the outside world can be just as unwelcoming and cruel. With no one else to turn to, the girls only have each other—and the revenge-fueled desire to shut down the corporation that imprisoned them.

The girls enroll in Stoneridge Prep, a private school with suspect connections to Innovations, to identify the son of an investor and take down the corporation from the inside. But with pressure from Leandra, who revealed herself to be a double-agent, and Winston Weeks, an academy investor gone rogue, Mena wonders if she and her friends are simply trading one form of control for another. Not to mention the woman who is quite literally invading Mena’s thoughts—a woman with extreme ideas that both frighten and intrigue Mena.


And as the girls fight for freedom from their past—and freedom for the girls still at Innovations—they must also face new questions about their existence…and what it means to be girls with razor hearts.









Girls with Razor Hearts was everything one would expect from the talented Young. It was so realistic in it's simplicity, horrifying in the what ifs, thought provoking, unique, and so, so, addicting. 

I even dare say I loved this more than the first, which, let's be honest is rare in most series, trilogies, and duologies. 

The girls were more fierce while also still maintaining their love for each other and those they've come to trust. In fact, the girl power in this book is what really makes it stand out. Girls in this horrible dark world that Young has created, have very little power anymore yet theses extraordinary girls, are winning that power back and are refusing to back down. They are going to fight for what is right, fair, and deserving. 

I love love the women these girls are becoming. How they are progressing and changing and adapting. 

I can not wait to see what is in store for them next. This was every bit as dramatic, exciting, and enchanting as it's predecessor and I want more! 





*All thoughts and opinions are my own and were not influenced by the author or publisher. I was not compensated for this review.*

22 comments:

  1. I'm excited to pick this up! I loved the first book so much and this sounds even better! I'm so glad to hear there's a ton of character growth.
    Great review, Ali!

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    1. It really was even better, so much girl power!

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  2. It's definitely rare to like a second book more than the first, so yay! I haven't read the first one but I heard great things so I might need to check these out.

    -Lauren
    www.shootingstarsmag.net

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  3. Hooray for girl power. Its good to know the book was better than its predecessor.

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  4. Wow this sounds really good, how far in the near future? Great review Kindlemom!

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    1. It never actually says a year so honestly, it could be now!

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  5. It's an author that I still need to try

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    1. She is a great author, I love her originality!

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  6. I feel like I have read this author before...this looks good Ali!

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    1. I think you have! Her one series, crap, I can't remember what it's called now but it was the one with the epidemic of suicides in teens. Shoot, anyways I want to say it was that one but I might be wrong!

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  7. Oh I need this so bad. I loved the first one.

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  8. I love it when girl power prevails! I hope they're successful by the final book. Fab review! :)

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  9. better than the first one? that is unusual. makes me wonder about the next one
    sherry @ fundinmental

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  10. I love it when a series just gets better with each book, but I agree, that is rare :) I love an exciting, addicting, and exciting story! Yay for girl power :)

    Lindy@ A Bookish Escape

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    1. I just love how unique her stories are and how much fun, even when they are somewhat darker.

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