4.5 stars. Emma Scott is my go to author when I need a real story, a story that will likely keep me teary eyed the entire time.

Author Emma Scott was very vague in the blurb for this one, so I’m going to stick with that philosophy while reviewing, although it will be incredibly difficult.

Picking up where book 1 left off, we discover what has happened with Weston and Connor. Each is struggling with guilt, anger, and what their lives now mean to them. Moreover, we follow along with Autumn as she tries to come to terms with what she thought her relationships were with each of the two friends, what she wanted them to be, and what she wants now. There is a reference to “twice-born” people which is so amazingly perfect for this entire novel. Each of these characters has reached a time of change and a time of discovery, in both good ways and bad. They all want something, yearn for something, but are either unsure how to get it or afraid to even hope for it.

I am truly in awe of Emma Scott’s development of these characters. It is something you need to experience for yourself to understand, but the balance between such simple and complex emotions at once is absolute perfection.

‘Long live the twice born hearts
Like mine.
It beats only for you
My love
Unending and infinite,
I will take you with me
Into the next life
And a thousand beyond that
Always.
Forever.’ (Emma Scott)

Long Live the Beautiful Hearts is all about change, making peace with yourself and others, as well as, love. Not only romantic love, but love for friends, love for hobbies, love for words, and so on. In addition to love, this novel embodies accepting and embracing the various changes that occur in our lifetimes. They all go through so many changes, but eventually, it all starts feeling almost seamless as if it were fate just saying, “see, I was right.” This novel had me laughing at times, crying more times than I will ever admit, and in the end, I felt at peace.

I received each of these ebooks from NetGalley, however, these are two novels that I absolutely plan to purchase in paperback so that I can share them with friends and family. From the beginning of the first book to the end of the second book, was just mesmerizing.

*Thanks to NetGalley for providing this copy in exchange for my honest review!

As I said in my review of book one; this two-book story will stay with me for a long time, and most of that reason is because of the hero's journey. I hope to avoid spoilers by not naming names.

This NA duology focusses on three things:
1) the hero getting to know himself and learning to love himself by overcoming horrible hardships;
2) the hero and his best friend: a true bromance with every up and down like a romantical love;
and
3) the romance between the hero and the heroine.

All three aspects end at a horrible cliffhanger at the end of book one, and book two did a very good job of keeping me guessing how it would all play out. Book two is mostly the hero's story; he has the largest, on page, character development. At some points I wanted the romance between hero and heroine to come front and center more, but in the end I feel like it's just as it should be in this book. The hero's best friend also has quite an arc, and since that was happening mostly off-stage, I felt a little bit cheated out of his story. The romance between the hero and heroine is resolved around 80% in book two, but the rest of the scenes were so beautiful! The bromance resolution made me cry. The hero's journey was that of a true hero, and made me look at my surroundings in an entirely different way. This book has a message. Loud and clear. But while it's loud, and on the nose... it is beautiful.

Please Ms. Scott: keep writing these beautiful stories, even if they don't always have the main focus on the romance.

Emma Scott has done it again. This duet is definitely a must read! Very well written. Not your typical love triangle. You have to read Bring Down The Stars first as this is not a stand alone. Would recommend as a must read!

Stop it! This is too much! I'm literally crying like hell, and when my mom saw me, she asked me if my fiance decided to call off the wedding LOL Of course not! The wedding is still on, but I'm still gonna cry because the story is too depressing, too emotional.

Well... I'm feeling kinda disappointed.

The overall feel of this book is so polar opposite of the first one. Reading Bring Down the Stars was such a visceral experience for me. My stomach was tight with anxiety the whole time. On the other hand, this book gave me some lukewarm feelings at best. Books being able to evoke a physical response is such a rare, magical thing and I was so sad to see that quality was lost on Long Live the Beautiful Hearts.

Was it a bad book? No, not at all. It just didn't live up to the expectations set by book one.

There was some heartbreak and drama at the beginning of the story, but then it just became too sweet, too cute and lost its originality and unique voice. My connection to the characters weakened, and then I lost interest to the point where I read another book in the middle of reading this one (which is not something I ever typically do).

In a story where everything was completely messed up, everything turned out too perfect and I think that took away from the original plot.

Still, as I said, not a bad book. And worth reading to get some closure. Plus, the poetry is still so beautiful and filled with emotion!

So this is the second book in this series, If you have not read the first book then I am sorry for you but also this will contain major spoilers!
I loved the first book in this beautiful story but it ended on a major cliff hanger and I could not deal with the waiting until I could read this one. I have to admit I was not expecting this book to turn out how it did.

So I was always a member of the Wes fan club but I would like to upgrade to number one fan status right now! He is such a strong human, He never ever blamed Connor for anything that happened (Which I wont talk about because I dont want to ruin anything). He wallowed in self pity for a while but when he pulled himself together he really was amazing.

I am pretty sure that I went through all of the emotions possible while reading this instalment. Emma Scotts writing is so beautiful that you cant help but feel what ever the characters are feeling.

I am really happy that Ruby is in this book so much and that she is able to help Connor out. Autumn is still as beautiful on the inside and out! Autumn and Wes are just perfection! one of my newest favourite book couples!

I received an e-ARC of this copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Everything that I wrote here is what I felt about the book. You may or may not feel the same. Enjoy!
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Long Live the Beautiful Hearts is the sequel of Bring Down the Stars. I love it more than the first one. Seriously. It follows the story of the first book. We get a chance to read more deeply about the characters. The characters are well-developed. We can see their changes and growth through out the story. The plot is rather flat with small portions of ups and downs.
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All in all, it is a really great book. Especially for those people who likes poems, poetic words, insta-love, and romance.
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Thank you for writing this book, Emma!

I love everything Emma Scott writes! This story is the second in the series and it's well crafted. Kept me reading till the end :)

Thank you Emma Scott and the Publisher for giving me the change to read and review Long Live the Beautiful Hearts.

What a great follow up to Bringing Down the Stars. This book flowed just as easy as the last one. It was nice that when there was conflict it didn't just drag on about how mad that person was etc. They got over it and moved on with the story. Loved how everything was tied up in a pretty little bow at the end and all the question I might have had were answered.

As always Emma has written a perfect story. A beautiful conclusion to the Hearts duet. The epilogue is perfect

I loved Loved LOVED Bring Down The Stars , the emotional introduction into the Beautiful Hearts series.
I couldn’t wait to read Long Love The Beautiful Hearts.
People, It’s just as brutal as I imagined it to be.

This series wrecked me body and soul.
The last time I felt such a strong affinity to a book that was as turbulent as this series was It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover and Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan. THIS SERIES IS PURE MAGIC.

‘Emotional’ doesn’t sum it up. This book, this series is a must read.
Powerful, heartbreaking and hopeful. Long Live The Beautiful Hearts is a story filled with courage, determination, hope and honestly? a little bit of stubbornness. hahaha

This series WILL take you along a journey where you, as readers, will feel every rise and fall of these characters.

Beautiful Hearts series by Emma Scott is exquisite!

A Must MUST Read. Highly recommend it.

Long Live the Beautiful Hearts was such a great book and I think I even enjoyed it a tad bit more than Bring Down the Stars! This book made me so incredibly emotional and I might’ve shed a tear or two here and there because there were so many heavy scenes in this novel. I’m also still so in love with all of the awesome characters Scott has created and I’m so glad we got to read more about them. The only point of criticism I have is that some parts of the book were a bit slow and especially the middle portion of it dragged on quite a bit.

But all in all, Long Live the Beautiful Hearts was a great sequel which I really, really enjoyed. I highly recommend you check out this duology and I’ll definitely try to read some of Scott’s other novels soon!

Wow.. not at all what I was expecting, but I loved it. Wes was definitely my favorite character. I just couldn’t get enough of this duet. A definite recommendation from me!

After falling in love with the characters right at the beginning of the first book, I have to confess that I was not ready for all that happens in the second one.
I don't want to give many details, just because I'm afraid someone is going to read this before reading the book, but it was such an incredible experience to see how their lives were changed, all the twists and turns, all the emotions...
I don't have words to say how great this series is.
Read the book, people! Read the book!!!

*By the way, you might need some paper tissues for all the tears. Get ready because it's worth it

After the cliffhanger ending to book 1, I couldn't wait to get stuck straight into Long Live the Beautiful Hearts - and when I say straight into, I mean that. I finished book 1 and immediately opened book 2!

This duology was a definite hit! I loved the dual pov's, and the poetry was lovely. I felt like the story flowed well and found both main characters to be engaging and I didn't bore of either of the pov's. At times I felt like shaking my kindle, screaming nooooo because one or the other would do something daft but the story wove together so well and I don't think I'd have loved it as much if events hadn't happened as they did. I read this one in two sittings, and cried so hard several times, but especially at the end - what a fantastic ending to this beautiful duology - I'm such a sap.

Unfortunately I had some issues with this book. While the story overall was good it lacked on the pacing of the first book and some of the characters while it made since for them to seem different after their experiences in the end of the first book a few seemed dramatically different. I am also not a big fan of sex scenes where they are semi to vary descriptive so I ended up skipping pages to by pass reading it. Also I was waiting for one thing to happen that was left over from the first book and it happened much later in this story than I thought it would.

Emma Scott really knows how to pull at your heart strings. This book was amazing. I truly appreciate a story that has twists and turns that you do not see coming. This duet was the first of Emma Scott books I have read and I am just blown away at her characters and the journey's they take. This story is truly uplifting. I really can not put in to words the way I feel about these books. All I can say is they are truly a must read.

This book was a great read. I fill like a flew through it in no time and was routing for the love story the whole time. I don't want to give any sort of synopsis because it would spoil the story from the first book in Emma Scott's first book in the Beautiful Hearts duology.

Emma writes beautifully in this novel bringing even more light to characters that I had already fell deeply in love with in the first book. Not only did the characters have great chemistry that I crave from a good New Adult book but Emma Scott writes about disabilities and the struggles those who have them face every day in such a deep way that it added a whole new level to the book for me.

As someone who has an invisible disability and struggles daily with things 'normal' people wouldn't I loved seeing these types of things getting recognition in a book, and though it sucked to read about people suffering in anyway it was also amazing to read them fighting and succeeding to get better and having the support of amazing friends and family.

The only reason this book isn't a 5 star read for me is because I found at times the pacing could be a little bit off.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for providing a free eArc in exchange for my honest opinions and review.

5 <b> Twice Born Man </b> Stars


Do you ever stumble upon an author and just go wow I enjoy the way your write.
I discovered Emma Scott with The butterfly project and In harmony and thought this is a good author and I enjoy her work but it was just a 4 star read for me. I then picked up Bring down the stars.. and I was sooo overwhelmed with how good the book was. I was entirely convinced it was a completely different author. This is the first military book I have read that was well researched and gutwrencingly powerful. It hurt me so deeply and emotionally and the authors note made me cry all over. This author.. is incredible I will never say no to reading another of her books. My heart hurts just talking about this to write this review. I must say this book made me highlight amazing phrases and it found me when I was in a really dark place in my life learning how to deal with my own loss. My heart is crushed, broken and beating for the first time it feels/


Quotes:

<b> Fight for you. For who you are. Fight for yourself and what you love. </b>
<i> My armor is too heavy to carry, and it never protected me at all. </i>