5 Stars
Wow just really Wow-
So many emotions and feels - But this is an Emma Scott Book so be prepared!

I was provided with a free copy of this book, and it’s sequel, by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I read this book very quickly and immediately moved on to it’s sequel. I enjoyed the characters, mostly, especially Wes. I won’t give anything away, but this book was frustratingly good. The only frustrating part was wanting to knock some sense into the characters on communicating with each other rather than hiding things under the cloak of being a good friend. However, these are lessons that are learned as people grow up.
I enjoyed the chapter descriptions, personalities, and setting. In some ways, the writing and plot seem a bit rushed as I approached the end of the novel. I feel it may have benefited from being a trilogy to better flesh out some things? But, in the end I enjoyed it and hurried on to ‘Long Live the Beautiful Hearts’ with my heart and mind racing.

Emma’s words are poetic and her stories are an emotional rollercoaster. It's messy, complicated, and so emotional. It's so unique

I’m amazed at Emma Scott’s ability to write such amazing stories. This is a complicated love triangle involving Autumn, Connor, and Weston. It begins with a tale of friendship and ends with love that is forever binding.

I loved, loved, loved this book. This story is a retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac, a beautiful lovestory.
I fell in love with Weston on the first page when we find out what devastates him and leaves him thinking that he is not worth loving. He has such a remarkable soul and even though he shows outwardly that he is brooding and though, inside he is soft and poetic and know how to love fiercely.
I fell in love with Connor when he takes Weston under his wings and protects him from all the problems and people that can hurt him. He is always happy and smiling on the outside, but on the inside he is fighting his own demons.
Autumn is an amazing woman. She is funny, sassy, smart but also a little naive. She longs for romance and being understood and swept off her feet.
Both Connor and Weston falls for Autumn but who ends up with her?
This story will make you fall in love then tear your heart apart and then leave you with a huge cliffhanger for the next book without restoring it again. It is just written in such a remarkable way that you forgive Emma Scott immediately for devastating you without helping you back up again.
How can you mourne two guys that are not real and you don’t know if they are dead or alive well read this book and find out;).
I am heartbroken and sobbed through a lot of the story but the poem at the end gives a little hope for the ending to an amazing duology
I can definitely recommend this book.
I received this book for free through Netgalley and Emma Scott in exchange of an honest review.

*5 Stars*

Copy kindly received via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

What the what?! How on earth do I begin to write a review about what I just read? As always with an Emma Scott book, I was grabbed hook, line and sinker from the very beginning. These characters just draw you in and don't let go.

They're all so likeable in their own individual ways, and you feel for them for different reasons, yet at other times you just want whip some sense into them, and make them see whats right in front of them and really going on.

I love love loved Weston in all his harsh demeanour and its glory. Underneath all that is a heart of gold and fragile little boy, and I just fell right damn in love with him. Connor was an interesting character, but definitely didn't hold the depth that Weston did for me.

Autumn was a great character as well, and I loved the true romantic in her. Its easy to understand why she was feeling how she was, and whilst I definitely didn't agree with things that were happening, I was so invested in this story to see how things would play out for her.

And then lord almighty, the ending with all those things happening? And not just the very end, but right before it. I cannot wait to start the next book but I'm scared at the same time, because I know what I want to happen, and I'm worried it won't. And I'm invested. Holy moly. Thats what Emma Scott does, she grabs your heart, and pulls you right in, until you're so in love and invested in these stories that you can't let go. And truthfully, you don't want to.

Send me strength, i'll be diving into book 2 shortly...



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After reading Emma Scott's Full Tilt duet, I was SO excited about reading another one of her duets... and I wasn't disappointed.

First of all, I love the title.

Emma Scott certainly knows how to pull at the heartstrings while weaving a beautiful love story. I can't wait to continue this duet!

Oh my goodness, I could not put this book down I was reading long into the night. I had no clue how the book was going to end. Weston, Autumn and Connor bring you in and you are on an emotional roller coaster. I was really excited to read from the male perspective of things since a lot of romance are from a female point of view. I am so glad there was a second book because I wouldn't of been able to handle not knowing what happened next. I never heard of Emma Scott before reading this book but now I am a huge fan.

Bring Down the Stars by Emma Scott is the 1st book in the Beautiful Hearts series, and wow! Utterly delightful in every sense of the word. Be prepared to be swept up in this story and these characters. Be sure to have your Kleenex handy. I recommend this book for anyone who whats an emotional roller coaster. I can't wait to read book 2.

I reviewed a digital arc provided by NetGalley and the Publisher. Thank you.

5 stars?!

6 stars?!

A bucket full of stars?!

No amount of stars would do this book justice. Just look at the sky and bring down all the stars you see.

This is not a love triangle or your typical angsty romance. This is a heart ripping, soul crashing story where finally as sinful and wrong as it must be, it was all you would want.

Thank you so much for writing such an amazing book and doing such an awesome job to so beautifully shatter our hearts. I just hope book two would fix ghe rippings.

*I am grateful to have been given this book as an ARC from NetGalley. All opinions are mine.*

Oh. My. God. I haven't really fallen for a book character since Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind, but Weston Turner could not have been more perfect. He was just the right amount of broody, handsome and athletic, AND he has a way with words and loves literature? *Swoons in librarian.*

I even found myself drawn to Connor Drake, so I can understand why Autumn fell for both of those boys, even if she didn't realize she had done so. I stayed up reading last night until I couldn't see anymore, because I just had to find out what was going to happen to these characters. I am forever grateful that I received this book and the sequel, Long Live the Beautiful Hearts as ARCs because if I had to wait after that cliffhanger to find out what happened I would be a very upset reader. The story really drew me in, and having been an Army wife to an infantryman for a while, I can relate to the tension and the struggle of loving someone who is deployed. I haven't read a book that made me so emotional in a while. I think it was what I needed since my life has been a series of thriller after thriller. Sometimes you gotta break your own heart just to remember that it still works, and that's what reading this book did to me.

I know that this book was inspired by the tale of Cyrano de Bergerac and at first I thought that was going to be a turn off for me because it's not one of my favorite stories ever, but honestly had I not known that tidbit (it was in the description) I would have never guessed at it. I don't know what that says about my generation and catfishing being such a common thing now a days that this could occur so easily, but it worked in the story.


I am working on the second book now, and will most likely be finishing it up tonight. I can say that if it is anywhere as amazing as this book was, I will definitely be checking out more of Ms. Scott's work.

A friend of mine introduced me to Emma Scott’s books quite recently and I’ve been hooked ever since. Her books are so full of emotion and the Beautiful Hearts duet is no exception.
This first book is a Cyrano-type story and for me it worked really well. It was completely believable and showed the close and complex relationship between Weston and Connor. Both were interesting characters, as was the heroine of the romance, Autumn. I liked how they formed friendships and relationships that felt true despite the lies and omissions that founded it all. I really enjoyed it and went straight to the second book.

4.5 stars. Emma Scott is my go to author when I need a real story. I plowed through this and while it's a short read, it is a hard hitting read, full of emotion. That ending...my goodness, I am so glad I had the next one to pick up right after because I don't think I could have emotionally waited for the second.

Loved this book so much! The characters were great, storyline kept me interested, and I devoured this book in just a few hours. Loved it!!

Oh my wow !! I feel completely shattered !! Weston - effing - Turner !!

One of the best reads this year, all genre considered. I beyond loved it ! Truly truly romantic and so heart breaking.. And the characters..Sigh..

I have so many things to write about this book and I am not going to be stingy in my words. This story deserves all the accolades and more.. When I read the synopsis and requested the book, never in my wildest imaginations had I known what I was signing up for. BLOWN ! So, here we go..

1] The prologue : "Almost Empty" WTF ? That a 12 year old boy penned down this essay, was heart breaking to say the least. Burning the sock, the action and the words meant so much to him. His pain was palpable.. The bullying scene where Weston stands up to the boys by roasting himself on a missing father ?? Hands down the best entry scene of a character ever. A few pages and we can already see how bad ass this character is going to be..
"I hate to say you have a dead-beat dad, but if the sock fits...?"
"Knock Knock". " Who's there?" "I don't know, but not your dad, that's for goddamn sure".

WORD !!

2] Amherst Asshole - Woah.. a teenage Weston.. So damn good. Does it make sense when I say his asshole-ness was awesome. Gave so much depth to his character ! This boy has built the Great Wall of China around his heart. Connor was such an affable character, total contrast to Weston, making Weston more intriguing to me. Who wants to read about the good boy, when the bad boy is sooo good ???

3] When Autumn and Weston meet - Awesome scene at the library and looks like Weston has met is match. Usually I don't ship those insta-love theories..But this one I totally shipped..Not they instantly fell in love.. But that connection ? Hot damn ! So well-written...

4] The Twist of Words - I totally understand Autumn's need to hear the words. Words that communicate feelings so effortlessly. Made me a little pissed at Connor for being so oblivious to other people's feelings. He knew Wes for so long and he still couldn't see the signs. And if that was not enough, to make Wes use his own words.. That was a low blow.. Owning that poem ? Low Low blow.. Reading the poem and still not seeing the link.. dumb dumb blow..

5] Joining the Army - This was one direction that I totally did not expect from either of the boys. It made their bond more confusing.. Who needed whom more ? One boy trying to prove his mettle to his father without thinking it through.. the other following him just to live up to his self-burdened emotional debt.. And Autumn still swinging like a pendulum not understanding Connor at all. Which is obvious because her version of Connor is a combination of Wes and Connor.

6] The 'Finally' scenes - So liberating and invigorating to read..I could feel myself getting breath less with each of Autumn's 'Finally'. So so good.. Stopped abruptly, but so many feelings in just a few pages..

7] The poems - Oh my the goddamn poems..

"For you, I would bring down the stars,
wreath their fire around your neck like diamonds,
and watch them pulse to the beat of your heart

For you, I would capture the candlelight in the palm of my hand
Give my breath to give it life, a whisper, 'My love'
So that it may grow
Bright and hot and burn me.. "

Oh yes yes !! Loved it !! Stomped all over my heart...

8] The sneak peak of the next book - The scene where Connor talks about the time they were 14..

"We were all.. boasting about whose ass we wanted to tap, and 'fucking that pussy'.. as if we weren't all virgins". But not you. You were shooting darts, and you had a crush on Kayla Murphy. I'll never forget it. You said, 'Kiss her in the little well of her collarbone, where her heart beats. All the guys just stared at you. Remember? You turned around with a dart in your hand and your face was like Fuck, what did I just say? But instead of taking it back or making a joke.. you just shrugged and said ' Yep, that's what I'd do' and went back to shooting darts. Our friends had no idea what to make of that and burst out laughing. Remember? They thought you were kidding. I laughed too, but I knew you weren't kidding. You weren't fucking kidding at all, were you Wes?".

Looks like Connor is about to redeem himself.. I can't wait to get my hands on it !!

Perfect weekend read! Love Emma Scott. She never disappoints, and this duet did not! The love triangle is not your normal love triangle. Very well executed!

I finished this book weeks ago, but it's only now that I feel okay enough to finally write a review (I'm still not okay enough to read the sequel, though)

Bring Down The Stars was, quite frankly, heart wrenching. Like, it literally tore my heart to shreds. It had me crying every few chapters. I wish I was lying.

And that is the reason why I hated and loved and hated it. It was just so beautifully heartbreaking. It was the most beautiful love triangle I'd ever come across.

Why? Because in this love triangle, all three of them loved each other. (Some romantically, some otherwise.) And the characters were all so good, that there was no way I could hate any of them, much less choose a side. And that was why it tore me up so much. Because I was hurting for both of them.

Ugh, I'd hoped to be more professional, but oh well. I'd also hoped this book WOULDN'T END IN A CLIFFHANGER! But apparently, it's not my lucky day!

(I do have the ARC of the sequel, but I don't have the energy to start reading it right now.)

I fell completely and utterly in love with this book! Weston is just.......wow. It’s what I’ve come to expect from Emma’s books. Perfect

Thank you Emma Scott, Netgalley and publisher for giving me a change to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is not the first book I have read by Emma Scott and it WILL NOT be my Last!! I flew right through this book, I couldn't put it down. Emma has a way of making you feel like you are right there in the book with the characters. Bringing Down The Stars had just the right amount of angst that it didn't make you annoyed with the characters!

When I'm feeling overwhelmed I have this really dumb reaction to it, which is to start laughing. And right now, little laughs keep bursting out of me.

It's not been five minutes since I've finished this book, and I'm still shell shocked. But I'll try my hardest to put my thoughts in order so that I can write this review and start next book ASAP.

I don't how else to describe it than: Oh, my god .

I'm having such a hard time putting my feelings into words, there is just an overabundance of them. I both deeply loved and hated every single second of this story. I live for the drama and the angst, but they make me so impossibly frustrated. Throughout the whole book my stomach was in knots and my chest felt tight. There was just so many emotions, so much pain, love, guilt, hope and everything in between.

And the poetry. Man, the poetry. I'm not really a poetry kind of girl. But those few poems in this book got to me. They made me feel something. The longing was absolutely heartbreaking.

Connor was a well meaning, clueless idiot, Wes was a self-sacrificing,stoney-faced-softie idiot, and Autumn was a blind idiot. I hated them, I loved them. I want to shake the dumbness out of them, and I want them to be happy and healthy and together. And I'm not making any sense. (trust me, I know.)

This is one of those rare times where I won't spoil anything because I truly believe this is a book everyone has to experience fully and without much background info. Just jump blindly into it and soak it all in. I promise you, you won't regret it!