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!

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>

4,5 "definitely beautiful hearts" stars

There are things that happened to us, in our life, that mold us. Not always in a good way, but it is always a lesson. Things that can make we see all of life with a different light, and when the obstacles become part of us we must learn how to live by it and when we succeed ( we always succeed) that thing we called "obstacles" becomes our normal. Nobody is like the other, so I loved that although the book talks about a changing of life it didn't become something that made the characters feel like they lost, but really start seeing themselves, what they want, who they are. It hits really close to home so... That's it. Thank you for your beautiful words, Emma. I highly recommend this duet.

Bring Down the Stars & Long Live the Beautiful Hearts by Emma Scott
*****
Thanks, NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read and review this duet.
First time reading Emma Scott, I heard a lot about her, and her writing awhile ago but didn’t have the opportunity to read her work until now. Going in blind is the best way to read a new author.
Based on a play from Cyrano de Bergerac, the story is about a triangle of true friendship, unrequited love, and the power of pretty words and poetry. I can honestly say, I’ve not read enough or understood the prose of poetry. Therefore, I’m not a huge fan of poetry, but in this case, the poetry only adds more romance to the storyline. Having admitted my lack of knowledge of poetry, I feel inadequate to write a review that will showcase Emma Scott’s talent. What I can do is try and express how this story has affected me and share some lines from both books which have impacted and left a mark on my soul. This duet is not for the faint of heart; it pulls heavy on your heart and soul and will leave you wrung out like a dirty dish rag. Yes, it’s that powerful, and that emotional! Highly recommended!
“Feelings,” I said, “are like tonsils. Mostly useless, and occasionally a source of pain and discomfort.”
“Parfois, le cœur se cache derrière l’esprit. Sometimes the heart hides itself behind the mind.”
“I worried I would grow up to be trash too, and would hurt any woman I might someday love, so I vowed not to love anyone.”
“…pretty words weren’t enough without something real behind them,”
“The fight you have to fight is for you so that the love you feel for her has a chance.”
“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.”
"Something good and whole in her spoke to the something rotted and broken in me."
"I'm in love with her. The truth was bold and start on the blank page of my heart. I put my pen to paper and began to write."
“I have loved you with both Hands tied behind my back Bound with pen and ink Paper and words Sealed with someone else’s name until this moment in which I am nothing but a man who loves a woman. There is nothing left to say Except to give all of my heart For you.”
“You have a thousand hearts’ worth of love to give. A thousand tears may fall when one heart breaks. But never cry for shame.” He cupped my chin in his thick hand. “Even love lost was well-spent.”
"She's in love with my soul, he said. And my soul is you."
He held my heart in his hands with reverence and care.
He helped me find my soul’s greatest purpose in life.
He loved me with a love so pure and vibrant, I knew I’d never feel anything like it in a hundred lifetimes.
It was real.

I was recommended this duet by so many readers that I knew I just had to read this story, and it has taken less than three days to read both books. There was no way I could have waited to read Long Live the Beautiful Hearts after finishing the first book, as I needed to discover how this story unfolded and I'm so pleased that both books had been released in order for me to do this. You have been warned.

Wes, Connor, Autumn and Ruby are truly wonderful characters that make life choices which they feel are right for everyone, unaware of the likely implications of their actions. I absolutely love the friendships that they share with each other. They don't hesitate to put the feelings and happiness of others above their own. I didn't know how this story was going to play out, and I loved that about the book.

I really do hope that we get maybe an novella update in the future showing us where the paths that the characters have chosen to follow have taken them. I would like to think that all is well.

Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Mary – ☆☆☆☆☆
I loved the first book and could not wait to start this one. And I wasn't sure how the author was going to get Autumn and Weston together or if they would be forever broken hearted.

Connor left school and Wes to try and deal with the guilt he feels for everything that happened, but most of all the guilt he felt for what happened to Wes. He didn't call anyone but his parents.

Wes was adjusting to life after war and life without his best friend. And he is back at school and seeing Autumn everywhere. Autumn wants their friendship back and she speaks to him every chance she gets. When Wes and Autumn spends time together, the feelings begin to grow even more for her and Wes loves her even more.

Can Wes tell her the truth about the letters he wrote her but signed Connors's name to them? Will Autumn be able to forgive them and be able to move on? Will Connor be able to get past his guilt and come back to Wes?

I fell in love with this story and will tell anyone who listens to just read it, you can thank me later. It is filled with all the feels that make a story stick with you and it will stick with me for years to come. I look forward to reading more from Emma Scott.

Long Live the Beautiful Hearts is book #2 in the Beautiful Hearts duet written by Emma Scott.

I've recently started reading more of her books, and I am just loving them! Book #2 is a must read after the first book in the series as the first one does end in a cliffhanger.

Just like the first one, the second book is angsty, heartbreaking and poetic (literally). The characters have grown up a little more due to changes in circumstances, so all the same elements are there, but with a deeper sense of maturity.

Once again, the author has written a book that was both beautifully written and hard to put down.

This book left me speechless. I loved the continuation of Autumn, Connor & Weston. The dynamics were perfect for this story. Emma Scott answered all the questions from the first book in this one. I was so engrossed with all of it. Wonderful book!

Gosh this book is so freaking heart-breakingly beautiful, I can't even.. What an absolutely aching conclusion to such a tangible tale. Emma is something else entirely.