There’s a lot to unpack in The Heart Principle. Her intentions are right, even though that may not be obvious. You see she’s driven by her desire for what she assumes is good for her family. You find yourself mentally defending even difficult characters like Pricilla, Anna’s elder sister, who tries to dictate how other people act and live and generally comes off as annoying. Hoang writes with a lot of empathy for her characters. It doesn’t help that she has recently been diagnosed as autistic but her sister thinks it’s just an excuse for her ‘poor’ behavior. Anna isn’t the type who can assert herself, say no when she wants to. She has also not broken up with Julian, who her mother and sister absolutely adore. But Anna’s family doesn’t approve of Quan. The two connect through a dating app and hit it off right from the start. Enter Quan, who has just recovered from an illness and is looking to get back on the dating scene. When Julian says he knows Anna won’t date anyone, she becomes determined to prove him wrong. He wants to be sure she is the person he is meant to be with. Then her boyfriend, Julian, suggests they open up their relationship. Nothing she comes up with seems to be good enough. But she has since been replaced by a 12-year-old prodigy and is struggling to make music. But those who have gone through all three keep saying that ‘The Heart Principle’ is the best.Īnna Sun is a violinist who shoots to fame when a YouTube video of her performing on stage goes viral. I haven’t read them but I have heard that they too are good. You don’t have to read the books in chronological order. ‘The Heart Principle’ is the final book in the three-book series by Hoang, the first two being ‘The Kiss Quotient’ and ‘The Bride Test’.

I don’t particularly enjoy love stories but if they were all like this one, I would devour them and become a sucker for romance novels.

‘The Heart Principle’ by Helen Hoang was so-so good.

This is the kind of love story I want to read.

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