The Heart Principle

”The thing with feelings is they pass. Hearts aren't designed to feel anything too intensely for too long, be it joy, sorrow, or anger. Everything passes in time. All colors fade.”

As someone who is on the autism spectrum, the books in these instalments always hold a special place in my heart.

What I love the most about these books is that it gives a fantastic representation of people on the spectrum by exploring the non-stereotypically aspects of it. The idea that people believe that all autistic people have the same characteristics and if you don't appear to fit those stereotypes that you can't be autistic will never fail to baffle me and I am so happy that was explored in this book, as well as masking.

This was so much more than a romance with the heavy and real topics it portrayed. It's about self-acceptance and learning to not be afraid of reaching out for help.

I loved reading about Anna learning to come to terms with her diagnosis and her accepting that she doesn't need to mask happiness for anyone. Reading her stand up for herself and do what's best for her was so great for me and you can tell that the author put a lot of love into it.

I couldn't give this the five stars that I was wanting to give it since I felt that the romance that was present in the book felt quite rushed and not as developed as I would've liked.

Overall, I loved this and I can see myself rereading this in the future.