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Books to read if you want to break your heart...

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These books have made me cry - and I barely cry…
 
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This story will rip your heart into pieces and also mend it back together. It is for mature audiences and has dark content.
Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann
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I IDIOTICALLY LET THIS SIT DOWNLOADED ON MY KINDLE FOR EIGHT FUCKING MONTHS BEFORE READING IT. I am so mad that I had this beautiful heartbreaking story within reach but didn't ever pick it until two days ago. I'm not a crier, I cried multiple tim...
Heartbreak Warfare
 
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So, I rarely cry when reading a book, and when I say rarely, I mean like maybe five times ever. This book ripped out my heart and threw it in a f*cking blender. This book owns a piece of my soul and I'm not sure if I'll ever recover.
X My Heart by L.A. Wayward
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The beginning of this was a little rocky, but my goodness I'm glad I stuck it out. This story pulled tears from me more than once and had the most perfect ending
The Butterfly Project | Paperback
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FIVE STARS
This book will break your heart and put it back together. The concept and execution are superior.
The Wrong Heart | Paperback
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This got me out of a slump and therefore deserves five stars. I loved how this wasn't classic romance - the storyline was different and intriguing. Just beautiful.
A Five-Minute Life
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I am an absolute sucker for a grieving individual to process their grief and still have someone fall in love with them. After I was thrown into a whirlwind of grief I didn't feel loveable, I didn't feel worthy. Stories like this pull hard on my heart...  

Added bonus: the dog, Tucker, is basically a main character. And who doesn't adore love stories with dogs? Monsters, that's who.
The Happy Ever After Playlist | Paperback
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FIVE STARS
Any book that gets me to shed a tear, let alone MANY tears, deserves five stars. How a book can both break my heart and fill it with hope is beyond me. Some authors are legit magicians. This book is beautifully tragic and heavy. I knew what was going...
Full Tilt (Deluxe Edition) | Paperback
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FIVE STARS
The first book had me crying tears full of sadness, this one had me crying tears of joy. Such a perfect ending to Kacey's story.
All In (Deluxe Edition) | Paperback
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As a person who has dealt with tremendous loss and grief, this book filled my soul in a way I didn't think was possible.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
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