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Conflicted Heart by Kay Shanee
4.5
emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Kay Shanee definitely had a reader in me! There’s so much about this indie romance that I loved; this book had me in a chokehold and up until the wee hours of the morning trying to finish it 😩 In CONFLICTED HEART, I appreciated the strong cast of supporting characters, as well as the therapy-positive representation in a Black man protagonist who is wholeheartedly behind seeing a therapist and repeatedly expresses how therapy helped him. Drue is awesome and hilarious, and there were several moments that had me doubling over with laughter, but also moments that had me teary eyed. I wasn’t expecting the 3rd act twist, which also made Siyanna’s unreliability valid.