Heart on a Chain [NOOK Book]

absolutely in love with this book!!!

i was just browsing on my nook to find a great new read... to he honest, the initial reason i bought this book was because it was cheap. I WAS DEFINITELY PROVEN WRONG!!!! not only was this a great book, but it is so inspirational! i actually faked being sick today so i could stay home and finish it! absolutely worth reading!! i am so happy i found this! its twisting riveting plot and extaordinary characters, astonishing emotions, and theme do not disappoint! i COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN!!! it is definitely underpriced... you'd think such a brilliant story would cost more! READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!

9 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

Amazing! Brought tears!

This book was so just great! I read it so fast! I take forever to read and I read this 609 page book extremely fast! I couldn't put it down! HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK!!!

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Astonishing

This book is by far one of the best books I have ever read. Parts of the book made me cry parts made laugh and parts made me smile. I read this book in less than 2 hours and its has 609 pages!

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

best book ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is the best book ever! toatally worth $4.00! i would pay $20.00 for it. i would give this book 1,000 stars! i finished in 3 days, it was soo hard to put down! but you can only understad it if ur 10 or older

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Great start. Way too predictable finish

I was engrossed in the book for about the first 100 pages. After that, the book lost it's appeal. Too nice and tidy. I had such high hopes.

3 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

A Must Read for ALL teenagers....and their parents!

This was a well written book about the life of a teenager who is severely abused at home and is tormented and bullied at school. This is a must read for ALL teenagers. It will make you cry, laugh and not want to stop reading. I lost an entire nights sleep reading the entire book.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Highly Recommended!!

I was timid on reading this book to begin with, even with all of the great reviews just because it isn't my normal area I read in. This is a WONDERFUL book, it is 609 pages, and I read it in a day(at work) and finished the last 100 pages at home that evening. You will find yourself happy, sad, mad, hurting for the characters and in the end elated and happy. A def. MUST READ! Enjoy!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Anonymous

This book was excellent! I recommend it for teenagers because in today's world, there is a lot of bullying going on in schools. Kate had to deal with her abusive mother and drunk father at home. School wasn't an escape for her because her fellow classmates taunted her. Then there's Henry. Her popular ex-bestfriend/boyfriend. He comes along and teaches her that she is so much more then what she thinks she is. This is a great book that teaches forgiveness, courage, and true love. Henry is every girl's dream guy!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Heae Heart on a Chain

A totally astounding book. It was a total tearjerker, but an utterly amazing book all the way :)

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Absolutely Amazing story.

This book was truly amazing. My friend recommended it to me so i bought it on my nook, and didn't really get around reading it until I have nothing else to read, as soon as I read the first page i couldn't stop reading till I read the last page, i finished this book in a few hours. Amazingly true and raw emotions, a true story about what a lot of kids actually go through. Words can only being to describe this book! Highly, Highly, Highly! Recommended. I Wish she would right and continue this book, I felt like i knew the characters personally or something, when they felt pain, i felt pain like they we're my friend. it was so real. I loved it, and again highly recommended it!

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Bellanique13

There are no words to express how amazing this book is. I have no complaints. Its hard to nfind a book that constantly pulls at your heart strings. Not only did i fall in love with the plot but also with the charactors. A truley amazing book and definatly underprised.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

AMAZING(:

This is one of the best book i've ever read. Its sadning to realize thats therws familys out there like hers. Amaazing. Must read.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Purely amazing, a must must must read!

My Thoughts:

Kate has a very rough life. At home, she deals with a drug addicted mother and alcoholic father. She is basically a slave in her own home--cleaning and cooking for her parents, getting barely anything in return from them. She is in a constant state of worry as to what will happen if things aren¿t just so, because there are consequences to mistakes, even the smallest. Those consequences are being abused by her mother while her father is gone getting drunk. At school she is bullied and teased and tortured, and she just lets it happen. She has no friends anymore.

And then Henry returns. He and Kate shared a special bond a few years back. They even shared a kiss before he moved away. Henry tries to get close to Kate again, but she distrusts his motive. There were many times that the kids at school would pull a fake friendship on her, and just when she starts to believe she has a friend, they humiliate her. Even though Kate resists, Henry persists until he wins her over. She doesn¿t fully trust him though, but as his kindness is expressed over and over in different ways, she lets him in more and more.

While Kate¿s friendship with Henry begins to turn into something deeper, she faces some intense trials. One of them involves a former friend at school, the other involving a confrontation by her mother. Henry and his family take Kate under their wing and nurture her like she has never been by her own parents. She begins to understand what family and love should be like.

Suddenly, disaster strikes Kate and threatens to make her whole life crumble before her. She is in disbelief over what has happened and is reluctant to allow Henry¿s family to intervene and help. Kate lets go of some things, even though it breaks her heart, while at the same time letting others build that were never there to begin with. But the things once left behind always have a way of returning. No matter how much Kate fights it, she knows what her future should hold.

This story is intense and enormously absorbing. Kate and Henry are the most amazing couple I¿ve ever read about. Henry¿s deep affection for Kate is so touching. You can¿t help but be brought to tears as you read of the pains and struggles Kate faces--physically and emotionally. One thing that touched me on a personal level was her relationship with her father. It hits close to home and I wish I could have that same ending Kate had. I found myself sobbing in happiness over the joy of her father¿s epiphany. I also hope to find a love like Kate and Henry's--powerful and timeless--someday.

Cindy C. Bennett has definitely hit the mark when it comes to story telling. Her words evoke the depth of the character¿s feelings. Heart On A Chain has become one of the best books I have ever read.

My Rating:

Exceptional...Stay up until at least 1 AM

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Amazing

I couldn't put this book down, sigh why can't guys be more like Henry? :)

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Wonderful

Its sad but very good at the same time. Its sad that kate had to go through all that;but its even worse that things like that go on every day. Everybody that goes through something like that needs somebody like Henry in thier life.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

read the book!!!!!!!

i loved this book!!! one of the best reads ever:) in the begining kate is abused and bullied through elementry school to high school. and now she is in her senior year still being badly abused and bullied but that all changes when henry, a boy that used to go to shcool with kate before he moved, came back and now he has his eyes set on kate.
from the minute henry saw kate he knew that they should be together. he hates the fact that kate is treated so badly at school. and he knows he wants to be with her. problem is kate doesnt know if she wants to trust henry and let him find what no one else tried to look for.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Fantastic

This book is a must read for all teenage girls. I highly recomend it to everyone.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Bcool.

Soooo flipping amazinggg!!!!!!! I love henry! Perfect guy. :)

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book was AMAZING!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Super highly recommended

I got this because it was free and thus far it is the best free ebook I have ever read. I just wish there were more by her. I would definitely purchase them. I couldn't put it down all the way to Florida. Reminds me of how invested I got when reading, "A Child Called It."

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.