I am incredibly grateful to both NetGalley and Oneworld Publications for the opportunity to read and review Every Borrowed Beat. Being selected to explore this captivating story before its official release has been such a treat, and I can’t wait to share my thoughts on it with all of you. A huge thank you to the teams at NetGalley and Oneworld Publications for their generosity and for making this advanced reading experience possible.

Sydney Wells should have died. She was supposed to die.

She never expected, after years of waiting, to receive a heart transplant. Now she doesn't know what to do with her life. Her daily routine consisted of staying indoors, eating heart-healthy foods and posting about her transplant list experiences on TheWaitingList with her long distance BFF (and heart failure buddy) Chloe.

Now Sydney latches onto learning as much as she can about the person whose heart she inherited. After finding the family of her likely donor, Mia, Sydney falls deep into her world and may also be falling for Mia's best friend, Clayton.

In the most respectful way possible, I am so here for the sick girl trope. Don't get me wrong, I am very aware that real people suffer these very real health issues and I am not taking away from that at all or romanticising it.

I grew up reading books such as The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. I loved books that made me feel things and Every Borrowed Beat brought that right back. I spent my evening sobbing whilst finishing this book.

It's a beautifully tragic book and I found that it was really worth my time. But what I found even more worth my time was the acknowledgements at the end of the book, I highly recommend reading those even if you don't normally. It's clear after reading those acknowledgements that Erin Stewart put a lot of herself into this book and I want to thank her for sharing and being vulnerable. It's admirable.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was cute, it was exciting and it was sad... but these are all things I love in a book.

Every Borrowed Beat is a YA read which follows the budding relationship between Sydney who has been given a second chance at life and Clayton whose best friend recently died in a freak accident. The story of Sydney's recovery from major transplant surgery, her relationships with others who are still on the transplant waiting list and Clayton's grief over the loss of his friend add up to a thought provoking story about survivor's guilt and the challenge of allowing yourself to move on with your life.

this book was such a good binge read, but there was a few plot holes in some points of the story.
there was character dynamics and relationships.

if you are looking for something light and cute to read

Every Borrowed Beat by Erin Stewart was such a good book. Lovely storyline. Loved everything about it. I recommend everyone to read this book as fast as they can.

What a beautiful book! Ya readers and readers of all ages are going to love this one! I was weeping at practically every page!