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Girls with Razor Hearts

(Girls with Sharp Sticks #2)

Suzanne Young (Goodreads Author)

3.91 · Rating details · 44 ratings · 27 reviews

It’s time to fight back in this second novel in a thrilling, subversive near future series from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young about a girls-only private high school that is far more than it appears to be.

Make me a girl with a razor heart…

It’s been weeks since Mena and the other girls of Innovations Academy escaped their elite boarding school. Although ...more

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Jun 04, 2019 Tucker added it

Shelves: reviewed, arc-physical, owned-physical, dystopia, science-fiction, young-adult

Many thanks to Lauren at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review

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Mar 28, 2019 Dylan marked it as to-read

Shelves: 2020-most-anticipaited

3/28/19

I don't think this really needs to be a thing? I was hoping it wouldn't become a series, but I'm willing to give it a try. I just hope it doesn't drag on like her other series.

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Dec 05, 2019 Mlpmom (Book Reviewer) added it

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RTC!

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Aug 08, 2019 Caidyn (SEMI-HIATUS; BW Reviews; he/him/his) rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult-fiction, sci-fi, arc, from-publisher-or-author

Thank you to Simon Pulse for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

CW: sexism (extreme), implied sexual assault, posting pictures of assaults and stories about it online, and physical injury

This was one of my most anticipated books for 2020 and I was not disappointed! It was a very good follow up to the first book, something that I was a little worried about. I didn't reread the first book and, surprisingly, I was able to keep up and remembered most of the important things that I Thank you to Simon Pulse for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

CW: sexism (extreme), implied sexual assault, posting pictures of assaults and stories about it online, and physical injury

This was one of my most anticipated books for 2020 and I was not disappointed! It was a very good follow up to the first book, something that I was a little worried about. I didn't reread the first book and, surprisingly, I was able to keep up and remembered most of the important things that I needed to.

I'm going to do my best to skate around the reveal at the first book and just focus on the elements in this that I liked.

Mina and her friends escaped Innovations Academy after discovering the truth about who they really are. They manage to get away and, with some help, went underground and into a private school where things are... quite like where they came from. It's a boy's club of a school. Anything the rugby team does is looked over. Women don't report the things they do. They get a pat on the back for what they do as the girls are shamed.

For me, it felt a bit over the top. I read the sections about them being in school and how it was. I kept thinking that it was too much, that no school is like that. I went to public high school and then attended a private university and it wasn't like that at all. But, of course, I'm male and that means I have a different set of experiences, so I'm definitely interested in hearing what female readers thought about it rather than my own perception.

But, then, there was a further expanding of the world where it starts making sense why I felt it was over the top. Basically, as we're coming to find out, this isn't just sci-fi, but it's more of a AU world where Congress actually passed a law in recent history where men were able to control women. When it was repealed, that's when Innovations Academy came out.

Still, it felt over the top and a little contrived for me. I had been happy where the first book had gone and was interested to see what was going to happen, but now I see that this series could stretch easily into a million books which leave me annoyed because of how awesome the first one was. This was still a really good book, but there were some things nagging at the back of my mind about how amateurish the writing and plot felt, which is not how I felt about the first book at all.

I'm still going to keep tuned into this series and read a third book, because there definitely will be one with the ending, but I'm hoping that the series will come to an end soon rather than keep dragging along. ...more

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Jul 12, 2019 ♠ TABI ♠ marked it as to-read · review of another edition

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Edelwiess needs to calm down okay I already love it so it can wait a few days before approving my requests instead of answering in 5 minutes

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Jan 14, 2020 Andi (Andi's ABCs) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: not-yet-released-2020, series, 2020-mar, book-nerd-pre-orders, netgalley, from-publisher, own, favorites, kindle-archive, to-be-reviewed

Another gem by Suzanne Young. I knew the first 75% was good from the drafts I read, but the last 25% was amazing and unexpected and just what I expect from Suzanne! Review to come.

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Feb 15, 2020 Jen Ryland added it

I really liked Girls With Sharp Sticks (book one in this series) and appreciate the feminist themes of this series so I'm sad to say this second installment was a miss for me.

I felt that this GWRH suffered from a problem I used to see all the time in YA dystopian series. At the end of book one, the characters figure out how to make a harrowing escape from the repressive regime. This is good for the characters but bad for the reader because all that tension is lost. In addition, the couple in the ...more

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Dec 15, 2019 Amber (The Book Bratz) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019-reads, dystopian, netgalley, physical-review-copy, physical-arc, publisher-sent, reviewed, science-fiction, wish-list, young-adult

The full review + more can be found at The Book Bratz

Thank you so much Simon Teen for sending me an ARC of GIRLS WITH RAZOR HEARTS to read and review!

I adored Girls With Sharp Sticks, it was the one book that I read in 2019 that I couldn’t stop talking about. So, when a copy of Girls With Razor Hearts appeared in my mailbox I had to dive into it right away. It’s been a couple of days but all I can say is: wow. Girls With Razor Hearts was a thrill ride from page one and did not let up till the The full review + more can be found at The Book Bratz

Thank you so much Simon Teen for sending me an ARC of GIRLS WITH RAZOR HEARTS to read and review!

I adored Girls With Sharp Sticks, it was the one book that I read in 2019 that I couldn’t stop talking about. So, when a copy of Girls With Razor Hearts appeared in my mailbox I had to dive into it right away. It’s been a couple of days but all I can say is: wow. Girls With Razor Hearts was a thrill ride from page one and did not let up till the last page. Speaking of the last page: WHAT. THE. HECK. How can Suzanne leave us like that?!

Girls With Razor Hearts starts right where Girls With Sharp Sticks ended. Mena and the girls are fleeing from Innovations Academy after learning a devastating secret: they aren’t human. Coming to terms with the fact that they are AI, created by men to be controlled and dominated, they are devastated and shell shocked. But underneath the devastation they are desperate to get the other girls out of Innovations Academy. Leandra, the head master's wife appears to be a double agent and tells the girls to track down Winston Weeks, an investors in the academy. If Mena and the girls can identify the heads of the corporations they could shut down innovations for good. Their first lead is that a member is laundering money through Stoneridge academy, a private school in which their son attends. The goal is simple: get close to the investor’s son, get him to spill and get his father out of the way. Only, things aren’t that simple.

I talked about in my Girls With Sharp Sticks review that if a book doesn’t make you angry, then it isn’t doing it’s job. Girls With Sharp Sticks did that for me and now I am adding Girls With Razor Hearts. It makes me angry in a sense that some of the examples in Girls With Razor Hearts is something we see day to day, whether in real life or on the news. The dystopian setting or this novel is very close to our current world and as a woman that is unsettling.

Viewing not only how Mena and the other girls who escaped Innovations Academy but the girls who attend Stoneridge are treated is appalling. Mena is witnessing sexism and racism first hand for the first time and where many woman in this society have learned to back down and keep their heads down, she refuses too. Essentially, she escaped the Academy to be in another dangerous game.

The twists and turns that this book takes doesn’t slow down for a second. Every time I thought my heart was going to stop racing and things were going to calm down Suzanne threw another plot twist in to keep her readers on their toes. A lot of my questions from Girls With Sharp Sticks were answered but this book left me with so many more that I can’t wait to see answered in the next book.

Overall I really enjoyed Girls With Razor Hearts and I am eagerly awaiting news on the next book. I highly recommend this book to all sci-fi fans but also people who want to read about girls standing up for themselves and not taking anymore shit from the men who try to control them. ...more

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Dec 07, 2019 Kacey rated it liked it · review of another edition

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. My opinion was not affected by the free copy.

I was honestly surprised when I got approval for this book, but I was also excited! I liked the first book and wanted to see where the author went next. And... it's honestly really hard to describe how I feel about the book. Usually I talk through the negatives of the book first before getting into what I like, but even that's hard to shift Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. My opinion was not affected by the free copy.

I was honestly surprised when I got approval for this book, but I was also excited! I liked the first book and wanted to see where the author went next. And... it's honestly really hard to describe how I feel about the book. Usually I talk through the negatives of the book first before getting into what I like, but even that's hard to shift through.

I understand why the book presents itself this way, but it frustrates me how there are so few decent men in this book. It seems like every single one they encounter-- except for a very rare few-- are gross, sexist, abusive, domineering, or looking the other way when disgusting behavior happens. I've never been in a private school environment so I can't say how things work there. It's also frustrating that the book shows all these things happening but the solutions are "kill them all" or "dominate them and let women rule". The main character doesn't agree with those mentalities but they don't really talk about what they can do instead. It's not like I'm expecting them to solve the world's problems, but at least talk about alternatives.

Another thing is that at the end of the day, these girls are machines that can be reprogrammed, so there's literally nobody they can really trust. All of those around them are trying to control or manipulate them in one form or another, and at any moment one of those they begin to trust could change them into behaving a different way. I'm still not sure it's explained why it was so easy for them to "wake up" and start acting for themselves, or what is it that allows them to love and show emotions despite everyone saying they shouldn't have that ability.

I'm not entirely sure what this book accomplished other than to continue highlighting how much women have to deal with in the world, and all the racist and sexist boundaries that are constantly in the way. We don't really learn that much more about the organization, we don't really see the girls evolving that much or even exploring the world much beyond a school environment, they don't even learn that much about how they were built. We are told they fall into certain "types" but it doesn't seem like the girls stray from those programs much. Yes, what happens to them makes me furious and makes me want to scream for somebody to do something about it, but the things that are done are still through lies and manipulation and violence. I think that's the part I have real problems with.

I still will probably check out the next book, and I would say to read this one if you're curious, but I can't say this book actually advanced that much in way of story or character. ...more

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Feb 02, 2020 Sarah Stone rated it really liked it

Girls with Razor Hearts
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Synopsis: Mena and the girls from Innovations Academy escaped and are on the run. The outside world isn’t what it seems. The girls have one goal in mind, revenge. Their journey takes them to Stoneridge Prep where Mena and Sydney enroll as students to try and gain access to an Innovation Academy investor. But co-ed school is full of arrogant and rude boys. The girls soon learn that another Innovations girl is living in the same town. As the story ...more

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Jan 05, 2020 Lauren R. rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, arc-physical, couldnt-put-down, favorites, feminism-hyfr, friendship-goals, genre-sci-fi, just-kiss-already, killed-by-feels, mc-be-my-friend

Yup, just about as wild and powerful as expected, and the perfect way to kickoff my reading year. There are some elements of this that are possibly a little too on the nose and preachy but it really makes sense coming from Mena’s point of view (spoilery reasons if you haven’t read the first book). If you’re in the mood to read a book to make you hate men, put these on your radar. Suzanne Young is easily one of my favorite authors and she’s just further cementing herself with every single novel ...more

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Dec 19, 2019 Erin Duffy rated it it was amazing

I just finished “Razor Hearts” and I loved it! It’s exciting for me to have a story like this to be able to share with everyone, especially teen girls. There’s so much going on in this crazy world where conversations like the one Sydney had about her thighs being distracting to boys that are actually happening! Mena continues to be one of my favorite characters in YA; the depth and emotion she shows through the whole horrible experience they are going through is way more than could have been ...more

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Jan 25, 2020 Tracy (Cornerfolds) rated it really liked it

Shelves: dystopia, read-2020, scifi, ya

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Actual rating: 3.5 stars

Review to come!

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Oct 21, 2019 Kate rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2019, audio, edelweiss, march2020

I loved this sequel to Girls with Sharp Sticks!

Unfortunately, being out in the "real" world proves to be just as stifling, sexist, and dangerous as where they were before. Sigh.

Whether the girls are trying to find safety, confront the patriarchy and take it down, or simply trying to make sense of their existence, they still have one another. And in a world that seems determined to tear them apart, tear them down, that is a worth everything.

My favorite part of this book is learning the recent ...more

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Jan 13, 2020 Dawn Ferencz rated it liked it

I really like what this series is trying to do in terms of addressing issues of misogyny and rape culture and helping young women assert bodily autonomy and independence. Parts of this worked better than others, but I think students will enjoy it.

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Jan 12, 2020 Amanda B rated it liked it

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3.5 stars

RTC.

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Oct 15, 2019 Nova Syzygy marked it as to-read

I seem to have forgotten how to English very well, so this next bit about my thoughts on this book cover and summary will be in caveman-speak:

ooh oh wow pretty cover i want buy i need buy need book yes pretty cover razor metal thing in chest nice i buy soon

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Feb 02, 2020 USOM rated it really liked it · review of another edition

(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)

TW: PTSD, sexual assault, domestic abuse

You know those books that make your blood boil? Those dystopias that get under your skin, your blood pressure soaring, and your stomach clenching? Meet Girls with Razor Hearts. While I knew that Girls with Sharp Sticks was a SF dystopia, Young brings us into the world. The world full of leering men, rampant sexism, and a culture of ...more

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Jan 04, 2020 shalawilput rated it it was amazing

Many thanks to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster for providing me with a free advanced digital copy in exchange for an honest review.

I read the first book in this series so fast after I received it. I loved the first book. And it has felt like an eternity waiting to read the next installment. However, I must admit I was a little concerned about how the second book would flow after everything that happened in the first. But that is always the question when reading a series isn’t it. Will the ...more

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Jan 06, 2020 Leah (Jane Speare) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: next-in-current-series, to-buy-hardcover

Philomena and her sisters are now free from the Academy but now face the outside world. They continue to root out the heart of the Academy and its reason for existing, and are determined to shut it down for good, not only for themselves, but for the girls left behind, and that means attending an elite boarding school with ties to their creators. This book is message-heavy in the best of ways, calling out the glaring cracks in our real-world rape culture and double standards. While the first book ...more

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Feb 05, 2020 Brittany rated it really liked it

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the arc of this book I was given in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book. Ughhhh.

Lemme start this way: if it was possible to give half stars, I would really give it 3.5. The beginning is rough. The first book was so awesome, but I think maybe because it had what was basically one uniform setting, the moving around that was suddenly happening was awkward. Either way, the book was stiff for quite awhile and at times it felt too didactic.

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Oct 22, 2019 Kat rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2020-published, adventure, diverse, e-arc, fantasy, horror, mystery, thriller, young-adult, ya-over-15

Thank you to Simon Pulse and Edelweiss for the opportunity to read and review Girls with Razor Hearts by Suzanne Young.
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If you haven't read book one, please do so now. I have to say that this series is one of my guilty pleasures. I find that the private school of evil and it's young ladies are having to regroup after book one. The girls escaped the corporations control, but seem to have traded it for a different type now that they are seeking freedom from it's access. I enjoy ...more

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Jan 16, 2020 Traci Wilmoth rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I really enjoyed the first book, Girls with Sharp Sticks, and this continuation of the story did not disappoint. I like the science fiction aspect, but the novel asks some good questions and makes some good points about society's attempts to commodify women. I like the companionship and camaraderie that is developed between the girls, and how they band together to cooperate, not compete. A good story, and an even better message. Well done.

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Nov 11, 2019 Jaden added it

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Jan 15, 2020 Laura rated it it was ok

Shelves: mt-bookpile-2019

At first I thought I'd read this book before but I hadn't. So obviously getting into the world of this series wasn't difficult. That wasn't a problem but the incredibly high level of misogyny was. There was a semi-decent male, but he's not part of the action for much of the book. The males that do have "starring" roles are just about every girl's nightmare, and because these girls are not human there are no lessons that could be used by readers. Plus, the girls become misandrists, which isn't ...more

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Oct 20, 2019 Lizzy E rated it it was amazing

I just finished Girls With Sharp Sticks, and I am super excited for this book!! I can't wait for it to come out!!!!!! :)

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Dec 01, 2019 Gryffindor Books rated it it was amazing

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Suzanne Young is the New York Times bestselling author of The Program, The Treatment, and several other novels. She currently lives in Tempe, Arizona where she teaches high school English and obsesses about books. Learn more about Suzanne at www.suzanne-young.blogspot.com