When Jacob Wilson gets a heart transplant, he and his parents feel like their prayers have been answered. However, it quickly becomes apparent that Jacob's not quite himself. In fact, he's acting like a completely different person. When a terrible crime is committed, Jacob's parents are forced to confront their fears about Jacob and wonder if his new heart is to blame.
This was an okay book, and I kept reading it up to the end, but I felt it was predictable. The story begins with a different man, Shane, who is pretty awful. He beats his girlfriend, steals from people, and is generally a rotten person. When he dies in a car accident, his organs are donated --- so you guessed it: Jacob gets Shane's heart. It's apparent immediately that Shane's heart is carrying out his entire personality now in Jacob. While the reader knows this, Jacob's parents, of course, have no idea. I found I was basically reading to find when they figure out that it's the transplanted heart that's turned Jacob into an awful person. One of the kickers is that Jacob meets Rosie, Shane's old girlfriend, and starts living with her. Of course, Jacob doesn't know it's Shane's old girlfriend, and Rosie doesn't recognize Shane in Jacob (although she really does seem to have bad taste in men).
This reminded me of the Dead End episode from Angel (where Lindsey gets a hand transplant. An evil hand transplant). Personally, the story was too predictable and I kept reading just to see 1) how long it would take people around Jacob to figure out the whole bad-heart-transplant thing and 2) to see how the story would be resolved. However, I wouldn't really suggest this as a good read to anyone.
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