Review: Broken: Dialogue Driven With Compelling Characters To Root For
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2014
I was fortunate to receive a copy of this book to read in exchange for a fair, honest, and unbiased review. Author Izzibella Beau has written a compelling novel that stands on its own merits. The cover artwork is unique, merging the visual, the literal, and the imagination. I love this cover, especially the way it brilliantly juxtaposes darkness and light.Author Izzibella Beau was able to entertain me, engage me, and make me lose track of time as I turned page, after page, after page, after page, always eager to know what was on the next page, around the corner, predicting correctly at times, at others being totally caught off guard by the turn of events that I didn't see coming.The protagonists, Ayma and Colton, are going through teen angst, last year in high school, the last chance to get things right. Out of this situation as a point of departure, two totally distinct characters are drawn to one another for support, and for love. Yet it is a love that will be tested, tested severely, and the question that will be uppermost in the readers minds is a simple one: Will this young love survive the storms it must face in the year ahead of them?Obviously, I recommend that you read this book to find out, especially if you are able to relate to teenagers and young adults going through the rites of passage, trying to define themselves in the eyes of the world around them. I find this to be an excellent novel, dialogue and situation driven, with a convincing plot (credible), and finally, more importantly than all of the above, there are two compelling, well developed characters to root for. A must read.Reviewed by Thomas Jerome BakerAuthor ofFive Short Stories: Journey of a Hero, True Love, Impossible Love, A Woman at War & Peace