Review: Jace, my love <3
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 28, 2013
Rating: 4 starsWeddings and babies and orgasms- oh my! Weddings and babies and orgasms- oh my! Weddings and babies and--- you get the point. The moral to my statement: my review of Beautiful Brokes Rules spoke volumes of how fantabulous it was, but this book = EVEN BETTER! The tragedy at the very beginning of the book captivated me and left me completely breathless. When I started reading I thought to myself 'Is this a standalone?' Remembering reading it wasn't, but I thought the author was writing about totally different characters then the ones illustrated in the first book. I was wrong, same characters- beautifully written!Beautiful Broken Mess is told from Aubrey Mills and Jace Riley's POV. Defining Aubrey's past and the catastrophe's she overcomes as an adolescent, Kimberly Lauren pulls you in and makes you visualize life from Aubrey's eyes- making you feel sorrow, remorse, and grief. I hated Aubrey in the first book! How dare her intervene in Jaxon and Emerson's relationship! After reading about her in this book, I felt bad for holding such a grudge against her- as pathetic as that sounds. ;)Jace struggles with Aubrey and Jaxon's past relationship, as well. He's loved Aubrey from the first time be layed eyes on her but when something goes terribly wrong, he loses her. After reuniting, Jace and Aubrey hide their new relationship, stumble upon many bumps in the road, and worst of all- they run from commitment. Everything comes to a halt one day when a surprising injury occurs putting a certain character in the hospital. (Nope, no spoilers here- sorry!)Will he/she wake up, or better yet- will he/she live or die? Will Jace and Aubrey ever commit to each other? What happens between Jaxon and Em, Cole and Quinn? These were all the questions I searched answers for throughout this book. In a weird way I felt like the author had me trapped in a box, teasing me with hints here and there until I finally got to the end- I literally jumped up like 'Woohoo!' Haha!