Review: Broken Beauty: Heartfelt and Sheds light into a very important subject matter
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 24, 2013
**ARC provided in exchange for honest review.**Broken Beauty by Lizzy Ford is a heartbreaking and painful tale and reminder of how easy an innocent life can be destroyed and shattered forever..This book is part one of a six part novella that deals with a serious issue of RAPE and coping and dealing with the aftermath of being sexual assaulted.Broken Beauty begins in the aftermath of a traumatic and agonizing ordeal that leaves 17 year old Mia Abbott-Renou beaten, blooded and truly broken. She has no clear memory of why she is lying naked in a garden. Little pieces of her memories of the attack comes back to her in muddled and confused snapshots. As she is being questioned by the police to recount her attack, it is then that Mia realizes that one of her attacker's is the son of her father's political ally and major contributor.In the world of her father nothing is more important than public perception and his political career.. What father does not show up to the hospital after hearing that this his youngest daughter has been drugged, beaten, and brutally raped by two men. Instead Mia's father sends out his team of lackeys and publicists to spin the news of Mia's attack to work in his political favor."Daddy, why didn't you come see me at the hospital?" My voice carries a tremor of emotion in it, one I hope I could prevent."Mia, dear, you know I would have if I had the time. Your press conference did wonders for my polls this week. Did Shea tell you?"My heart truly ached and bleed for Mia..She is living in an absolute nightmare everyday since her attack. She has no support from her family but only through her best friend Ari and the cop who found her, Dom. Knowing who her attacker is, she is faced with doing the right thing and telling the cops or go along with her father's advisers of not ruining his political career.Broken Beauty showcases and depicts how Mia's life after being brutally raped has affected her well-being of moving on. Mia is no longer the carefree spirit but truly broken..it has left her emotionally scared and afraid.This book reminds us all that RAPE doesn't just go away when the bruises and scars heals. The physical scars may fade and heal but there are women who are living everyday with the constant nightmares and reminders of being violated and some of these women may never fully recover from their trauma.I want to give thanks to Lizzy Ford for writing an emotional RAW heartfelt story and addressing a very important subject matter. Mia's story is one of many victim's story that needs to be heard. Lizzy Ford reminds us all that NO ONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING RAPED..NO ONE ASKS FOR IT. This book sheds light that no woman asked to be raped just because of what she wears, how she looks, how she acts or how drunk she is.I look forward to reading the next novella of Mia's journey whether or not she can fully heal from this horrific ordeal.*Due to the fact this is a six part novella, readers are left with a cliffhanger in this book*