Review: Surprisingly great read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2013
I am a voracious reader and only give 5 stars when a book meets several requirements: it has to keep my interest;  it has to have well written dialog (I hate reading conversations that sound stilted or written in a juvenile manner); it must be a book that I find myself reading every word and not just skimming; it needs to have well developed characters, especially out of the ordinary characters; it needs to make the reader go on an emotional journey with the characters.  I was surprised to find that Battered, Not Broken had these qualities.  It avoided the traps of perfect H or perfect h;  it avoided the unnecessary angst of love triangles, jealousy; it avoided the overused picture perfect world of titles and money and gave us glimpse into the difficult world of inner city working class people trying to make an honest living.  And through it all, we get great sex scenes as well as the HEA, which is what we want at the end of our romance novel.  Give this book a try - it is surprisingly a great read!