Review: I cannot recommend this book enough...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 21, 2013
4.5 out of 5 stars...I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review...First and foremost I think it's important to note that Broken Beauty is considered a novella, therefore please realize ahead of time that this book will be a quick read.  It's the author's intention to tell Mia's story over the course of 6 novellas, tentatively releasing another installment every two months.  It took me around 2 hours to read this first installment.With all of that being said I was unprepared for how quickly I would be drawn into Mia's story or the overall impact it made.  In my opinion, that's the sign of a pretty amazing story teller.Broken Beauty wastes no time jumping into things with the first chapter tackling the morning after Mia has been raped.  She wakes up scared, terrified and confused.  Slowly the reality of what happened hits her, she begins to remember details of the attack and then the remainder of this first novella follows Mia as she struggles to heal not only physically but also mentally.The author does such an amazing job painting a very vivid picture of what I imagine victims of rape must feel like and deal with.  This first installment was heartbreaking.  Mia's rape not only completely destroys her self confidence but it also forces her to take a different look at everything she has been told by her Daddy in regards to rape.  She struggles with knowing the men who did this to her get to continue living their lives, unafraid, while she can barely leave the safety of her closet.Broken Beauty is told completely from Mia's perspective, which allowed me to connect emotionally with her.  When I finished reading I felt as if she were a close friend, confiding in me her deepest fears, struggles and secrets.I'm not normally a fan of authors releasing portions of a whole story in the form of novella's, but Broken Beauty is so good and made such an emotional impact on me that it didn't seem to bother me.  This first book is filled with so many important details that I imagine if the author told Mia's story in its entirety in one book it could be overwhelming and exhausting.  I imagine this way each time we get another novella we will be easily reminded the impact of rape on a person's life.  I cannot wait to jump back into the story when the 2nd book, Broken World, releases sometime in either November or December.I cannot recommend this novella enough.  Do not hesitate to spend $.99...one click Broke Beauty today!  It's not often you come across a book which does such an amazing job tackling a harsh reality women all over the world have to deal with on a daily basis.