Review: Broken Delivers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 4, 2014
I totally enjoyed the story of Ayma and her interactions with her friends. I found myself liking all three main characters, Ayma, Tabby and of course, Colton, "with the gorgeous eyes". Ayma's relationship with her mom was particularly painful for me as a mother. The story is written in the voice of the main character, Ayma, which puts me in mind of Judy Blume’s, Are You There God. Ayma tries to present herself to the outside world as simple and retiring, but underneath there was a teenager with a lot of spunk, and a sense of humor to match. It was all played out in her head, however. She didn’t think she was good enough, a phase that all teenagers go through, especially girls. The author did a, excellent job in Ayma’s voice. As the thoughts came to Ayma’s head they were revealed to the reader. The scene her boyfriend Colton where gives her a promise ring and admitted to being a broken 15 year old before he met her, had me in tears. And when she replied him, “I just wanted someone to love me, even with all my little and big flaws”, I was truly sobbing by then. As a YA book, Broken delivers so much more than I ever imagined—the fragility of first love, as well as, human beings’ ability to triumph against the odds. I highly recommend this book.