Review: Quick and Beautiful Read of love and the HEA.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
What a beautiful and quick read! "Scarred Beautiful" had so many of the required elements without getting to angsty and overwhelming. This amazing story serves as a perfect book to fill in the gaps when you need a quick escape, love broken characters that find each other and of course get your happily ever after.Fran is a successful Design Manager in New York. Now her job is sending her to LA for a conference and this is when we learn the crazy fears that plague her. Throughout the entire story, we are given snippets of a past pain that has scarred Fran and left her with the inability to open up fully with those around her. But, with the help of her roommate and friend Peyton, she fights her flying fear and boards the plane.Matt is a success in his own right. A talented Architect residing in LA, he too is being sent to this conference. Again, through the book we learn Matt has pretty much lost everyone that he loved with both his mother and sister dying of breast cancer and then his father checking out from the pain.Fran and Matt already know each other. Fran's best friend is engaged to Matt's brother Brad. When they encounter each other in the hotel bar, the sparks are there but so is the confusion. With the help of Peyton (who happens to get sent to LA right after Fran leaves NY) and Caleb (Matt's best friend), Fran and Matt are thrown together on a daily basis with trips to the beach, dinner dates and more.There are obvious sparks flying between these two but with their past pain and built in avoidances, the romance is slow building but so beautiful to read. Forcing each other to face their fears, they have the ability to find a love that we all wish for.