Review: The Shattered Series Book 1
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 14, 2013
As posted on The Smutty Kitty reviewed by Zen Kitty5 out of 5 LicksThis is the second time I've had the pleasure of reading Ms. Joya Ryan's Break Me Slowly. It was just as good if not better the second time as it was the first. As with the first, I burned through this read in a weekend night not being able to stop until I'd finished the last sentence. Reading a book like this has to be liken to what runner's refer to as a "runners high" that euphoric moment when you know you're at the last page and you're pouring over every last character and then it hits you...The End. And it's so damned good you feel completely satisfied. This book gave me that feeling.Let's start with the characters of Katelyn and Adam. Both have a tragic upbringing and really involved back stories that make you connect to them more deeply. For me, when characters have believable backstories, it makes them ultimately unique and loveable. The author delves more specifically into Katelyn's backstory. Her story will break your heart but make you appreciate how strong and beautiful she is to have come from the depths of a living hell to the well rounded woman she's become. Adam Kinkade...oh yummy, another of my fictional boyfriends also has a past that can mar and break up the two. You'll have to read it for yourself in order to find out what happens when these two meet by accident. Out the gate it's pretty steamy and well worth giving up your Saturday evening.Some of my favorite bits form the novel:"Not many people have the nerve to call me an a******.""Maybe not to your face."Confidence trickled out whenever I was near him. Just a moment in his presence and he drowned out the darkness of the past, allowing strength to rise. And damn it, I wanted that strength.I gathered his face in both my palms and looked at those amazing blue eyes. "I loved feeling you long after you left."If you want a book that is chalk full of intensity, a great plot, some hysterics between silly girlfriends, and smokin' hot smut...this is the tale for you. Just thinking back to it I still get the warm fuzzies and the tight coiling of tension and warmth as I think back to some of those love scenes...woo boy! Enjoy!