Review: Beautiful, Not Your Typical Love Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2014
Looking for a truly emotion-packed New Adult read that will pull you along on that rocky road of L-O-V-E, alternating between tears, sorrow and pain to acceptance, joy and a future filled with love? Pick up Best Kind of Broken by Chelsea Fine, don’t ask, just do it! Told from two points of view, you’re going to feel your heart scrunch up, your throat will get tight and you WILL feel the pain and loss and guilt that both Pixie and Levi feel. Even better, you do not have to agree with what they think, but you sure can see why.Sarah and Charity were best friends since they were young. Levi is Charity’s older brother and he”adopts” Sarah as his little sister and calls her Pixie. Levi has always been one of Pixie’s best friends, her protector and together the three of them are always there for each other. But that changed one dark and stormy night in college. Now Levi and Pixie have not spoken for a year. They avoid each other and can barely be civil when forced to be in close proximity, which is just what happened when Pixie takes a job and a room at her aunt’s Bed & Breakfast. Levi is the handyman and their rooms are next to each other. They each bring back the pain of loss and the guilt of their part in it. But there is more, an emotional tension that fills the air. These two kids, now grown up have gaping wounds that have never healed, unspoken words that need to be said, but they each lack the courage to say what is in their hearts and to find the friendship they once had. Instead, they resort to petty barbs, nasty games and denial of what they really feel. Will there be a turning point for these two that will finally heal their hearts, put the past where it belongs and move on to the hopes and dreams of the future? Is their future to be together, in love?Best Kind of Broken not only will steal your heart, but the banter and games Pixie and Levi play are priceless and oh, so funny! And oh, so obvious! Their friends and the other characters involved are like the icing on a gooey chocolate cake, the prefect compliment to this character driven tale. Warm, sweet, a little fluff of romance that makes for a smile and sigh-worthy read! These two scream heat and sensual tension, and that’s before their cat & mouse game hits another level!Believe me when I say, Chelsea Fine has rocked my world with the one she has created! Love, hate and fear, mixed with humor, silly games and the need to heal, it’s all there, with a minimum of angsty whining, and a maximum of heart!I received an ARC edition from Forever in exchange for my honest review.