Review: Beautiful and heartbreaking story!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 15, 2014
This is a love story of Kaiya, emotionally fragile girl, unable to trust anyone completely, broken beyond repair and Ryker, a womanizer who doesn't believe in love anymore, because he was badly hurt in love once. Their painful past experiences marked them forever and closed their hearts to love. Time didn't heal the pain, but it only imprinted the scars deeper into their broken souls. The only thing that helped heal their scars at the end was LOVE.The Scars of Us broke my heart many times. I felt sorry for both of them, but especially for Kaiya. She considered herself weak for letting Kaleb abuse her and I wanted to scream to her countless times that it wasn't her fault at all and to let go of shame and guilt. Easier said then done, I know. I found it very easy to connect with Kaiya's character, she was mostly acting out of fear, but I totally understand her and I think she is a strong heroine for surviving that kind of abuse, especially with lack of family support. The only person who stood behind her was her brother Kamden and her best friend Nori. Ryker was a great character too. At first I didn't like him, but at the end he won my heart. He was broken too, but in a different way.I really enjoyed this book, it wasn't an easy read, but it's definitely worth reading. The romance was really beautifully written and I loved how their love helped Kaiya and Ryker heal the scars from traumatic past events.It was a bit predictable and I'd like to have seen more of Ryker's story. I felt that was missing and that's why I rated it four stars.