Review: Broken Four Star
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2014
Broken truly does describe this story, not only the characters within it but also how it makes you feel, did you like it or not, but I think that is actually part of the attraction and the calling of the story about addictions and in a way about what is behind them. The author comes at this from a very non judgemental point of view, things happen, circumstances occur, dominoes fall and addicts appear. One thing that I most definitely received from this story is that it's not just one event that suddenly causes an addiction but more a series, and that it's not easy to overcome an addiction, some people never do and others do.Olivia is such a likeable person, you can see how she would get involved with someone like her ex but you can also see how she could overcome that relationship especially when you learn about her mother, and the affect that she has had upon Olivia's life.Shane is hell bent on ending his life through dulling his senses with alcohol, now all of a sudden he is in rehab, but for the first time in a long time he is beginning to think not just feel the pain he had been trying to kill, and Olivia has a lot to do with that, there are many reasons why you shouldn't get involved in a relationship while in rehab and they are all listed in the story, but one thing in this story and in life that doesn't always pay attention to the rules is love. Shane hasn't felt love in almost forever but when he does he's not letting go, even if it's not meant to happen. And Olivia after what she has been through feels the real thing too.The characters were believable, though the reporter had me confused for a little bit, Shane's family, Hunter and Cassandra I would have liked to get to know a little better, and I always knew there was something fishy about Arthur.This was a very good read with interesting characters, there were just a few occasions when things seemed not quite right, but they didn't last long and then the story was back on track. A love story with the darker side of addiction but with the love winning out in the end for a HEA.