Review: Great quick read...heartwrenching
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2013
Broken Beauty is a heart wrenching story of a young girl horribly assaulted and what happens in the aftermath. The author did a great job depicting all the pain and conflicting thoughts that a victim goes through. Your heart beaks for Mia and you want to jump into the book and hold her hand. She has little to no family support and the story shows the damage to her fragile psyche. I felt like the character development was good and you began to get a feel for their personalities. The one thing I didn't like was how naive Mia was regarding sex and pregnancy. I get that she had a considerably sheltered life with a politician father but in this day and age I found it hard to believe a girl mature enough to sneak around behind her families back, go to a party, secure a fake ID, and then drink and party with people older than her, yet she has NO idea that she could get pregnant from being raped??? I know thats what she was told by her family but I have teenage daughters and between friends,schools, the media and the internet, teenagers are well informed about sex. That aside I really liked the book and was rooting for Mia all along. He dad is despicable and I really hope he redeems himself in future books. This was a quick read but is well written and edited. It was enjoyable and heart breaking at the same time. I will definitely be reading the continuation!