Review: 4.5 Stars--Emotional rollercoaster
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2014
Peyton initially comes across as the frumpy owner of a pie shop in New Orleans.  The reality is she comes from old school money but uses her sweats and baggy tees as protection from the world.  She’s not had an easy life.  She lost her parents at an early age; to then be raised by her grandparents until her grandfather passed too.  Now it’s just her and her grandmother.  To further compound matters, she had an incident several years prior which seems to be the biggest determining factor to her current behavior.  You learn bits and pieces about the attack early on and then will read about the entire thing about halfway through.  Even damaged, Peyton is still independent, smart, and feisty.A playboy now back at home in NOLA, Reed is making his womanizing ways through the ladies.  He doesn’t do relationships especially after being raised in what he feels is an unhealthy marriage between his parents.  His father was constantly stepping out on his mother and never tried to hide it; this caused Reed great embarrassment in his formative years and after being teased and told he’d be just like his dad, he decided to do so on his own terms.This is a heartbreakingly beautiful read and is full of emotion.  It’s a persistent struggle for Peyton to try to get better and start really living her life.  Unfortunately for the most part her mind keeps her a prisoner and is further compounded by a few people outside her group endeavoring to make things worse for her.  She meets Reed at her pie shop and immediately shows him her spirited personality which has been dormant.  Recognizing the type of man he is and one she doesn’t want, she really makes him work for every bit of progress with her.  Little by little she opens herself to him as their relationship grows organically, although the path is cluttered with roadblocks.Perfectly Broken is a notable journey of two fragmented people who find solace and hope in each other.  Mixed with a bit of heat, this is one of the more passionate emotional rollercoasters I’ve read.  In the end we get rewarded with a satisfying ending as well as a nice epilogue to unreservedly bring things full circle.Rating:  4.5 Stars~Complimentary copy received in exchange for honest review.~