Review: Eric, Lena and....Levi??
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2014
Broken is the second book in the Save Me series and is Eric and Lena's story. In Save, we met Eric and Lena and learned that Eric suffered years of abuse as a child. He also lost his first girlfriend and soul mate Lindsay, at the hands of her abuser. Lena is also broken and in this story, we find out what happened to her.***SPOILER ALERT***I actually have mixed feelings about the book. The first thing I need to say is that I really liked Eric. He was sweet, sensitive, caring and protective. He definitely deserved love and happiness. The problem that I have is that forty percent of this book is about Lena and Levi. I understand that the author wanted to tell Lena's back story and give us an understanding of why Lena was so broken but forty percent of a book about another guy had me really liking that other guy. Levi was patient, gentle...he spent time with her, he took her to his house and introduced her to his parents...he admitted to having watched her for years, admiring her but never saying anything to her...he knew of her love for photography and surprised her with a beautiful location to take great photos. When he told her he loved her, it was after they were intimate. He never pushed her to do anything.While reading all of these great things about Levi, I knew that something was going to happen. Even though I could tell it was going to be as another reviewer stated, a Pretty in Pink situation (which it was), I was hoping for something huge. Either death, abuse or I needed Levi to do something horrific to make me hate him. That wasn't the case. He was a kid and what he did could have been IMO redeemed.After dealing for years with self esteem issues as a result of her heartbreak, Eric was able to help Lena become whole again. All of the walls she had built around her heart, he worked hard to knock them down. In turn, Lena helped Eric deal with his issues as well. This story was about two broken people finding love and I was happy that Eric and Lena got their HEA. Great message about family even when your not blood related.