Review: Beautiful and Emotional Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2014
Best Kind of Broken is the story of Pixie and Levi. When Pixie has to move out of the dorms for the summer, she moves into the inn to work for her aunt Ellen. Ellen forgets to mention that the other live-in employee, the one she is about to share a bathroom with, is Levi - the guy Ellen hasn’t seen in over a year, the guy she’ll never forget. Pixie and Levi are forced to face each other, forced to face their past and the tragedy that tore them apart and the feelings neither of them have been able to let go. Being at the inn forces the characters to accept the state of their lives and confront the emotions they’ve been all too happy to keep buried. Add in the cast of characters that work and stay at the inn and it makes for a fun collection of personalities.“Just him and me, seeing each other. Knowing the hard things we wish we didn’t and wanting to undo things we can’t. It’s raw and it’s honest and it makes me want to cry. But he blinks. And I blink. And then it’s gone.”Levi and Pixie both carry a devastating amount of grief and guilt. These emotions were so well written throughout the story that my heart was aching for them. Despite the overall feeling of pain and loss, the author manages to perfectly balance the dark with the light. The dialogue is smart and witty. I found myself chuckling at their antics and shaking my head at their ridiculous hot water/electricity wars. With a little help from their college friends, they manage to fill the story with life and hope. It will take you on a ride through the full spectrum of human emotion. The characters and story feel natural and authentic. You won’t be disappointed!