Review: Enjoyable story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 15, 2014
3.5 StarsPerfectly Broken is a story about Peyton, owner and baker of Adelaide’s Pie Shop, who unwillingly falls for a local architect Reed Langston. This story really proved how appearances aren’t what they seem to be. Peyton is quiet, unassuming and keeps to herself while hiding beneath her baggy clothes. But Reed can’t help himself; he sees and feels something with her that he can’t resist. People around town have always known him to be a player, and it seems he lives up to their expectations.When Peyton first meets Reed, she listens to her best friend Quinn’s warning about Reed and refuses to see him. But she continues to refuse him again and again. Reed persists relentlessly and finally, she slowly opens up to him. I was on the edge of my seat waiting for things to progress for these two.Peyton’s best friend Quinn and her boyfriend Bret provide comic relief to the story and their support and protectiveness of Peyton warmed my heart. I loved the panty analysis Bret had! I won’t say more but it was definitely one of my favorite parts in the book. Griffin, he was Peyton’s rock. But where did he fit in in the story? And what was Reed’s dark family secret that everyone but Peyton seemed to know about? These questions kept me interested and anxious to see what would happen next.Overall, I enjoyed Perfectly Broken. Ms. Lane dug deep into Peyton’s fears and wound her story around Peyton’s recovery with Reed. And we learned there’s a lot more to Reed than meets the eye. I couldn’t help but fall in love with him too.Review copy provided for an honest review.