Review: Has potential
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2013
I'd like to thank the author for giving me an ARC in return for an honest review.I give it 3.5 stars (amazon should add that feature sometime....)Shattered into Beautiful is about Sylver, a woman who has been through a lot of tough situations throughout her life. Every step seems to be another battle, if not physically then mentally. She is a powerful witch who ends up dying at the hands of an abusive ex boyfriend- who shoots himself, as well. By this death a series of events unravel, slowly pushing her into a mysterious and dangerous fate. She comes back to life and meets her soulmate, a vampire named Zander. Together, along with her beloved close friends, they start on a deep adventure into discovering one another and the life fate has planned ahead.The beginning of the book grabbed you, it was fast and interesting. This only lasts a few chapters before it slows down and you learn more about Sylver and her life. The plot itself was intriguing. The author has a few twists and turns to keep you reading and wondering where it would go. Unfortunately I feel that while the idea is good, the execution was not as amazing as it could have been. Some of the typos were flat out distracting, and while she put a ton of detail into the beginning, it sort of wavers near the end- giving everything a rushed feel.I didn't expect the sex scenes to be so explicit so that was a sort of shock- not in a bad way. They were undeniably hot! The chemistry between Zander and Sylver was very physical, but I didn't feel much of a real emotion bond between them. The first few meetings between them were almost hard to read. Sylver went hot and cold with her feelings towards him often, but this smoothed out over time. In fact, I felt like most of her feelings in the beginning were... A little bipolar. I suppose I didn't fully understand why she would react the way she did so some minor situations. Again, this smoothed out.I loved Jay and Gram, they offered Sylver a strong support system with lots of love and guidance.While I can admit this book was not really my cup of tea, there are some things that need to be respected. First off, I loved the formatting! Very lovely, and the added quotes for each chapter? Wonderful! The cover art is also well done and very appealing.The book itself was well written, just needs a little tweaking (wrong their, a few sentences were missing words).With so many questions left unanswered, I could see myself buying the next book to this series when it gets released; and for $2.99, it's not a bad price.