Synopsis:
Due to sexual content and heavy subject matter, this book is intended for mature readers.
“If you’re broken, I’ll fix you…”
I’m only twenty-one and already damaged goods. A slut. A failure. A disappointment to my picture-perfect family as long as I can remember. I called off my wedding to William Bailey, the only man who thought I was worth fixing. A year later, he’s marrying my sister. Unless I ask him not to…
“If you shatter, I’ll find you…”
But now there’s Asher Logan, a broken man who sees the fractures in my façade and doesn’t want to fix me at all. Asher wants me to stop hiding, to stop pretending. Asher wants to break down my walls. But that means letting him see my ugly secrets and forgiving him for his.
With my past weighing down on me, do I want the man who holds me together or the man who gives me permission to break?
Review:
I have a little secret: I almost never cry over a book. But I cried while reading Unbreak Me! This beautiful gem of a book grabbed me from the first page with its vivid cast of three main characters: Maggie, Asher and Will. What could have been a cliched storyline developed into a truly memorable book at the hands of the author Lexi Ryan.
Maggie has returned to her small hometown of New Hope after suddenly calling off her wedding to Will a year before. She is now forced to stand by while one of her sisters plans to marry Will. Even though Maggie is the one who left Will, she struggles with her choice and the past she is forced to comes to grip with.
Along comes Asher, a gorgeous musician who has also come to New Hope to try and heal from certain painful circumstances in his life. Everyone in Unbreak Me, and I mean everyone, has secrets that threaten to destroy them:
“You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes. I have too. But I believe we’re more than the sum of our mistakes.” – Asher
Is Maggie still in love with Will? Does Asher stand a chance at breaking though to Maggie? I was on edge through most of this book, which is told from the POV’s of Maggie, Asher and Will. I absolutely loved getting inside each of these character’s heads and I really empathized with each of them. Each of them has their own reasons for their actions and by the end of the book, everything becomes crystal clear. Maggie, an artist, seems to have the most difficult journey in the book, and I was rooting for her throughout the story. She has severe self-esteem issues which hold her back from giving and accepting love:
“I let out a breath. Something about Asher compels me to open up. Something about the way his blue eyes take me in. It’s like he sees something good when looks at me, and I want to throw my ugliness in his face to prove him wrong.”
Don’t shy away from this book because of the heavy emotional subject matter. There are actually very funny and light-hearted moments! And the sex scenes are blazing hot! No cliffhangers here, but I would love to read more books with any of these characters. Congratulations to Lexi Ryan on writing a fantastic story!
(ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.)
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