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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
inspiring
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“Very good”! In all seriousness, I loved this book. I was hooked from the very beginning and had a hard time forcing myself to put it down. Beautiful story and an amazing ice queen, age gap, sapphic romance. The only thing keeping it from 5 stars for me is the pacing at the very end. I just wanted more when they finally let themselves be together- the pacing the rest of the way through was perfect! Excited to read the others in the series!
4.75 stars
4.75 stars
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Broken Beyond Repair is a good celebrity age-gap slow-burn romance that follows Beatrice, a famous actress, and Sydney, a woman hired to be her PA after Beatrice breaks her leg. I will admit it’s a bit slow to start and it took me a bit to get into the story. My interest picked up once Beatrice and Sydney started working together on Beatrice’s autobiography and started diving into the characters and their pasts, especially Beatrice. Beatrice is a true Ice Queen and it made me more emotionally invested in her as a character to learn what events in her past caused her to act the way she does currently. Sydney was my favorite character and her love for her VW camper had me laughing at each mention, and I really enjoyed Sydney’s relationship with Beatrice’s son, Alex. It did take me a while to get fully invested in Beatrice and Sydney’s relationship, but once I did, I was rooting for their much deserved HEA. Overall, Broken Beyond Repair is a good read. I will flag there are mentions of SA, so please do check the trigger warnings before reading.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Merged review:
Broken Beyond Repair is a good celebrity age-gap slow-burn romance that follows Beatrice, a famous actress, and Sydney, a woman hired to be her PA after Beatrice breaks her leg. I will admit it’s a bit slow to start and it took me a bit to get into the story. My interest picked up once Beatrice and Sydney started working together on Beatrice’s autobiography and started diving into the characters and their pasts, especially Beatrice. Beatrice is a true Ice Queen and it made me more emotionally invested in her as a character to learn what events in her past caused her to act the way she does currently. Sydney was my favorite character and her love for her VW camper had me laughing at each mention, and I really enjoyed Sydney’s relationship with Beatrice’s son, Alex. It did take me a while to get fully invested in Beatrice and Sydney’s relationship, but once I did, I was rooting for their much deserved HEA. Overall, Broken Beyond Repair is a good read. I will flag there are mentions of SA, so please do check the trigger warnings before reading.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Merged review:
Broken Beyond Repair is a good celebrity age-gap slow-burn romance that follows Beatrice, a famous actress, and Sydney, a woman hired to be her PA after Beatrice breaks her leg. I will admit it’s a bit slow to start and it took me a bit to get into the story. My interest picked up once Beatrice and Sydney started working together on Beatrice’s autobiography and started diving into the characters and their pasts, especially Beatrice. Beatrice is a true Ice Queen and it made me more emotionally invested in her as a character to learn what events in her past caused her to act the way she does currently. Sydney was my favorite character and her love for her VW camper had me laughing at each mention, and I really enjoyed Sydney’s relationship with Beatrice’s son, Alex. It did take me a while to get fully invested in Beatrice and Sydney’s relationship, but once I did, I was rooting for their much deserved HEA. Overall, Broken Beyond Repair is a good read. I will flag there are mentions of SA, so please do check the trigger warnings before reading.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
this is one of those books that’s genuinely so hard for me to review because my feelings are all over the place. but let’s start with something i can say without any hesitation: angela dawe’s narration? absolutely nailed it. she made the story so engaging and easy to fly through, definitely elevated my overall experience.
now... onto the conflicting emotions. broken beyond repair had everything i usually love in a sapphic romance: age gap, celebrity ice queen, grumpy-sunshine vibes. it checked so many of my favorite tropes, and when i found the audiobook, i was honestly hyped. that’s probably why i'm so torn, because even though it had all the right ingredients, i didn’t fully connect with the characters, either individually or as a couple.
beatrice, our older celebrity star, has this traumatic childhood that explains her ice queen exterior. and look, i'm never trying to invalidate a character’s pain, but here... it felt a little too much like it was just there to excuse her bad behavior, and that never fully worked for me. then there’s sydney, the personal assistant who starts off with a really rough intro, but she turns into this perfect ray of sunshine. sometimes too perfect. i did appreciate that she wasn’t about the miscommunication life, she spoke up when needed, which was super refreshing, but a lot of her actions toward beatrice felt a little like insta-love blindness.
as for them together... i wanted to feel it so badly. the buildup was there, and i was rooting for it, but when they actually got together, it just felt kind of underwhelming? like i blinked and missed the emotional punch. and the scenes towards the end where beatrice still lowkey treats sydney like her assistant? not the vibe i was hoping for, honestly.
BUT (and here’s where the conflict really kicks in), despite all that, i still enjoyed listening to the audiobook?? if you ask me if i liked the experience overall, i'd say yes. i know that sounds weird after everything i just said, but it is what it is. angela dawe’s narration definitely carried a lot, but even beyond that, the story had enough charm to keep me hooked.
so yeah, messy feelings, but still a good time.
now... onto the conflicting emotions. broken beyond repair had everything i usually love in a sapphic romance: age gap, celebrity ice queen, grumpy-sunshine vibes. it checked so many of my favorite tropes, and when i found the audiobook, i was honestly hyped. that’s probably why i'm so torn, because even though it had all the right ingredients, i didn’t fully connect with the characters, either individually or as a couple.
beatrice, our older celebrity star, has this traumatic childhood that explains her ice queen exterior. and look, i'm never trying to invalidate a character’s pain, but here... it felt a little too much like it was just there to excuse her bad behavior, and that never fully worked for me. then there’s sydney, the personal assistant who starts off with a really rough intro, but she turns into this perfect ray of sunshine. sometimes too perfect. i did appreciate that she wasn’t about the miscommunication life, she spoke up when needed, which was super refreshing, but a lot of her actions toward beatrice felt a little like insta-love blindness.
as for them together... i wanted to feel it so badly. the buildup was there, and i was rooting for it, but when they actually got together, it just felt kind of underwhelming? like i blinked and missed the emotional punch. and the scenes towards the end where beatrice still lowkey treats sydney like her assistant? not the vibe i was hoping for, honestly.
BUT (and here’s where the conflict really kicks in), despite all that, i still enjoyed listening to the audiobook?? if you ask me if i liked the experience overall, i'd say yes. i know that sounds weird after everything i just said, but it is what it is. angela dawe’s narration definitely carried a lot, but even beyond that, the story had enough charm to keep me hooked.
so yeah, messy feelings, but still a good time.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Never really like an ice queen book with POV from the ice queen, it ruins the illusion. Other than that it was a alright book.