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devansbooklife's review against another edition
4.0
What a great book. I have to admit I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Audrey in this book. Book one I despised her. Finding out her background made a big difference. I loved the chemistry between her and Jace. This book answered a lot of questions from book one and I am very glad I read it. Loving this series.
frenchpressbookworm's review against another edition
3.0
3 stars
When I first read this story I loved it... but after this re read there was just so much that bugged me that it over shadowed the love I had for Jace. He was seriously immature and need to man up in so many ways!
When I first read this story I loved it... but after this re read there was just so much that bugged me that it over shadowed the love I had for Jace. He was seriously immature and need to man up in so many ways!
patke's review against another edition
4.0
Rating: 3.8ish
Looking back, I've realized how much more I enjoyed Beautiful Broken Mess in comparison to others in this series. Maybe it's because Jace is my favourite of all the boys and the romance pretty much had me swooning. The plot was definitely to my liking as well, it was believable and really tugged at my heart strings. It isn't the best new adult I've read but it left me with a warm feeling inside so I can truthfully say that I liked it very much.
Looking back, I've realized how much more I enjoyed Beautiful Broken Mess in comparison to others in this series. Maybe it's because Jace is my favourite of all the boys and the romance pretty much had me swooning. The plot was definitely to my liking as well, it was believable and really tugged at my heart strings. It isn't the best new adult I've read but it left me with a warm feeling inside so I can truthfully say that I liked it very much.
ebso's review against another edition
4.0
8.7/10 the guy for me was just not it.it’s giving stockholm syndrome. the main guy didn’t know if believe her at 18 about what happened to her, he shouts and yells at her and then the epilogue drama - but it feels like a tv show
laughlinesandliterature's review against another edition
3.0
This book was definitely the weak link in this series. I liked Jace and Audrey, but I just didn't feel their chemistry. Not really. Honestly it was a little weird that Audrey had been with both Jace and Jax. I still wanted them to get their happy ending, it was just odd and so the whole book felt weird.
collete1112's review against another edition
5.0
This book is fantastic!! From the epilouge to the ending it had me sucked in. Once I started reading it I could not put it down!
xobooktrovert's review against another edition
4.0
Before I jump into this review, I have a confession to make: I could not finish the audiobook due to the narrator. I am pretty sure that it is the same woman who narrated [b:Beautiful Broken Rules|24954150|Beautiful Broken Rules (Broken #1)|Kimberly Lauren|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1438610530l/24954150._SX50_.jpg|24802085]. The one that ruined my reading experience for the first book. Maybe I am too harsh, but her voice acting is really distracting. Not only did all her men sound like old Cajun women with laryngitis, but Audrey sounded like she really needed to spit. My hair is standing on end just thinking about listening to this audiobook with earbuds; the stringy-saliva sound was amplified. And for the ones that read my BBR review, Em's voice was still equivalent to nails on a chalkboard. I really don't recommend opting for the audio with this one guys. I quit listening about a third of the way in, and I didn't regret it at all.
Audrey Mills got a character makeover in this installment. The once bratty, wannabe home-wrecker has a difficult past. Who would have thought it? She tells us about her terribly abusive parents and wanting to escape immediately after her high school graduation. She was just starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel when she met the Riley brothers.
Jace Riley had never been drawn to a girl in his life. After his father's passing, he had been too consumed by keeping his twin brother tamed than to try to start courting some girl. Yet Audrey was different. After he knocked her down on the street, he took her for coffee and invited her to Cole's party. He was prepared to take the leap of faith with this girl. It all gets shattered when he walks into the party to find Audrey kissing his brother Jaxon. But that is just the beginning of their story.
Audrey managed to escape after graduation just like she had planned. What she hadn't planned was wrecking her relationship with the Riley brothers - especially Jace. She is now in grad school and conveniently, or inconveniently, at the same school as them. Lane, her best friend, tries to get her to tell Jace and Jax the whole story. However, Audrey is tired of seeking them out only to have them toss her aside. If they truly cared, they would listen. Right?
Jace is beside himself when he realizes that Audrey is attending his school. They are like magnets that keep gravitating towards one another. As much as he wants her, she is still off limits. He doesn't want Jax's sloppy-seconds even if, technically, she was his first. There is just too much history there for them to start over. He just wishes it didn't hurt like hell.
I loved seeing this couple come together. Jace has always been my favorite twin from the beginning, and I was thrilled that he was getting his own book. I must say that I was surprised that Audrey was his love interest. I totally blame the author for that. She made us hate Audrey in BBR; I was wondering how she was going to redeem her character. Lauren was really able to revive her, but it didn't match up to the Audrey in the first book. It didn't feel cohesive to me. However, I did enjoy this one much better than the first.
4 stars!
Audrey Mills got a character makeover in this installment. The once bratty, wannabe home-wrecker has a difficult past. Who would have thought it? She tells us about her terribly abusive parents and wanting to escape immediately after her high school graduation. She was just starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel when she met the Riley brothers.
Jace Riley had never been drawn to a girl in his life. After his father's passing, he had been too consumed by keeping his twin brother tamed than to try to start courting some girl. Yet Audrey was different. After he knocked her down on the street, he took her for coffee and invited her to Cole's party. He was prepared to take the leap of faith with this girl. It all gets shattered when he walks into the party to find Audrey kissing his brother Jaxon. But that is just the beginning of their story.
Audrey managed to escape after graduation just like she had planned. What she hadn't planned was wrecking her relationship with the Riley brothers - especially Jace. She is now in grad school and conveniently, or inconveniently, at the same school as them. Lane, her best friend, tries to get her to tell Jace and Jax the whole story. However, Audrey is tired of seeking them out only to have them toss her aside. If they truly cared, they would listen. Right?
Jace is beside himself when he realizes that Audrey is attending his school. They are like magnets that keep gravitating towards one another. As much as he wants her, she is still off limits. He doesn't want Jax's sloppy-seconds even if, technically, she was his first. There is just too much history there for them to start over. He just wishes it didn't hurt like hell.
I loved seeing this couple come together. Jace has always been my favorite twin from the beginning, and I was thrilled that he was getting his own book. I must say that I was surprised that Audrey was his love interest. I totally blame the author for that. She made us hate Audrey in BBR; I was wondering how she was going to redeem her character. Lauren was really able to revive her, but it didn't match up to the Audrey in the first book. It didn't feel cohesive to me. However, I did enjoy this one much better than the first.
4 stars!
jessica_barton's review against another edition
4.0
I went into this book thinking I was going to HATE Audrey's guts... I mean come on! I read the last book and wanted to punch her face in!
I love her now... absolutely LOVE her.. how much can one person go through? seriously!
the book was a little slow for me in the middle, kinda drug for a bit then the end was like WAM WAM WAM.. done. which I didn't really have a problem with, as you can see I gave it FOUR stars! cant wait for Lane's book because I can picture him in my head and ahhhhhh seXXXy!
I love her now... absolutely LOVE her.. how much can one person go through? seriously!
the book was a little slow for me in the middle, kinda drug for a bit then the end was like WAM WAM WAM.. done. which I didn't really have a problem with, as you can see I gave it FOUR stars! cant wait for Lane's book because I can picture him in my head and ahhhhhh seXXXy!
accio_coffee's review against another edition
5.0
LOVED Jace! and Aubrey store was so sad and I loved her after you heard her all whole story. This was definetly proof of there are two sides to every story and boy did i underestimate Aubrey.
smutreadscb's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
I loved Audrey and Jace's relationship way more than Em and Jaxon's in the first book. I liked that this book cleared up the miscommunications in book 1. I didn't like how Jace did the same thing as Jaxon in book 1 by pushing Audrey away when he claims to love her so much. I can't believe that Audrey was there a whole week in book 1 and never got Jace alone to talk to him. It's amazing to me that they never asked her about anything at the time and didn't let her talk, but its so relatable to real life and people accepting things as fact before getting all the information.