Reviews with content warning for Death of parent - Broken Harbor

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Broken Harbor by Catherine Cowles

20 reviews

katies_bibliotherapy's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was my favorite after FRAGILE SANCTUARY and makes me wonder if I rated DELICATE ESCAPE too harshly. I digress.

Cope and Sutton were everything, but Luca definitely stole the show! I'm not usually one for kids in books, but Luca stole my heart!

The banter between not just Cope and Sutton but between Cope and his siblings in the group chat was top tier. I laughed so many times while reading this. I absolutely love the found family theme in these books. And I did *not* see the twist coming! Do be mindful of trigger warnings going into this one as it is *dark,* but in a sad way.

I can't wait to read BEAUTIFUL EXILE!

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kpham16's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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bookshelfhannah's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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kfalsreads's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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brittinyh3711's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Complicated

She's done it again. I didn't see that twist coming! And of course I was crying at the end. May be my new favorite

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lauraelovesbooks's review against another edition

3.75

emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

After loving Thea and Shep’s story, I was eager to dive into Sutton and Cope’s book. I should have realized, though, that I enjoy Catherine Cowles’ books more when I don’t read them back-to-back. It’s hard not to focus on the plot similarities when reading them so close together. As a result, I don’t think I enjoyed this book as much as I might have otherwise

I found there was very little build up to Sutton and Cope’s relationship. Their feelings seem to come out of the blue and I would have liked to see more of their friendship on page. At one point, Suttton refers to Cope as her best friend and I was honestly surprised. There was very little evidence of this on page (too much telling, not enough showing)

The highlight of this book was definitely Luca and how he bonded with Cope through hockey. Catherine Cowles definitely knows her way around a single parent romance.

I am still looking forward to continuing this series but definitely plan on waiting before picking up the next book

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madsmcw_reads's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Once again Cowles has blown me away with her Sparrow Falls series. Sutton, Cope and Luca made the best family and I loved watching them all come together. Lolli is the highlight of this series and every time she's in a scene I can't stop laughing. All of these books cover some dark topics but for some reason this story just felt a little heavier to me. I was truly blown away by the ending and the person who was actually behind everything going on.

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