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Broken Harbor

Catherine Cowles

4.21 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Ahh! I loved this book just as much as the previous two! Catherine Cowles has become another favorite author! Sutton & Cope are beautiful, can it really get any better than that bitter sweet ending?
dark 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
challenging inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

She is a single mother, trying to start over while owning a cafe
He is a NHL star that is struggling in the press and mentally
He comes home to visit with family and meet the cafe owner and her hockey obsessed son
Next thing you know they are moving in with him and he is caring for him like they are his
Only issue is both their pasts come to haunt them and keeps pulling them apart
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
mysterious tense fast-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

I really enjoyed this and Cope, Sutton, and Lucas (+ Gretzky) were such fun characters. I liked how both Sutton and Cope had past trauma that made them weary of relationships, but they didn’t let that get in the way. The rest of the Colson crew were great side characters. I just found the “big bad” reveal to be a little disappointing.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes