Reviews

Beautifully Broken Life by Catherine Cowles

laurenford's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? N/A

4.25

taylormichele's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-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

4.0

This was almost too slow at points. Like it took until 50% in to even get a first kiss and usually that’s not a problem for me but there was no tension or anything. I will say I LOVED the strangers to friends to lovers relationship between Liam and Tessa. I also LOVED how kind and patient Liam was with Tessa. What really sold this for me was in the end the problem came to a head and SPOILER ALERT‼️‼️‼️Tessa is kidnapped I really really really love how she ended up saving herself. It was a full circle moment for her that I absolutely loved. Oh and the cat 😂 I loved the cat. 

finnyautumns's review against another edition

2.0

the wine loving grandma who thinks she’s a psychic is the best part of these books

haleighluvsreading's review

emotional inspiring 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

4.0

lissarin's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

well_red's review

emotional

3.0

thebookishdogmom's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.0

Book 2 in the Sutter Lake series. I didn't connect with this one as much as book 1. I think for me it seemed a little too 'damsel in distress'? Don't get me wrong, it was a beautiful love story between Tessa and Liam. The pace was fast so the story moved quickly. It was a bit predictable, amd the epilogue pregnancy was annoying and felt gratuitous. But overall I did enjoy it and will continue the series. 

Tags: 
-small town 
-friends to lovers 
-secret identity 
-found family
-romantic suspense 

Spice: 1.5/5 

First person/Dual POV

biblio_keely's review

4.0

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
🌶️ 🌶️

Catherine Cowles is a comfort author for me. Her writing is familiar to me, the formula to her stories is familiar to me, and the way she writes men who are obsessed with their women makes me feral. I know I’m in for a good time. This story was fun to read. The writing was emotional; I could feel the chemistry between the two MC’s, and Liam was a good MMC. 

Liam wants to get out of the city to distance himself from his record label and all their demands. He finds himself in Sutter Lake after one of his best friend’s moves there. He meets Tessa at the Tea Kettle in town and is immediately drawn to her. Tessa wants nothing to do with anyone, she doesn’t want friends, she doesn’t want anyone to know her, and she definitely doesn’t want a relationship with one of the most popular artists in the country. Even though she feels the connections between them too. She’s trying to stay hidden from everyone. She’s hiding from her past. But Liam is set on getting her to let the ones around her who love her in. He’s trying to get her to live life. 

Highlights:
📌Small Town
📌Romantic Suspense
📌Rockstar
📌FMC on the run
📌Protective MMC
📌Dual POV

selfbetty's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

goodeyreads's review

medium-paced

5.0

Full review to come!