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A review by vikcs
Bad Boy Brody by Tijan
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
4.25
I’m a huge fan of Tijan, I have every one of her books and loved all of them so I had huge expectations for this one as well. Still it was so unexpected in a good way. Bad boy Brody surprised me and it was quite different from the author usual stories. Oh, it still mainly focuses on the more traumatic spectrum of feelings and emotions but it’s interesting how much the fact that the plot is separate from the usual high school/college environment mixes up things and creates a completely different atmosphere. I absolutely loved it.
I’m going to try and not spoil anything about the actual storyline but let me say this that the book has a certain tension to it yet he pacing is pretty laid back. I enjoyed every minute of it. It strange because while I knew that I going to like it, as I do with every Tijan book, the first chapter scared me a bit because it was kind of generic and not at all what I’m used to from the author. However, as I continued on the second things got definitely better and better.
We got 2 broken and closed off main characters, whom for some reason gravitate towards each other from the first glimpse. They slowly open up for each other and find something that urge them to change and become something more. This book was utterly romantic, somewhat heart breaking and overly emotional. And while the main focus of the plot is basically the connection between the two characters you just know it from the beginning that there is something more sinister, cruel going on in the background. Alas the story would have been perfect just by following Morgan and Brody journey, but this underlying suspense gave the whole thing an extra nudge to it.
Morgan was a strange but endearing character, someone who was more comfortable in the wilderness among her horses but it was kind of a protective mechanism of hers. She turned off her emotions so she doesn’t have to deal with it, the heartache and the loneliness. Honestly while I liked her most of the times, in other occasion I found her actions a bit standoffish and inconsiderate, while she was brutally honest with her intentions she was a bit cold towards others.
Then there was Brody, who was constantly described as Bad Boy Brody, which was strange because we didn’t really see this side of him in the book. Yes, he drinks a lot but other than that he is pretty straight-laced. He was intrigued by Morgan from the first moment and the connection between them was beautifully phenomenal. They kind of existed on a different plane thorough the whole book.
This book was utterly enchanting, sweet and romantic. It was emotional but still less dramatic than you would expect from Tijan, but I liked it more for it. The last couple of chapters throw me off a bit but in the end I understood why there was a loop in the plot line.
I’m going to try and not spoil anything about the actual storyline but let me say this that the book has a certain tension to it yet he pacing is pretty laid back. I enjoyed every minute of it. It strange because while I knew that I going to like it, as I do with every Tijan book, the first chapter scared me a bit because it was kind of generic and not at all what I’m used to from the author. However, as I continued on the second things got definitely better and better.
We got 2 broken and closed off main characters, whom for some reason gravitate towards each other from the first glimpse. They slowly open up for each other and find something that urge them to change and become something more. This book was utterly romantic, somewhat heart breaking and overly emotional. And while the main focus of the plot is basically the connection between the two characters you just know it from the beginning that there is something more sinister, cruel going on in the background. Alas the story would have been perfect just by following Morgan and Brody journey, but this underlying suspense gave the whole thing an extra nudge to it.
Morgan was a strange but endearing character, someone who was more comfortable in the wilderness among her horses but it was kind of a protective mechanism of hers. She turned off her emotions so she doesn’t have to deal with it, the heartache and the loneliness. Honestly while I liked her most of the times, in other occasion I found her actions a bit standoffish and inconsiderate, while she was brutally honest with her intentions she was a bit cold towards others.
Then there was Brody, who was constantly described as Bad Boy Brody, which was strange because we didn’t really see this side of him in the book. Yes, he drinks a lot but other than that he is pretty straight-laced. He was intrigued by Morgan from the first moment and the connection between them was beautifully phenomenal. They kind of existed on a different plane thorough the whole book.
This book was utterly enchanting, sweet and romantic. It was emotional but still less dramatic than you would expect from Tijan, but I liked it more for it. The last couple of chapters throw me off a bit but in the end I understood why there was a loop in the plot line.