A review by melissa_bookworm
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

2.0

I'm sure if I read this when it was initially recommended to me in 2011 I would have LOVED it - it's definitely ideal for a new-adult audience. The overprotective nature of the MMC was bordering on codependent and coercive, and the FMC was 'not like other girls' so you sort of see the style of 'love' this book circled around. There are plenty of other reviews on here that go into very helpful granular detail with all the issues so I won't recap. I gave 2 stars because I know I would have been a sucker for it when I was younger but it didn't fly with me as an adult.

EDIT: I think Helena Hunting's Clipped Wings series does this trope of a damaged duo getting together a little better, its high drama but I was hooked. But then again, it might be just as problematic!