Beautiful Broken Mess

Broken Series, Book 2

De: Kimberly Lauren

Narrado por: Eva Kantor

Jace Riley and Audrey Mills had a tender and irresistibly passionate romance…until Audrey shattered his heart. Years later, she still can't stop thinking about him. They shared kisses that she'll never forget, and one brief, explosive encounter that she wishes she could. But no boy could rescue Audrey from her nightmarish home life, so she rescued herself, got through college and got into graduate school…only to find herself at the same school as Jace and his identical twin brother, Jaxon, who has his own complicated history with her.

It takes only one glimpse of Audrey's long legs and brown eyes for Jace to ache for her once more. Yet he's determined not to fall for her again. She ripped apart his heart and betrayed his brother…or so he thought. But what if Jace made a terrible mistake about Audrey? And what if he has one last chance to fix it?

©2014 Kimberly Lauren (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Narration makes a story

The narration for this book seriously hindered my experience. It was pretty bad, maybe for a dual POV, have a male narrator?

So sweet

Just a very well written adorable tale of a boy who meets a girl. Just enough drama that you don’t get overwhelmed with the thought “just get together already!”. A good read/listen for anyone wanting to get caught up in some good emotions lol. Great narrative too. Keeps the voices very distinctive for each character. Loved it.

Another Good Story. Another Bad Narration.

Another good book in the series. Like all good new adult romances, there was angst, emotional growth, and tender moments. Though I enjoyed the story, the narration wasn't the best. Still, I liked the story enough to jump into the next book in the series.

I can't say this enough

If you're writing about Southern characters get a narrator who can actually pull off the accent. I would have enjoyed this book far more if the narration didn't annoy me.

Awful but entertaining

I had to remember this was essentially a YA book, but the characters are all really dumb. I can’t expound without revealing spoilers. Just a reminder to try and help young people avoid the utter stupidity these characters displayed. The plot was decent, but the author lost track of the characters so much that they bop around like wind-up toys throughout the whole story. Also, it wasn’t the voice of the narrator that was bad, it was her delivery. Unless the author announced who was talking and from whose POV…they all sounded like monotonous baby robots.

So why did I finish it and my reason for 3 rather than 2 stars…the plot and most of the scenes were actually entertaining.

great story

If i thought Em had a rough life, I was wrong. Audrey had it much worse to me. The situations only seemed to get worse as she went thru life. Her reconnection to Have was a bright light, even if he was an idiot at times. It was nice to read about Em, Jaxon, Quinn and Cole too. Can't wait to see whose the subject of the final book in this series!

narrator voice suck

the storyline was good, but the voice killed it for me. if you are planning on listening to it i suggest you to read the book instead.

The whole book

Just amazing keeps pulling me for more I’m about to read the last book and I don’t want it to end

Liked the book, narrator not so much

Any additional comments?

Eva Kantor couldn't pull a male voice very well, so I wouldn't have been able to finish this book if I wasn't that invested in the characters. Audrey was an unlikable character in the first book, Broken Rules, so I was intrigued on her character redemption in this book. Jace is the softer side of Jaxon - not so alpha-ish - so I wanted to see how his character developed as well. Putting a skittish heroine with a sweet and gentle Hero actually works. I don't get that Lane did not find Audrey attractive and/or liked her more than he would a sister, maybe he did in the beginning and I will get that back story in Book 3. It's worth the my time as to "worth the credit" it doesn't apply because I borrowed the book and audio through kindeunlimited. I will not buy it now, because I don't think I will read it again though. I would have given this book 4.5 stars if there was a different male narrator.

Bleeding ears

A good story line is severely disrupted by the narrator’s ability to make every character sound like a combination of Gilbert Godfrey and Moaning Myrtle.