Broken

Broken, Book 1, Nick

By: Annie Jocoby

Narrated by: Jeremy York, Allison Lynnewood

Book One of a three book trilogy.

Nick O'Hara is a veritable womanizer. The only qualifications that he looks for in a romantic connection is that the person is hot and breathing. Mainly hot. He has no desire for an emotional connection with another person, and that's the way he lives his life. He has his fabulous wealth and his reputation as a premiere architect, and that's enough for him.

Until Scotty James.

Scotty is a graduate student at Columbia University in New York City. She's broken from traumatic experiences from her years in foster care and homelessness. She has a vulnerability that is intoxicating to Nick, because, deep down, he knows that he is as broken as she.

When Nick pursues Scotty, it seems that she is the only woman who doesn't want to be with him. At first she's a challenge, but Nick soon finds himself falling in love for the first time in his life. With a woman who wants nothing to do with him.

Can Scotty overcome her trust issues and fear to let Nick in? Or will she prove to be too broken to trust?

©2014 Annie Jocoby (P)2014 Annie Jocoby

I loved it until the hero disappointed me

Would you try another book from Annie Jocoby and/or Jeremy York and Allison Lynnewood ?

I would try another book by Annie Jocoby. I will not try another book by Allison Lynnewood. Her voice the entire time sounded like she was trying to seduce every character.

What could Annie Jocoby have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Annie Jocoby needs to make her heroes more alpha. Scotty spilled her guts out to Nick and what Nick did shortly after disappointed me and I lost all connection.

How could the performance have been better?

Allison Lynnewood voice sounded to seductive like she was reading an erotica. At times even like a Valley Girl. Scotty, the heroine, is an innocent and she is NOT supposed to sound like she is out of breath or "sexy" the entire time.
Nick, the hero, is supposed to be a 35 year old guy. Jeremy York sounded like 45 year old man.

Not quite a 5

I loved the story, and I both read the electronic version and audible one. I was not happy with the voice for Scotty James. I liked Ms Lynnewood's voice _ just not as Scotty. The author tends to write long, emotional contemplative dialogues for both Scotty and Nick, but instead of enhancing the storyline, I found it distracting and often annoying. It is so remarkable, however, that the narrator's encompass the characters and the settings to try to capture the full feel of a story. They did so here, it was just not the right fit for me that the voice of Lynnewood came across as just "off" for Scotty.

Would not recommend

There are a lot odd reasons I wouldn't recommend this book, first it says this is book one but clearly as you get into you find out either there is other books that came before this one or the author is just really bad. Second Nick is an all around douchbag, seriously I get it that it takes you a whole to get your shit together but don't have the character professing his undying love then go bang someone else because he just isn't sure he can change. I will not be finishing this serious even though it ended on a cliffhanger, sadly I will leave these characters to hang on that cliff.

Good story

I enjoyed this audiobook of the first book in this series. The narration was well done and the story moved along well also. I did find myself a little frustrated with the hero, as he didn't seem to think straight sometimes, and the heroine was very timid (though she had s reason to be).
P.S. Hate the character of Portia!!

Female narrator ruined it

The story was interesting but maybe a little drawn out. The male narrator was good but the female was horrible. I want to listen to book 2 but I am dreading to see if she's also narrating it as well.