Broken Dreams

Broken, Book 2

By: Kelly Elliott

Narrated by: Shirl Rae, Nelson Hobbs

Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's Summary

Courtney Will always dreamed of finding her Prince Charming and living happily ever after. However, her dreams were shattered one fateful night when her prince turned out to be her worst nightmare. Reed Moore's past filled his world with guilt and anger. Then, a mistake in college deepened these feelings. Fearing he will one day repeat his father's mistakes with the woman he loves, Reed has vowed to never give his heart to anyone. Reed and Courtney have each spent years building walls to guard their hearts, so when their feelings for each other explode into something unexpected, they argue and throw hurtful words at each other in hopes of avoiding the truth. Can their broken dreams become their happily ever after? Contains mature themes.

©2014 Kelly Elliott (P)2014 Tantor

AS SWEET AS ICE TEA IN THE SUMMER

If you have not read the first book, "Broken," then I suggest you back up and start reading that book first as you will be lost since "Broken Dreams" follows, and starts where "Broken" ended. It has been a while since I read Broken and I really wish I would have listened to it again before venturing into this one. However, after a while I was right on board with the characters & where all the drama had left off.

First of all, be prepared for a fabulous audiobook. Shirl Rae is excellent. She is one of my favorite female narrators. I especially love the southern accent she provided for Reed. And, NELSON Hobbs….OMG…HOT-SOUTHERN-MAN-VOICE-ALERT. What a gorgeous voice Nelson has! I need to find more audiobooks he performs in! The combination of both Shirl and Nelson made this one sumptuous listen!

As far as the story is concerned, the love development between Reed and Courtney is low on the angst and high on the fun and romance. In fact, this is what I consider an indulgence for the helpless romantic. Reed and Courtney do face personal issues and conflicts brought on by outside sources, however, they are resolved or addressed either quickly or within their proper timing in the plot development. But, the romance between Reed and Courtney is fun, sexy, cute and continuous. The best part is that if you liked Layton and Whitely from "Broken," then you will adore this book because not only does it explore Reed & Courtney's love story, but simultaneously gives you more of Layton and Whitely which is awesome! What a perfect combination for two best friends from NYC, Whitely and Courtney, to fall in love with their gorgeous southern gentlemen, Layton and Reed. This is a sweet romance that takes readers into the beautiful landscape of the Texan countryside, to the range riding horses, to the vibe of dancing in hot night clubs, and two-stepping in town circles.

I recommend this listen/read when readers need a break from more ansty, drama-injected reads. It is all smooth sailing and as Reed & Courtney would put it….it passes the "swoon-worthy" test.

Series continues to be boring &

predictable, The "plot' was the same as the first book. Courtney & Reed were both whiney & tedious. I didn't get the merry-go-round with the "jokes/teasing". It was overblown & mean spirited. The narrators really do NOT add to the sophomoric writing. The narrators' performance was a snooze fest. Only consolation (and not much of one) is that I didn't pay full price or have to use a credit, purchased the books while on sale. Will listen to the next book & maybe there will be improvement.

It’s ok

So I’ve read a few of the reviews and I have to agree with the comments. First off I feel like the female narrator wasn’t the best. Her voice got kind of irritating. Nelson Hobbs did fine, the country accent helped bring Reed to life.
But overall I have to say the story was just so….. idk over the top I guess? Having a sexual abuse survivor all of a sudden become almost like a sex addict? It was a little much? Omg I can’t wait another second we have to do it now? Like everywhere? Very over the top. Also Reed was kind of portrayed like a wimp, how many times does he cry in the book? And he thinks he isn’t good enough and so he pushes her away, and then he cries… it was just a lot. And it was also almost a carbon copy of the first book with Whitley and Layton. Just she was a domestic abuse survivor and he was broken hearted because of losing his family… basically same situation. Ex comes looking for him and wants to reunite in both, both girls get attacked and men come to the rescue… so many coincidences.

Sex, crying and Instalove to the extreme!

Well at least there was a bit less winking but the cheese factor is way off the charts. I hate you, I love you, you are my world,,, all in a few weeks. I fell in love with you the first second we met... Ugh!

The H spent most of his time crying and more than half of the book was filler. You could skip entire chapters and not miss anything. I like good sex, oops, romantic scenes in books but there are so many, including after getting home from the hospital after delivering a baby, you will skip forward. My guesstimate is that 40-50% of the story are se... romantic scenes!

After reading some reviews by a few of my favorite reviewers, I will skip this author in the future. Based on many of the 4 and 5 star reviews, she has a good following and my tastes are not in her target market.

loved it

this book was very touching. I enjoyed this book and can't wait to read more by this author.

Annoying. everything is amazing.....

everything is described as amazing, dress, color, smile, hotel, ad freaking nauseam. learn a few new descriptors PLEASE!!!

Terrible!!!

Can not believe I actually finished this book. The narrators were fine, for the crap they had to read. The female lead characters are not like able. They are crass, inappropriate, trashy, and stupid. The men are sappy, overly emotional, and not believable. The rape is finally revealed to the family and they decide to go play laser tag! What??? Soooooo many stupid sex scenes. Every 5 min was a sex scene. Worst book ever!!!!

loved it

I really did love the first 2 books I love that I felt like u was apart of there world can't wait to listen to the 3rd one

Broken Dreams

I never thought I’d say this but there was A LOT of sexy times in this story. I get that they were newlyweds but it was definitely something that was a little too much. Besides that, I enjoyed this story.
Nelson Hobbs was spectacular, Shirl Rae was a good narrator, I didn’t like hearing her “moan”, I cringed each time she “cried out”. I’m sorry 😐. Overall this was enjoyable.

Enjoyable storyline

I enjoyed this book and the narrator did a good job. This story will make you cry and laugh at the same time

Not enough factual research done

Not sure why the rape is glossed over in the book. Kinda wondered if the author understands what rape is and why this was not reported as a crime when whole ordeal is finally out in the open. There is nothing recorded about reporting this with a view to give other young women closure. Not clear why Noah is not seen as a pedophile who preyed on very young women. Could be that laws are not as clear in the author's country as they are in UK. This is why I have rated 1 star. I enjoyed the 1st book where domestic abuse and coercive control was not tolerated to the extent that police were eventually involved. Not sure how much research has been done before writing this book. The Narrators are very good tho

Fell good love story broken dreams

Where does Broken Dreams rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

in my top 10 list for sure probably lol number 6 it was so good

What other book might you compare Broken Dreams to, and why?

this book is by Kelly Elliott and all her books are alike some people don't like authors who write same storylines but I like it because when I need a good love story to put me in a good mood I know Kelly Elliott's books will do the job x

They reminded me of Jeff and ari from Wanted #2 Saved because they hurt each at first fighting their felling for each other but once get got to together they kept making me smile like crazy

Have you listened to any of Shirl Rae and Nelson Hobbs ’s other performances? How does this one compare?

nelson was the voice for the male in the twist me which was a messed up sick man character he played the voice very well and he was in the previous Broken book of this series and so was shirl Rae and I think they did fabulous job on broken book #1 and this one #2

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes I fell asleep for a fees but had to finished it I did in less than 24 hours I was very lazy just listening but this book was so worth it to me

Any additional comments?

i loved this book so much I finished it less than a hour ago and I'm relistening to my favourite moments I think out of all Kelly Elliott's book Thai book is the one I'm most personally connected to you and emotionally because I am most like Courtney in real life loving my love Storting and unlike her doing editing I love writing and wish I could have a Prince Charming like in the books and TV and movies even knowing this is real life I would for a love and guy like Reid funny his name is Reid because it sound like read as books which she loves if you get it.

And her past is familiar to my mine I felt like her as reading love this book more than the first broken series book