Broken Girl

Neighpalm Industries Collective Series, Book 2

De: Lexie Winston

Narrado por: Curt Bonnem, Samantha Summers

Never in her life has Harlow felt as low as she does now. Even a beating from her mother was easier to take then the humiliation she just suffered at the hands of the Summer's siblings.

Unable to return home due to a promise made to her foster father, she has to stay on until her commitments have concluded. With her new friends Alex and Shane trying to convince her to stay, and her grandparents and father of the same mind, Harlow's heart is torn in two.

But a mysterious phone call and a possible job opportunity may just swing the pendulum to one side.

Contains mature themes.

©2020 Neighpalm Publishing (P)2021 Tantor

Excellent narrators

Both narrators were great and really brought the story to life as well as each character individually!

Part of a book

Look, I do like what's here, but I also feel like it didn't advance the story a whole lot and is just repeating parts of book one. this could have been condensed and added to book one. It is still keeping my interest, and I will read on.
The reader is a lot less slow and choppy like in the first book.

Even better than the first!

Loved the first book and this one is even better! The narrators do a fantastic job bringing the characters to life! Loved seeing a bit of character development in this one. Binged it in one day! Can’t wait to dive into the next installment!!

Things are Getting Even More Interesting

I love Hope and OMG Thomas and Holden!!! Yummy!!! Lexi keeps it interesting while keeping you guessing who is after her. I can’t wait to hear what happens next.

slow build why choose

ooooooo things are thawing out between the boys and harlow, but they absolutely have some more groveling to do before we forgive them yet. that cliffhanger gets me every freaking time, so much happens in these books that i get lulled into a sense of security then BAM here comes a plot twist. agh, also loving the baby steps of growth im seeing in jacinta!

curt bonnem and samantha summers once again delivered a great narration! curt does a phenomenal job of keeping each of the guys voices unique.

tropes: rags to riches, why choose romance, found family, trauma rep, slow build harem, billionaire romance
vibes: adventurous emotional fast-paced
Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking
Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol

Book Two

Tears, OMG the tears. she writes the characters so well, the anguish I felt for the MFC and as she described the drama.

Great story

Great story and great story telling. The book is rated R and ends on a cliffhanger, however both just increase the enjoyment of the book.

amazing series

a enemies to lovers, twists and turns. so many amazing love stories in 1. must read.

The producer(s) and/or editor(s) left an obnoxious mistake

I wrote this on goodreads, but since I don’t want to write something different, here’s my half-assed review (despite not being able to edit it here 🙄):

3.5⭐️ -3.75⭐️ — Im being hesitant on my full assessment of this book because it seemed to do a lot in terms of character development, but the plot outside of that seems a tad trite so far… but hoping the author proves me wrong, I’ll leave leeway in my evaluation.

Side note, as my medium of choice is via Audible: it drove me NUTS when the OBVIOUSLY IRISH Tomas RANDOMLY got a French accent in one of the later chapters. Either the voice actress had the understanding the character was French and they re-did the scenes in Tomas’s POV with the accent, just missed that WHOLE chapter… OR, the voice actress is working multiple books and got confused. Either way, the producers & subsequent editors got lazy and didn’t do their job. It was a large contributor to my downgrade in rating. French & Irish accents are VERY different in terms of vibes, generated by societal stereotypes… French: moody, sexy, serious. Irish: Light hearted, fun and also sexy.

Riveting

I’m liking the snarky comments to herself. There’s not an over abundance of internal dialogue.