Review: Broken by Kelly Elliott

Title: Broken
Author: Kelly Elliott

Published: November 19th 2013

Pages: 290 pages

Genre: Romance 

ISBN #: 0988707489

Layton Morris and his brother Mike grew up not knowing what it would be like to live in a normal home. With no running water or electricity in their home, no parents around to protect them, they quickly learned how to survive and depend only on each other. When a tragic accident takes Mike away from Layton, and the only other person that he ever let into his heart walked away from him, leaving his heart shattered, Layton focuses all of his time and energy into the ranch he and his brother dreamed of. He makes a vow to himself to never let love in again. The last thing Layton needed or wanted was more heartache. Whitley Reynolds grew up in a privileged home in upstate New York. When she landed the star football player in high school no one was surprised, not even Whitley. She dreamed of a life with Roger living in New York City and happily followed him there. The first time Roger hit her for arguing with him about a dinner party, she forgave him. The more it happened, the further Whitley withdrew from her friends and family. One fateful day things go to far. Whitley makes a promise to herself and finds the courage to do the one thing she thought she'd never be able to do. Fleeing with her best friend Courtney, Whitley was determined to put her past behind her and start a new life in the small town of Llano, Texas, where no one would ever find out about her past. Will they both ever learn to trust and love again, or will their pasts come back to haunt them, keeping them both alone and... Broken.

 Can we all say HOT SEXY COWBOY? Now that that's out of the way, let's talk about everything else about this book that made me love it! Broken is a contemporary romance that I could read over and over again, but thankfully there are more stories/books in this series and we get more of these characters.  

I came across Broken by Kelly Elliott on Goodreads, saw that a friend on there had read it and loved it, so I figured I would pick it up and see what I thought.  Honestly, once I started reading this book I couldn't put it down.  Yes I know people say that all the time, but this is the truth.  I cooked with my Kindle in my hand while reading this one.  (No Kindle was harmed while reading this fantastic book!)

Alright I have to say this again, SEXY COWBOYS! The men in this series are sweet and sassy all at the same time and I couldn't get enough of them.  At first I wasn't sure if I was going to like Layton, but after a bit I loved his character and couldn't wait to see if him and Whitley would finally get together.  There is a far share of drama in this book as well, which I loved.  The twists are ones that aren't over done and I for one was very grateful for that.

I will have to say that my favorite character isn't the main character at all, I love her best friend Courtney and I'm happy that she has her own book in the second of the series, but more on that one soon.  Courtney is the funny side kick and the friend that every girl needs on her side. Broken is about finding that second chance at love and actually taking the chance on it.  The author, Kelly Elliott has a way with words that are easy to read but build up the story perfectly.  I also must say that I love Whitley's career seeing as I went to school to be an event planner.  

I don't want to give anything away, but seeing as the summary does tell you about Roger hitting Whitley, I can say this part without giving too much away.  Just know that I seriously yelled at my Kindle and was screaming for Layton to kick his ass.  Just saying! 

All in all, Broken by Kelly Elliott is a fantastic book that I would recommend to all of my romance reading friends.

Going to give Broken by Kelly Elliott an Ali's Bookshelf...

Because seriously I couldn't put this one down, not even to make dinner! (Yes, I made dinner, just kept reading as I cooked it.)

Plot: 20/20

Writing: 20/20

Creativity: 19/20

Characters: 20/20

Ending: 10/10

Cover: 10/10

Here at Ali's Bookshelf we accept books in exchange for a honest review. This book however is one that I bought for myself and decided to review it. We also use Amazon Affiliate links at times

Waiting on Wednesday #37

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where she spotlights upcoming releases.

 

 

So this week I'm dying to get my hands on this book...

Title: For the Record

Author: Charlotte Huang

 Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Expected Publication Date: November 10th 2015

If Almost Famous were a YA novel . . . a raw, honest debut celebrating music, friendship, romance, and life on the road.Chelsea thought she knew what being a rock star was like . . . until she became one. After losing a TV talent show, she slid back into small-town anonymity. But one phone call changed everything

Now she’s the lead singer of the band Melbourne, performing in sold-out clubs every night and living on a bus with three gorgeous and talented guys. The bummer is that the band barely tolerates her. And when teen hearthrob Lucas Rivers take an interest in her, Chelsea is suddenly famous, bringing Melbourne to the next level—not that they’re happy about that. Her feelings for Beckett, Melbourne’s bassist, are making life even more complicated.

Chelsea only has the summer tour to make the band—and their fans—love her. If she doesn’t, she’ll be back in Michigan for senior year, dying a slow death. The paparazzi, the haters, the grueling schedule . . . Chelsea believed she could handle it. But what if she can’t? 

 I love the cover and the synopsis sounds perfect.  I can't wait to get my hands on this one! 

TBR Take Down Challenge

TBR Take Down!!! June Edition

Alright so I've seen a lot of videos on Youtube about this and really wanted to bring it to my blog.  I have a lot, yep let's say that again, A LOT, of books on my TBR shelf. Most of these books have been there for a while and I hate that.  So I'm going to take this challenge and try to chop down some of my TBR list this month.  There are five challenges in this Take Down and they are as follows.  Under each of the challenges I'm going to list the book I'm going to read. 

The Challenges

1. Book that's been on your TBR shelf for over a year. 

2. TBR sequel sitting on your shelf

3. A 1st book in a series.

4. An 'Out of your comfort zone' book.

5. Book from your most recent book haul

(This book came from the convention this past weekend.)

Alright so there you have it.  This is my list of books that I'm going to read this month and hopefully I can mark some books off my TBR shelf. 

Teaser Tuesday #62

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser. 

 

TOP THREE AWFUL MOMENTS OF MY LIFE: Meeting my biological father at ten. Breaking my arm in three spots at nine. Falling into a hole and being trapped there overnight with a dead body at eight.

Please, leave me a teaser below in the comments. If you post your own teaser Tuesday post, please leave me a link in the comments section below so I can read your post as well.

Review: Rock Star's Girl

Review: Rock Star's Girl

Title: Rock Star's Girl 

Author: Jennifer Farwell

Publisher: Booktrope 

Published: March 19th 2015

Pages: 256 pages 

Genre: Chick Lit 

A SIN #: B00UZC9LSU

Emily Watts just wants a weekend break from the workaholic hours she's taken on to keep her business — a popular fashion-snark web site — up and running. What she gets is overnight celebrity and a career-killing media scandal. While taking time out to attend a concert in support of friend Jesse Cinder, a struggling musician, Emily meets Cory Sampson, the lead singer of a chart-topping rock band. When she agrees to a date with Cory, making entertainment headlines is the last thing she expects. Even so, it's a minor surprise by comparison to her discovery that in the music world, media notoriety trumps all. Tabloid allegations erupt when Cory and fame-hungry Jesse use Emily for personal gain, and her tarnished image spells disaster — personally and professionally. To save the web site and writing career she's made her life and dream, Emily must go from being a pawn in the Hollywood headline game to becoming the media mastermind.

Alright, so when I decided to review this book, I was hoping it wasn't like the other girl falls in love with rock star books that I've read in the past.  Trust me, I've read a lot of these type of books, best thing about this one, it wasn't the typical boy meets girl, girl falls in love and they live happily ever after books I've read lately.  This one caught my attention and kept it till the very last page. 

So with all that said, I want to talk about the characters a bit.  I really enjoyed how realistic the characters in this book felt while I was reading. Corey became one of the characters that I rooted for, even though he was a bit upsetting at one point.  I don't want to give anything away, so I'm going to say this, these characters make you love them and root for them.

Jennifer Farwell's writing style is something that I've been looking for as a reader.  She doesn't tell you the story, she shows you and for that I will read anything by this fantastic author. For this writer to grab my attention the way she did and hold it is something that doesn't happen very often for me. With all the twists and turns in this book, I couldn't wait to read more.  Actually found myself rushing to read each page, because I had to know what was going to happen.  I finished this book in a few hours and couldn't put it down.

I want to thank CLP Blog tours for letting me be part of this tour and bringing this incredible book to my attention.

I am giving Rock Star's Girl an Ali's Bookshelf...

Plot: 18/20

Writing: 18/20

Creativity: 18/20

Characters: 19/20

Ending: 10/10

Cover: 10/10

Here at Ali's Bookshelf we accept books in exchange for a honest review. The book above came from CLP Blog Tours as part of a tour. We also use Amazon Affiliate links at times