Reading Write Now: Unbreak Me by Lexi Ryan

Book Blurb

“If you’re broken, I’ll fix you…”

I’m only twenty-one and already damaged goods. A slut. A failure. A disappointment to my picture-perfect family as long as I can remember. I called off my wedding to William Bailey, the only man who thought I was worth fixing. A year later, he’s marrying my sister. Unless I ask him not to…

“If you shatter, I’ll find you…”

But now there’s Asher Logan, a broken man who sees the fractures in my façade and doesn’t want to fix me at all. Asher wants me to stop hiding, to stop pretending. Asher wants to break down my walls. But that means letting him see my ugly secrets and forgiving him for his.

With my past weighing down on me, do I want the man who holds me together or the man who gives me permission to break?

Review

So this book had me hooked from the start. It was one of those stories that I connected with and needed to see where it went. So I started it in the afternoon and at 3am when my eyelids were winning the battle to close, I thought I would have to finish it the next morning. As luck would have it, I was ever determined, and I won. Unbreak me was read in less than a day!

So given I was that hooked, what was it that hooked me? More like what didn’t hook me!

Well hell, who couldn’t love Asher! He is the gorgeous rockstar with baggage (so much baggage!) and a heart of gold, also with great perception and understanding.

We have Maggie, the black sheep of the family who only knows how to function by being free with her body, but keeping her mind and heart protected. She is clearly a troubled soul who acts as she believes is expected of her. Her life experiences form who she becomes, but the unexpected events that unfold leaving her making decisions that affect every aspect of her, and others lives.

We have William, Maggie’s first real love, that knows much of her story, and cares enough to fix her… but with Maggie continuing to break, she leaves William behind (like literally, two days before she is due to marry him!). William finds comfort in Maggie’s sister – but never gets over his love for Maggie.

With these dynamics, it is easy to see why ever page pretty much turned itself. Maggie is so very broken, and Asher was the perfect man to come into her life and try to help her heal. Asher is that little bit older, had already lived a life full of drama which helped him read between the lines with Maggie. These two were steamy together!

I loved that not one of the main characters in this book was perfect. They all had flaws, which made them so much more relatable. The situations that the story presented really unpacked how early life experiences can have such a profound effect on who we are to become, and how we form our relationships with our family, friends and new acquaintances. I truly believe that it was this message that connected so deeply with me. I mean it get it. I get Maggie, and I so wanted her to get herself. For her to see that she was someone who was lovable. But in order for that to happen her story of self destruction needed to unfold.

The old mantra of “if you hear something often enough, you start to believe it yourself” is definitely an apt fit for poor Maggie, it was such a joy to see her story go full circle, with the aid of Asher.

My only criticism of this story was the epilogue. The end was so picture perfect that it left me flat. There was emotional drama on top of drama throughout this whole story, but as we got to the HEA – it was TOO perfect! I mean I get that these characters deserve their HEA, my goodness, Maggie so deserves her time, but my heart had been in knots for the whole book, and then it was like…that’s it? Really? *sigh*!

Don’t get me wrong – this is a recommended read. I loved it, I felt it, I thought the author’s tone and style was great, I loved the multiple POV's that it was told from, I loved the intrinsic character links which all led Maggie to her realisation. I hated characters with a passion for their manipulation and abuse of power…. There was SO much to love about this story!