Review of Broken *and a special offer*

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Broken by A.E. Rought
♦publisher: Strange Chemistry
♦release date: January 3rd, 2013
♦paperback, 320 pages
♦intended audience: Young adult
♦source: from publisher for honest review

Review: Horrifically wonderful British publication, Broken is a haunting Frankenstein-like story that will intrigue you from the very start.

 A twisted tale of love, broken hearts and shattered lives.

Emma Gentry is a broken-hearted, emotionally absent girl, trying to get through life after the devastating death of her boyfriend, Daniel. Not sure how she will finish her high school days, Emma finds herself starting each day with a breve of coffee (latte) from the walk up window of the Mugz in Chugz as she reluctantly scuffs off to school.

 However, when Emma arrives at school one crisp chilly morning, everything is about change. There is a devastatingly handsome new student, Alex Franks, who feels just a little bit too familiar. From the moment their eyes meet and Alex unlocks Emma’s locker, her life takes on a dramatic and alarming new change.

Even though Emma feels that she is slowly falling apart from the grief of watching her boyfriend Daniel die, Alex somehow finds a way into her everyday life. The only problem is, the more she finds herself around Alex, the more she discovers herself starting to live.  On the other hand, she is even more reminded of Daniel, everyday. Starting with Alex’s hazel eyes that are identical to Daniel’s, to the way Alex can perfectly open her jammed locker. Even the way Alex calls her by Daniel’s secret nickname.

As time goes on, Emma finds herself strangely attracted to him, as well as starting to fear him. There is too much wrong with Alex Franks and his family to overlook, and the similarities between him and Daniel are all too alarming for Emma to ignore.

However, the moment Emma stumbles onto the Franks estate, greeted with the twisted barrage of Frankenstein-like creatures.  The horrors of what she discovers leave her fearing for her life. Making her wonder what lengths someone would go through to preserve the one they love.

Wondrously strange, from the very first paragraph, this story builds into a mystery with horrific consequences. Broken takes so many twists and turns, I found myself not wanting to put it down for fear of it losing momentum.  I was truly held captive by Broken's wicked tale.