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Broken and Screwed
Автор: Tijan
Текст читает Jillian Macie
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Рейтинг: 4.5 из 5 звезд4.5/5 (14 оценок)
Длина: 7 ч
- Издатель:
- Tantor Audio
- Издано:
- Jun 23, 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781494583897
- Формат:
- Аудиокнига
Описание
When Alexandra's older brother dies the night of his graduation, it changes everything for her. No longer is she the party girl. No longer does she care about being popular, and no longer is her family the happy unit she always thought existed. The only person who can help her heal is the same person who loved her brother as much as she did, his best friend. She only hopes to keep her heart from breaking when Jesse moves on, and she knows he will.
After Ethan dies, Jesse focuses on basketball, partying, and girls. He uses it all to turn his emotions off, but the irony is that Alex is the only person who can do that for him. She helps him forget, but she is the one person he shouldn't be with, because the secrets he knows could shatter everything. They could shatter her.
Contains mature themes.
After Ethan dies, Jesse focuses on basketball, partying, and girls. He uses it all to turn his emotions off, but the irony is that Alex is the only person who can do that for him. She helps him forget, but she is the one person he shouldn't be with, because the secrets he knows could shatter everything. They could shatter her.
Contains mature themes.
Активность, связанная с книгой
Начать прослушиваниеСведения о книге
Broken and Screwed
Автор: Tijan
Текст читает Jillian Macie
Оценки:
Рейтинг: 4.5 из 5 звезд4.5/5 (14 оценок)
Длина: 7 ч
Описание
When Alexandra's older brother dies the night of his graduation, it changes everything for her. No longer is she the party girl. No longer does she care about being popular, and no longer is her family the happy unit she always thought existed. The only person who can help her heal is the same person who loved her brother as much as she did, his best friend. She only hopes to keep her heart from breaking when Jesse moves on, and she knows he will.
After Ethan dies, Jesse focuses on basketball, partying, and girls. He uses it all to turn his emotions off, but the irony is that Alex is the only person who can do that for him. She helps him forget, but she is the one person he shouldn't be with, because the secrets he knows could shatter everything. They could shatter her.
Contains mature themes.
After Ethan dies, Jesse focuses on basketball, partying, and girls. He uses it all to turn his emotions off, but the irony is that Alex is the only person who can do that for him. She helps him forget, but she is the one person he shouldn't be with, because the secrets he knows could shatter everything. They could shatter her.
Contains mature themes.
- Издатель:
- Tantor Audio
- Издано:
- Jun 23, 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781494583897
- Формат:
- Аудиокнига
Об авторе
Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author of the Carter Reed Series, the Fallen Crest Series, and the Broken and Screwed Series among others. She lives in north Minnesota.
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Elin Ekendahl
It was so thrilling, fun and unpredictable! Love tijan books!
Rating: 5paisean13
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!!I really struggled with rating this book. I am fluctuating between 3 and 4 stars. I may just have to settle with 3.5 for now. Let me start off by saying that I am a big fan of Tijan's writing. I own several books by this author and one of my all-time favorite reads is by Tijan. I knew, going in, that this was only part of a complete story and there would be a cliffhanger at the end. I just felt that the cliffhanger was confusing. How did Alex go from beginning to heal into making everyone in town terrified of her? It wasn't really explained. Was she brandishing weapons and punching babies in the face while chugging blood and smoking a joint? I am seriously confused. I can only hope that it will be explained at some point in the second half of this story. There were so many unanswered questions in this first half of the story. Why were Jesse and Ethan fighting over Alex on the night Ethan died? Why was Ethan so upset in the last few months of his life? Why did Alex's parents pull away from her even before Ethan's death? Ugh!! I seriously hope these questions are answered in the second half of the story.Did I mention that all of the characters are in serious need of grief counseling? Wow. One of my tags for this book is "some kind of dysfunction," but I am seriously thinking of making a tag for this book alone labeled "a whole world full of crazy-ass dysfunction." Actually, I could use that tag for almost all of Tijan's books. I think that is why I love them so much! I am unsure how I feel about Alex. On one hand, I feel so sorry for her. Not only did she loose her brother, but she lost her parents too. On the other hand, I want to slap her in the face and tell her to quit being such a doormat. One of my favorite scenes in the book happens in Vegas when Eric chews Alex out at the hotel before he leaves. He pretty much tells her she is a pathetic, spineless excuse for a girl and she disgusts him. I felt like cheering! Unfortunately, she only has a brief moment of actualization before she is licking the boots of Jesse again. AAAAHHHH!!! I almost hope that she did become a baby punching, blood guzzling, weapon wielding pot head! At least she'd have a spine again. At this point in the story, I really don't like Jesse. He may have been a good friend to Alex before Ethan died, but he is a horrible friend to Ethan's little sister now. I understand the "using each other for sex to get over our grief" concept. People do it all the time. That is not my issue with the relationship between Alex and Jesse. My issue is with Jesse's possessive-alpha-male attitude towards Alex. How he tells her that he's had sex with other girls since he was at college and then tells her she can't have a boyfriend when he comes home for Christmas break. Seriously??? Even worse? She agrees! Eric, I agree with you. She disgusts me too! The only reason why I don't flat out hate Jesse at this point is that I do believe most of his actions are caused by his unresolved grief. The other characters in the book were okay. I did love Angie and Justin's relationship. They were a nice calm breeze in the constant storm of Alex's emotions and relationships. Angie was a great friend to Alex when everyone else was bailing on her. I seriously hope Alex gets her crap together and mends her fences with Angie. Marissa was the type of friend I think everyone has had at least once in their lives. You know, the person who treats you like crap, but you have been friends with that person for almost your entire life so you put up with it because you don't know how NOT to be friends with that person. I normally could care less if I ever saw Marissa again, but there were some unanswered questions regarding her in the story. So even though I think I already know the answer to those questions, I would like a confirmation answer in the second half of the story. I wish Alex would have given Eric more of a chance. He truly was a nice guy. I am curious as to why Jesse hates him so much. I don't think it only has to do with Eric's interest in Alex. I get the feeling that there is something more going on between those two.Tijan always does a great job writing horrifically self-centered absent parents and the author does not disappoint us in this book. In the beginning I felt sorry for Alex's parents. I figured the grief was so overwhelming for them at that point in time. That they would eventually redeem themselves and begin helping Alex heal. I should have known better from previously reading other Tijan books that this would not be the case. Alex's parents are beyond grieving, they are completely self-absorbed. I wanted to spit in her father's face at the hospital when he treated Jesse like his own child and completely ignored Alex. Then I wanted to smack both of the parents around when they told Alex they were leaving on vacation by a note. Then they told her they moved out by letter. They wished her well as if they were old neighbors and not the ones who were suppose to love her unconditionally! Seriously, at that point I wished the mom's overdose had worked! (No...I don't have anger issues. I jut don't like horrible parents). And for all those naysayers out there who think parents could never behave like that, you must have never had an absentee parent. And I have heard it remarked that it was unrealistic that no one would step-in to help. It happens all the time. Especially when the child is hiding it from everyone. I can only keep my fingers crossed that they will wake-up in the second novel and redeem themselves. Well, even though I have conflicted feelings regarding this story, I am looking forward to the second half. If it is anything like Tijan's other books it will only get grittier and crazier before it finally comes together. And in the end, she always pulls her stories together for her readers.
Rating: 3