Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
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Once the night guard at the Museum of Natural History, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is now a successful...
Manga Classics: Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen, Stacy King and Po Tse
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'Til Death Do Us Part (The Vows #3)
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Targeted twice, Emma has done her best to move on with her life. Things are looking up, and the...
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Flower Power Trip
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Who killed the strange man staying at the Roarke and Daughters Inn? At a masquerade ball to raise...
Searching for Walter
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Walter Bloy, an ex-merchant navy officer, died in 1947 shortly before his son Stephen's second...
The Hideaway (Lavender Shores #5)
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Flying at Night
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An emotionally charged debut novel of a family on the brink--an autistic child, his determined...
Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat into Victory
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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Broken Beauty (Broken Beauty Novellas #1) in Books
Jan 12, 2021
3.5 stars.
This is a novella length story, the first of six, and deals with the aftermath and issues surrounding rape. It was a tough read at times but a good strong story.
I felt sorry for Mia. Being brought up in a political family and then being raped…and her father wants to glorify it to get more voters so he can win his election. How twisted can your life get? Her family do and say things to get voters, whether it’s helping Mia cope or not–mainly not–and I wanted to scream and shout at them in her defence.
And despite all that, some people do care. Dom, the policeman that found her in the first place, tries to help her realise that the only way her attackers will not get away with it, is to tell the truth and stop following her family’s wish to let it drop. He’s so nice and gentle with her. Her friend, Ari, tries to do whatever Mia wants but seeing how she’s struggling…what can you do?
It’s an emotional and sometimes tough story to read but after finishing this, I’m looking forward to the next part in the series to see what Mia does next. I hope she’s strong enough to go against her family.