Book Title: Flawed and Damaged
Author: Emily Krat
Genre: NA Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 22 July, 2014
Synopsis
Two people haunted by
their past…
The collision of two
damaged hearts…
Meet Elizabeth
Williams. She is at the airport on an important work assignment. If everything
goes smoothly, after three years of hard work, she’ll get a promotion and a
much-needed raise. Elizabeth is putting her life back on track after it was
ripped out from under her feet four years ago when she lost her parents along
with all her dreams. Standing here, she believes her life is going to change
for the better any moment now. Nothing can go wrong, right?
Meet Ryan Price. He
came to Moscow on business. Right now, Ryan is standing at the airport looking
at a ‘present’ from his brother, judging by the sign a beautiful young woman is
holding. Damn his brother for not cancelling this arrangement as Ryan asked.
Miscommunications and
misunderstandings and a brilliant but painful love story begins.
There will be a scary
flight, lovely breakfasts, long evening conversations, sharing a secret or two,
discovering one another, a lot of laughter, tender moments and some tears, a
fight and, of course, the I-am-ready-for-the-end-of-the-world kiss.
Somewhere along the
way, they won’t be able to fight their feelings any longer.
For the first time in
his life, Ryan will experience a different shade of lust. And for the first
time in her life, Elizabeth will have to trust despite all of the times she has
been hurt.
Will these two
wounded lost souls find love, peace and comfort in each other or will they just
break each other more? Is it a train wreck of a love story or a happily ever
after?
Review
For a debut novel, Miss Krat has done a lovely job at giving us a beautiful romance between two very likeable characters. While I had some issues with the book, the story held the potential to be fabulous. I will definitely be reading more from this author and I am now hanging out for book two.
Elizabeth Williams and Ryan Price enter each other's lives purely by coincidence. Elizabeth has a very mundane job and is always striving to better herself in not only her life but also her career. Ryan on the other hand is the CEO of Price Corp, he is arrogant, cocky and wants nothing more than to exact revenge on his father.
Elizabeth and Ryan both have personal demons that seem take over their thoughts and control their lives. However, it doesn't stop these two from getting to know each other and finding out why the connection they feel towards one another is so intense. From their chance meeting to their first time grabbing a drink, these two hit it off and the humorous moments between them really did make me laugh. Their banter was witty, funny and not over the top. Can these two get past all the problems in their path and find happiness in the arms of each other?
I enjoyed this story, and I really did want to love it. My concerns were with the content. Dual POV is always a favourite for me, however I felt the going back and forth over the same scenes that had just happened in both POV's was unnecessary. It only added to the length of the book. Many times I found myself wanting to scan over these paragraphs because it didn't hold any new information I felt I needed to know, it was just a repeat from the other's perspective. Because of this and other times where I felt we were being told unnecessary info I couldn't fully find myself loving it. The writing quality was really good for a debut and I can see plenty more amazing work coming from this new author in the future.
★☆★ 3.5 Damaged Stars! ★☆★
Reviewed By Bel Burgess
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About the Author
Always an avid reader
who consumes whole books in a single day, Emily Krat is ecstatic to now be on
the other side of the page. For her writing stories and developing ideas for
novels is a true passion and a dream come true. Emily is a chocolate
junkie, “Grey’s Anatomy” fan, and admirer of good music. She loves summer
rains, warm blankets on cold winter nights, as well as traveling, sleeping in
late, watching TV shows, cooking, and baking. When she’s not writing or
rewriting, she loves spending time with family and friends.
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