One Broken Day
Genre: YA Contemporary Fiction
Release Date: May 18th 2017
Summary:
After a notorious school shooting leaves her a shadow of the girl
she once was, seventeen-year-old Lizzie Beringer moves to Nantucket Island.
There, Lizzie vows to hide her identity as the shooter’s sister. All her
efforts to fly under the radar, however, are complicated by her P.T.S.D. and
the attention she receives from two competing boys. While fending off the
not-so-subtle advances of popular athlete Michael Wickersham, she must also
deal with her growing feelings for her shy lab partner Gage Pike. Gage may act
like he’s all wrong for her, but the pull between them is undeniable.
Under the threat of discovery and the possibility of testifying in
a televised trial, Lizzie fights to keep her secrets and start her life over.
One Broken Day is a brilliantly imagined story exploring the ways
we are all broken and at the same time, offered redemption in the most
unexpected of places.
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DISCLAIMER: I RECEIVED AN ARC OF THIS BOOK FOR HONEST REVIEW.
Off the bat, I love a good story that involves a heart that is healing. A good heart-wrench is always my game. The emotions portrayed through Lizzie is vivid and mostly tore me apart. To a degree, I could understand her perspective of hiding from an identity that would relate her to the shooter. I may not have been in such situations, but it was still good to read.
When Lizzie starts to move forward and meets a cute guy, starts to heal, I was rooting for her. I did feel that some portions of the story were fairly too predictable, but I still enjoyed the book all the same. I've had my eye on this book since seeing it on KindleScout. When it wasn't selected, I was bummed. But I got to read it and I'm happy.
MY RATING: 4 OF 5 STARS.
About the Author
Melissa was born and mostly raised on Nantucket Island, and she
currently lives there with her husband and two teenage children. When not being
a wife and mother and teaching writing to seventh graders, she enjoys binge
watching shows like Big Little Lies, House of Cards, and Outlander. Despite the
rumors to the contrary, she does not actually wish she was a teenager again,
nor does she see ghosts like the main character in her first novel, Ever Near.
She does, however, love to hear from readers so send her a message on social
media or at her email: melissa.macvicar@gmail.com
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