Broken At Love

by Lyla Payne

[Angie]

I wasn't sure about Broken at Love going into it. The whole manipulation game plot could have gone either way for me: either sucking or completely surprising me. Sadly, it mostly sucked. Quinn and his half-brother throw a party for every tennis event where a girl is chosen that Quinn must first sleep with, then make her care for him, and cruelly dump her. Emilie is the chosen girl, but Quinn doesn't expect her to say no when he pulls the "I'm not like how everyone thinks I am" guilt card.

Broken at Love was quite an annoying read. After making out for five minutes, Emilie is convinced that Quinn will "break" her. Um, what? You just met the guy! How can he have that kind of power over you?! She also knows his reputation, but believes that she can change him. Isn't that how it always goes? Of course this is that kind of story, but she was completely convinced after one conversation that he wasn't the guy she thought he was. Yeah, alright. Then there's this aggravating back and forth between them. They come together, break apart, kind of make up but not really, break apart, come together...

I was just disappointed with Broken at Love. The whole "game" aspect was dumb, because he does it so often that the girls should be aware that something is up! Plus, who falls in love within two weeks?! The whole game lasts two weeks or less, so I had trouble believing that. And the set up made no sense, because it's just based on blackmail from his half-brother who is like....jealous? I don't know. It just wasn't a very good read. It is an interracial romance though, so there's that.

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