Review Post~ Breaking Love by B.B. Reid

Breaking Love is more than just the fourth installment in the Broken Love series. 

It’s also the answer to the most anticipated question of the series… #whereswillow! 

Title: Breaking Love Author: B.B. Reid Genre: New Adult & Romantic Suspense Release Date: November 24th, 2015 Add on Goodreads!  

   

  SYNOPSIS:

She’s the girl who got away, but now she’s back… Four years was all it took. I told myself I didn’t need friends. I didn’t need family. I sure as fuck didn’t need him. And you know what? I was right. He had been inside of me, coursing through my veins. So I cut and bled Dash Chambers until I was free. But the day I returned to Six Forks and was thrown at his feet, I realized I would never forget how it felt to have every inch of him inside me. ...and he’s waiting. Angel thought if she ran far enough, she’d be free. What’s mine will always be mine. This time I do things my way.       EXCERPT: 

 REGRET WAS SOMETHING I had become accustomed. Ever since I ran, I’ve lived with it every day. And now it seemed at every turn, I was adding to my list of things to regret. I saw the accusation, the anger, the distrust… I’d made the wrong decision and paid the consequences by further damaging my friendship with Lake. I excused myself to the bathroom when I couldn’t fake it with my head held high anymore. I splashed water on my face and pretended I wasn’t crying. I told myself I wouldn’t be a bad person and that from now on, I would only make good decisions, but I knew when I reentered reality, none of it would hold any weight. A knock on the door jolted me out my self-loathing. I became as stiff as a board and held my breath as if the person on the other side could actually hear. “Willow?” The feminine sound of Lake’s voice calling my name made me grip the counter. “I know you’re in there.” The doorknob turned as she knocked again. With a deep breath and then another, I unlocked and snatched open the door. “Yes?” “What was that down there?” “I don’t follow,” I answered slowly. She pushed into the bathroom and closed the door shut. “Who are you?” The pain was etched all over voice. “The Willow I know would never have kept such a dangerous secret like that and put lives in jeopardy.” “The Willow you knew isn’t standing here. You took what was left of her when you walked away for him.” “If you think it hurt watching me move to another school, then be thankful you never had to feel what it was like to find one day that your best friend was gone without a trace. I fucking mourned you, Willow. I didn’t leave because I preferred him. I left because I needed him. I love him, Willow.” “And I needed you.” The volume of my voice increased with the overwhelming emotions raging inside. “He’s abused you since we were kids. You’re such a fucking masochist.” “I’m not living in the past like you. I forgave him for me.” “Have you? Why? Has he even apologized or did he just make you a bunch of promises that sounded good?” “You don’t know what you’re talking about.” “I know what he did to you.” “No one knows better than me.” Her tone took on a harder edge, and I could tell the pain was still there despite all their happily ever after bullshit. “And what about what he did to me?” “What Keiran did was despicable, but he didn’t make you fuck Dash and he didn’t make you fall in love. You did it because you wanted to and because your heart craved Dash. The start may have been false, but the journey was real.” I searched for a spot on the wall and fixated on it. I couldn’t stand to look in Lake’s unusual eyes and not give in. “This great love you speak of tormented you for ten years and did unthinkable things to you for entertainment. In every war, there are casualties and people get hurt. I was one of them. It was one thing to fall in love, but it was unbearable to watch you ride off into the sunset with him. You never even thought to help me learn how to heal as I did for you. Did you forget? I dried every one of your tears and shared your pain so you could find the strength to face the next day only to be knocked down again. And now you’re actually trying to convince me that it was love? Well, I found and lost my only chance at love because of him. I won’t forgive him. Not even for me. The pain serves me much better. It reminds me I’m alive, and it’s love that destroys you.” Lake watched me with sad eyes and then shook her head, defeated. She turned to grasp the door handle to leave but turned back at the last minute. “You didn’t lose him,” she shot back forcefully. “You let him go.” 

I've read the three previous books in this series and I was very impressed with Fear You and Fear Me. I think my expectations for the third book, Fear Us, was too high because I was somewhat disappointed. That's also how I feel now that I have finished Breaking Love.

I really like every character, some more than others but that's only natural.
So when I heard that Willow's story was going to be revealed I was very excited.
Couldn't wait to find out where she's been for four years.
Also how Dash would feel about seeing her,
since he was still madly in love with her.

For some reason I couldn't connect with the story,
which was a shame because these are some interesting and very complex characters.
I felt the story tried to complicate things more than it was necessary.
I liked the flashbacks to when Willow and Dash first meet
and how their relationship developed intimately.
I also liked their bantering because it was so them but it went on for too long.
Willow's secret should have been revealed sooner.
I couldn't see the purpose in dragging it on.

But I simply love the characters.
Keiran, Lake, Sheldon and Keenan.
Their story and connection to each other makes it worth reading it.
It ends with cliffhanger but also with some good news for some of the characters.
So as the saying goes:
To be continued...

3 BadAssDirtySweetAngelStars

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  ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

 B.B., ALSO KNOWN as Bebe, 

found her passion for romance when she read her first romance novel by Susan Johnson at a young age. She would sneak into her mother's closet for books and even sometimes the attic. It soon became a hobby, and later an addiction, influencing her life in a positive way. Bebe is fresh out of undergrad college and has always wondered about the existence of her talent. When she finally decided to pick up a metaphorical pen and start writing, she found a new way to embrace her passion. She favors a romance that isn't always easy on the eyes or heart, and loves to see characters grow--characters who are seemingly doomed from the start but find love anyway. Broken Love Series: Fear Me, Fear You, Fear Us, and Breaking Love 

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