Review: Broken Beauty (Broken Beauty Novellas #1) by Chloe Adams, Lizzy Ford

Broken Beauty (Broken Beauty Novellas #1) by Chloe Adams, Lizzy Ford

Published September 22nd 2013 by Indie Inked

ebook, 78 pages

Series: Broken Beauty

Genre: New Adult

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Source: From the publisher through netgalley in exchange of an honest review.
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Mature Content Advisory, must be 18+ Book contains sensitive subject matter that might not be appropriate for everyone.

Summary from Goodreads

Sometimes bad things happen to beautiful people.

When socialite party girl Mia Abbott-Renou wakes up in a garden she has little recall of the previous night -- except that she is naked...hurt...terrified. Not only has she been raped, but she knows one of her assailants: the son of a wealthy politician who happens to be her own father’s political ally.

Mia wants and needs justice. Except this privileged boy has an alibi and her father forbids her from going to the police. It’s a critical election year, one that his party might lose if his image as a doting father is soured due to Mia being labeled a lush or worse, promiscuous.

Devastated at not having the support of her family, Mia finds herself in a tug-of-war with her conscience over what to do, especially since she can’t remember exactly what happened that night. Worse, the men who attacked her have hurt several other girls, and Mia may be the key to stopping them.

Mia tries to forget, until the unthinkable happens, and she’s left reeling once again, faced with a new challenge that will force her to take more control of her life.

Originally published in October 2012 as "No Way Back" by Chloe Adams

First let me tell you. I picked this book up of Netgalley when I came back because it was a free read now book and I didn't even read the blur or realize that is it written by Lizzy Ford until I opened the book. I was giddy that it was Lizzy Ford since I really enjoyed her last book. I didn't realize what it was about until I read the first few pages and my jaw dropped.

Mia was raped and beaten. She wakes up disoriented and the only thing she knows is that A. Her body is in a lot of pain and B.there are flashes and voices surrounding her. Broken Beauty deals with the difficult subject of rape and it's aftermath. I have to applaud Lizzy Ford for writing about this subject. One, it isn't easy to pull off and two it's really hard to read. 

I couldn't help but feel connected with Mia from the very first page and everything she was going through. Her feels where my feelings and the entire novella kept me on the edge of my seat as Mia continues to deal with the blow back. Mia is a daughter of a wealthy politician and the male who rapes her is connected to another wealthy family that her father is really good friends with. That family also happens to fuel her father's political career. To make matters worse, her mother is an alcohol who was sent to a treatment facility by her father and is unable to be there for Mia.

First of all. The book was very well written. At least I thought so. I have been sad and angry through the entire book.

I was most angry with Mia's father and Shea and Chris. Her father and Shea really do come off as kind of disgusting human beings that lack human compassion. 

BELOW MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN SPOILERS SO READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Here is why I couldn't stay Shea. She takes care of the publicity, so when images of her rape get leaked, Shea designs a speech for Mia to give. In the speech, she actually wrote that Mia is partly responsible for being raped. Woah... woah woah woah... Back up here. NO ONE... No one is responsible for being raped and the fact that she wanted Mia to announce that was downright disgusting. Cause now it's in Mia's head, and to top it off, she eventually is blaming herself for what happened to her.

Her father I didn't like at all either. Not only did he not come to visit her in the hospital, but he actually fed her the bullshit that raped women, can never get pregnant and refused to allow her to take the morning after pill! The sad part about all of this is the fact that there are people like that. I understand their beliefs and the fact that they believe that abortion is a sin - but I don't think I can relate or support the fact that raped victims shouldn't be allowed to take the morning after pill and live with this burden. He said God will make sure it won't happen.... I think I am speechless.

END OF SPOILERS

Chris, Shea and her father all wanted Mia to not mention who raped her because it would ruin her father's political career and his chance at elections. I'm sorry, but once again, that was quiet disgusting, considering how messed up Mia is and won't leave her closet because of it. So what is their answer for it? To sweep it under the rug and force the shrink on her over and over again....

The only thing that seems to be going right for Mia is her friend Ari and Dom, who both want Mia to pursue charges against the guy who raped her.

I could sit here and continue talking about all the disaster that happened in this packed little novella, but it could be all day.

There was only one more thing that bothered me that I did not notice before. At the beginning of the Blurb it says "Sometimes back thing's happen to beautiful people" which upset me a little. I know it goes with the title of the book and everything but this sentence shouldn't exist. Bad things don't just happen to beautiful people, they happen to everyone. So that alone took a whole star off for that.