A Beautiful Mess
Beautiful Mess Series Book 1
By T.K. Leigh
Genres:
Contemporary Romance,
Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
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Synopsis
RECOMMENDED FOR READERS 18 AND UP DUE TO STRONG LANGUAGE, SEXUAL SITUATIONS, AND MILD VIOLENCE.
What happens when you lose everyone that promised they would always be there for you? How can you protect the few pieces of your shattered heart that remain?
Olivia Adler is a woman with a troubled past. After losing her parents at the young age of six and being raised by an uncle who she lost years later, she refuses to get attached to anyone, including friends. For the past decade, she has been able to remain unattached to any man, too worried about losing someone to get too close. Until Alexander Burnham walks into her life one night and changes everything. But he has issues of his own. And he’s keeping a secret that could turn her world upside-down. Will Olivia let Alexander in enough for him to get close and protect her from a force threatening her very existence, or will she push him away, scared of letting Alexander in, in order to protect her heart?
A Beautiful Mess is the first installment of a three part series sure to captivate the heart with a story of secrets, courage, and love.
Star Rating
(4.5 Stars)
Review
*Blogger Note: I read this series all at once and did not do my reviews before I finished the whole series (Which I hate and is not standard for me) so there is a possibility of errors in my review, mixing up books.
Before I started blogging I had no one referring
books to me and I had to stumble upon books myself in my kindle store. Upon
gaining entrance to the massive romance novel Facebook community, T.K. Leigh's
Beautiful Mess Series was a set of books I had not yet found and saw promos for everywhere and had a number of people personally give it high praise to
me. So I dove in. Now, after reading I can give Beautiful Mess my own praise,
and it is much deserved. It has romance, imagery-inducing steamy sex scenes,
drama, friendship and a mystery that needs solving!
During the first half of book 1, I was sitting on
pins and needles. In my head I was making an outline of events and cataloging
clues trying to figure out who the bad guys were and figure out the plot before
it unraveled. My mom never bought me Nancy Drew as a kid and maybe she should
have because most of the time I am not very good at figuring out the who done
it and why, but it’s still great fun to play detective while being safely
tucked away under the covers.
Lets talk about Mr. Alexander Burnham because I
am not one who believes in delayed satisfaction when it comes to bringing
wonderful, wonderful book boyfriends to your attention. T.K.’s whole work of
this series is beautifully done but for me, she broke the mold when she thought
up Alexander. Alex is a man that takes care of what he treasures; his family,
friends, business, and the memory of his lost childhood friend. He’s dominant,
yet not a Neanderthal. He’s a successful man, running his own security business
and one of Boston’s most eligible bachelors. After reading I have definitely
ranked him one of my top favorite book boyfriends.
Now, Olivia, the leading lady of A Beautiful
Mess… She is great too. Rich, yet not materialistic, an animal lover, has great
taste in music if I don’t say so myself, and has a set of lungs on her to belt
out those tunes while she plays along on any number of instruments she can
man-handle. For the most part Olivia is strong and has been through a lot, even
if she herself is not fully aware of really how much torments her from her
past. She’s dealing with some issues. She’s afraid of getting
hurt and loosing the people she loves, so she closes herself off a bit from
forming relationships.
T.K. is a fabulous writer who creates a story and
characters that keeps you up at night turning the pages. There are twists and
turns leaving you baffled and stunned. It’s not your typical “boy meets girl,
boy and girl fall in love, boy and girl fight, and then boy and girl make up
and live happily ever after” story. It’s creative and different and there are
most definitely scenes that get you hot and bothered.
Changing pace a bit, I would like to address the two reasons I gave
this book 4.5 Stars instead of 5. I really, really wanted to give it 5 stars,
because it is just so damn good, but I did have two problems with the book that
just prevented me from doing so.
I mentioned above that for the most part Olivia
is one strong ass bitch, and re-mentioning this does bring me to the first
problem I had with this book. Olivia has been through A LOT. She got dealt a
shit hand and 90% of the time she is so strong it’s unbelievable. My problem is
in that other 10% during her moments of weakness. It is not simply the weakness
I had trouble with, we all deserve to loose it every once and a while when
things become too much. My problem was the extreme disregard for the people who
love her. She becomes extremely irresponsible during these times and causes her
friends a lot of stress, worry, and heartache. When things are fine, her
friends and she are so close and a great cast of people to read about in a
story. But when she emotionally goes off the deep, her non-intentional disregard
of their feelings comes off as a little cruel. This was not a deal breaker for
me and it shouldn’t be for you. I gave this book 4.5 stars for a reason,
because it was fantastic but this hit me in such a way I felt I had to mention
it.
Okay, so the second problem I had with this book
was the BIG secret. There is something HUGE that Alex knows that he is keeping
from Olivia. It concerns her and their relationship together. Through out the
first book, Alex is first figuring out the secret, then trying to find the
right time to tell her, and then pretty much keeping the secret from her. While
reading, during every chapter I was like… Okay, he’s going to tell her now….
Then nothing, he doesn’t. I read this book in an e-box set, so I wasn’t always
100% sure how far away from the ending I was and then book 1 is over and I was
like, Are you kidding me?! He didn’t tell her!! I would have much preferred he
told her in book 1 and then they navigate their way through this secret
together in the books to come. And I stress, this is still a very minor criticism
for a book that everyone must read.
Take a fictional journey to Boston and meet
Olivia and Alex for yourself, especially since currently, book 1 is FREE. I can guarantee
that you will be in love with Mr. Burnham from hello, I was! So get on it, the links are below to get your
copy NOW!
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