Book Blurb:
ALL OUR BROKEN PIECES by L.D. Crichton
Pub. Date: May 7, 2019
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 416
"You can’t keep two people who are meant to be together apart for long...”
Lennon Davis doesn’t believe in much, but she does believe in the security of the number five. If she flicks the bedroom light switch five times, maybe her new L.A. school won’t suck. But that doesn’t feel right, so she flicks the switch again. And again. Ten more flicks of the switch and maybe her new step family will accept her. Twenty-five more flicks and maybe she won’t cause any more of her loved ones to die. Fifty times more and then she can finally go to sleep.
Kyler Benton witnesses this pattern of lights from the safety of his treehouse in the yard next door. It is only there, hidden from the unwanted stares of his peers, that Kyler can fill his notebooks with lyrics that reveal the true scars of the boy behind the oversized hoodies and caustic humor. But Kyler finds that descriptions of blonde hair, sad eyes, and tapping fingers are beginning to fill the pages of his notebooks. Lennon, the lonely girl next door his father has warned him about, infiltrates his mind. Even though he has enough to deal with without Lennon’s rumored tragic past in his life, Kyler can’t help but want to know the truth about his new muse.
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My Review:
5 Out Of 5 Stars
Genre: Heart-Wrenching, Romance, Teen--
Kyler is content hiding himself away, playing in his band just for fun, hiding behind baggy clothes so nobody can see him- that is until he spots the new girl moving in next door. Lennon has had her life ripped apart over the last few months when her mom died, her OCD went wild and she had to be hospitalized. Now she is moving in with her father and his new family, going to a new school, new therapist- and meeting a new boy. When Kyler and Lennon are assigned a project together, they learn that they have more in common and more to offer the world than either knew. Can they help each other heal, or will it just make more heartache to try?
Lennon
Lennon from Maine
Lennon from Maine with serious issues
Lennon from Maine with serious issues who sews
unravel me
I expected to like this book when I started, but All Our Broken Pieces snuck up on me. I absolutely adored this story, I really connected to everything that was contained within the pages. There was heartbreak, and some very real hard truths, but there was also hope, acceptance and the sweetness of developing love. The book focuses on a girl battling her OCD and a boy fearful of what people see when they look at him, both struggling in different ways but with them isolated. When you break it down like that, the story could have had the potential to be dark and depressing but instead I found the book to be uplifting, cute and humorous, with some heart wrenching moments as well- just what I wanted without knowing it.
Can I just butt in to my regularly scheduled review to tell you how much I love Lennon and Kyler together? They are just so adorable with their snarky text messages, ridiculous banter, dark humor and general random trivia, but more than that they are exactly what the other needed and the interactions between them just made me want to melt. Kyler is a closet romantic with the most wonderful of random tidbits and song lyrics that made me love him even more each time he wrote them.
Fact (definitely): Kyler Benton is a Breath Stealer. He's that beautiful. I know because I saw him.
I don't know what kind of magic L.D. used, but I got lost in this story. All Our Broken Pieces is a pretty hefty book at over 400 pages, but I blew through it in a single afternoon. I found the flow of the plot to be easy to navigate and the characters to be engaging and I didn't want to put the book down. I cheered on Lennon and Kyler, loving all their broken pieces, and I found this to be an adorable story full of strength and challenges while at the same time sweet and light. I realize that I am rambling random love sentiments, but I just want to hug the book to my chest and force everyone to read it too. This is the perfect read for anyone who enjoys YA contemporary romances with real situations and mental health issues.
Author Bio:
L.D. Crichton is the author of THE ENCHANTMENT OF EMMA FLETCHER, which received a starred review from School Library Journal. She’s a coffee devotee and lip gloss enthusiast whose infatuation with music is truly astonishing. If she’s not reading, writing, or checking her horoscope for signs from the Universe, you can find her by the water in search of mermaids because they're real. ALL OUR BROKEN PIECES is her first young adult novel. Represented by John Silbersack @ The Bent Agency.
She is one of 6 hosts for a weekly Twitter chat about writing. Search the hashtag #Wattpad4 Monday nights at 8:00 PM EST on Twitter to join in!
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