Declare Books To If You Stay (Beautifully Broken #1)
| Original Title: | If You Stay ISBN13 2940016249308 |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Beautifully Broken #1, Beautifully broken #1 |
| Characters: | Pax Tate, Mila Hill, Madison Hill |
Courtney Cole
Nook | Pages: 220 pages Rating: 3.94 | 34443 Users | 2019 Reviews
List Regarding Books If You Stay (Beautifully Broken #1)
| Title | : | If You Stay (Beautifully Broken #1) |
| Author | : | Courtney Cole |
| Book Format | : | Nook |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 220 pages |
| Published | : | February 5th 2013 by Lakehouse Press (first published 1999) |
| Categories | : | New Adult. Romance. Contemporary. Contemporary Romance. Adult. Sociology. Abuse. Young Adult |
Relation During Books If You Stay (Beautifully Broken #1)
24-year old Pax Tate is an asshole.Seriously.
He’s a tattooed, rock-hard bad-boy with a bad attitude to match.
But he’s got his reasons.
His mother died when Pax was seven, leaving a hole in his heart filled with guilt although he doesn’t understand why. What he does know is that he and his dad are left alone and with more issues than they can count.
As Pax grew up, he tried to be the kid his father always wanted; the perfect golden boy, but it didn’t work. His dad couldn’t overcome his grief long enough to notice and Pax couldn’t keep up the impossible perfect façade.
So he slipped far, far from it.
Now, he uses drugs and women to cope with the ugliness, the black void that he doesn’t want to deal with. If he pretends that the emptiness isn’t there, then it isn’t, right?
Wrong.
And it’s never more apparent than when he meets Mila.
Sweet, beautiful Mila Hill is the fresh air to his hardened frown, the beauty to his ugly heart. He doesn’t know how to not hurt her, but he quickly realizes that he’s got to figure it out because he needs her to breathe.
When memories of his mother’s death resurface from where he’s repressed them for so long, Mila is there to catch him when the guilt starts making sense. Mila is the one…the one who can save him from his broken troubled heart; from his issues, from the emptiness.
But only if he can stop being an asshole long enough to allow it.
He knows that. And he’s working on it.
But is that enough to make her stay?
Rating Regarding Books If You Stay (Beautifully Broken #1)
Ratings: 3.94 From 34443 Users | 2019 ReviewsCommentary Regarding Books If You Stay (Beautifully Broken #1)
3.75 Stars Love Never Fails... Pax Tate is, as the author so honestly warns, an asshole. But he's not your typical 'bad-boy'; he's suffers from a tragic past that invades and torments his future. He turns to drugs and sex to cope and would be perfectly happy permanently disappearing into the blackness of oblivion...until Mila. Mila Hill is sweet and good and full of life; everything Pax is not. She gives Pax a reason to want to change--a reason to want to live. As his defenses slowly crumble,I dont think there are many books that start off with the hero vomiting all over the heroine but this one does and its quite a jaw-dropping beginning thats for sure and Im happy to report that there is NO cliffhanger!!Our hero, Pax Tate, is a 24 year old super-rich trustfund baby. Hes doing absolutely nothing with his life other than a long line of bar-whores and every drug he can get his hand on. His past is troubled with dark secrets long since buried. Pax is angry, grief-stricken and headed
First, I have to say a HUGE THANK YOU again to Courtney Cole for providing me an ARC copy of her book. I was lucky enough to win an autographed copy in one of her contest and to say I was excited is an understatement!!I LOVED Pax. He immediately grabs at your heart strings. He is broken and makes you want to fix him. He is sexy as hell too! And oh, some of the things he says and does in the book! There are a few favorites I have. One is nude painting. Then there is the big bad wolf. And one of
This book is BRILLIANT!! I was lucky enough to receive an ARC from the author, and I can't wait for everyone else to read this. I will post a full review closer to release day.
3-4 Stars "Love never fails" "He's gorgeous, and flawed and sexy. And I have no idea what I'm getting into." Well that quote just about says it all for Mila. She stumbles upon Pax and their lives are NEVER the same!!If You Stay is a short story which is told in alternating povs. As a reader you are immediately sucked in from the first couple of pages. I found Pax's road to redemption and recovery well told. Pax and Mila's connection and chemistry was strong. I loved that there wasn't a
Actual Rating: 3.5 starsStarting with a bang--and I mean really: check out the opening paragraph for yourself ;)--If You Stay is narrated mainly by Pax, a drug addict with a past that has led him to want to give no shits about his life. Our second POV is a sweet and innocent young girl, Mila, who meets Pax in the most unfortunate of ways. I think this is one instance where a single POV would have been much better for me. While I understand the appeal of a dual POV when it comes to a love story,
This book definitely hit home for me. However, that's not why I am giving it 5 stars. Courtney's writitng and the way she drew me in is what has earned this book the 5 stars!!!Right from the beginning we saw how messed up Pax is and that he really doesn't care about anything in life. He's someone that we all pass in our lives and never think twice about. Mila is a woman who rarely comes across the dark side of life, let alone have it actually effect her in any way. She's the quiet girl that is
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