Shattered Rose

Shattered Rose by T L Gray

Amazon Description:

“Avery Nichols knows how to wear the mask. Perfect student, perfect daughter and perfect friend. Nobody would ever guess that inside Avery is a prisoner to her own self loathing. Then she meets him…and everything changes. Handsome, charming and self assured, Jake Matthews sweeps Avery off her feet in an effortless fashion. Avery knows that Jake is everything she needs and all she has ever wanted. She would destroy herself to be loved by him…until he walks away. Broken and lost, Avery meets Parker. His genuine, caring nature reaches past the mask and the shattered pieces of her heart slowly begin to heal. But just when Avery starts to feel whole again, she faces the impossible truth. Jake never really left.”

My Thoughts:

I have been on a romance reading binge. If you’ve read my blog for awhile you have seen that I love this genre...I am a sucker for a happy ending and that warm and fuzzy in between. This book popped up on my list in the romance section, but I wouldn’t classify it there.

Yuck! Do you see anything in the above description about this being a “Christian” romance? No? Me either! So I was enjoying the story and then—BAM! I felt tricked, as the story moves into very preachy territory mid-way through.

Christianity and Sunday sermons are not what I’m looking for in a love story...just saying. At least warn the reader and I would have skipped!