Broken Beauty by Chloe Adams

BROKEN BEAUTY by Chloe Adams

SYNOPSIS:

**Contains graphic content involving the sensitive topic of rape and its aftermath. Not intended for teens under 18.**

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 until she realizes that her strength will bring healing and unlocking her memories will bring justice.

MY REVIEW:

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

Mia is a high school student who can have anything she wants. She comes from a very wealthy family and her parents aren’t around much at all. She decides to go to a party alone instead of attending a fundraiser. That party changes Mia’s life forever.
After drinking and being drugged Mia wakes up in a garden and has been rapped and beaten. She remembers one of her attackers, but her daddy will not let her tell the police because he is the son of a wealthy politician and her daddy’s ally. Mia doesn’t know what to do because she doesn’t want him to get away with what he has done, but she doesn’t want to ruin her dad’s career either. After finding out, that not only has her attackers done this to her, but several other girls as well. Mia goes through a battle within herself trying to decide what she should do.

Dom is one of the cops that is at the scene when Mia is found. He wants to help her and get the parties responsible for doing this to her. Mia has never had anyone in her life that has cared or protected her. Dom’s character is phenomenal; you can’t help, but like him. You fall in love with how he goes out of his way to help Mia. He listens and goes out of his way to try and make her feel better when everything looks so dark to her.

Chloe Adams does an amazing job writing this novella. Broken Beauty deals with very serious and controversial issues. This novella is a sad book, but I felt for Mia and was cheering her on to do what she needed to do and be able to find herself and not let this situation destroy her. As a reader I was very connected to the characters and can’t wait to read the other novella’s to find out what happens to Mia.