Broken Pieces

2 Stars
Trigger Warning: SIDS, Child Loss, Death of an infant.

While this book held my interest pretty well, I was disappointed that triggers were not mentioned in the synopsis. However, if I would've read a few of the reviews I would've realized it but sometimes I really don't want to read a review beforehand because it can alter my opinion of the book. It's odd, because I use to have no triggers whatsoever. I could just read any and everything and barely bat an eye...but then I became a mom. (I have a 2 year old & I am about 2 months shy of delivering my 2nd child.) Reading something like this gives me major anxiety and I typically steer clear of this topic. It's my fault really, I should have just DNF'd this one but I was invested by the time I realized where it was heading so I just skimmed over the god awful parts.

Anyway, lets move on to the actual book itself. I didn't care for either of the main characters, especially Tina. She was an immature annoying pushover. I found myself rolling my eyes at her so much. Honestly, I was more invested in the side characters story than I was with Harris & Tina's. I was looking forward to the second book with those side characters but I'm truly not sure that I am going to read that one since I was super annoyed by the end of this one.

Unfortunately, it looks like this one will probably be my least favorite of the year.

Covering a large span of time without distancing the reader from the characters' emotions is a difficult task. Doing that as well as bringing three very different men together in a believable way is even more challenging. Hart not only accomplishes this, but does it well.

Call me cold-hearted, but only a select few books have literally brought tears to my eyes, and this is one of them. Most of the heavy emotions are in relation to Josiah and Mateo, mainly because Tristan likes to pretend he doesn't feel emotions.

The two little things that bothered me were at the beginning and end. One, the book starts by describing Josiah's personality, which was completely unnecessary because it is more than adequately expressed through his behavior. Two, things got a little sappy at the end of the book, and since I have a low tolerance for it, that almost soured it for me, but it wasn't enough to annoy me too badly.

I really enjoyed the book and would recommend to anyone looking for a tearjerker.