Broken Like Me by Kaitie Howie

Author Kaitie Howie delivers a visceral story of growing past pain and learning to love in Broken Like Me, a work of fiction that reads like a gripping memoir. A young mother with deep trust issues spirals into romance with a mysterious stranger who has heavy baggage of his own, leading to a tense, emotional minefield of a read. The flow of the story is smooth, but there are also some odd descriptive and narrative choices, including parenthetical asides and a frequent tendency to tell, rather than show. An experienced editorial pen could eliminate these inconsistencies, but overall this is a bravely vulnerable and heart-stirring novel.