Best Kind of Broken by Chelsea Fine
Series: Finding Fate #2
Published by Forever on March 4, 2014
Pages: 336
Format: eARC
Source: Netgalley, Publisher
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Pixie and Levi haven't spoken in nearly a year when they find themselves working―and living―at the same inn in the middle of nowhere. Once upon a time, they were childhood friends. But that was before everything went to hell. And now things are... awkward.

All they want to do is avoid each other, and their past, for as long as possible. But now that they're forced to share a bathroom, and therefore a shower, keeping their distance from one another becomes less difficult than keeping their hands off each other. Welcome to the hallway of awkward tension and sexual frustration, folks. Get comfy. It’s going to be a long summer.

Best Kind of Broken is the first novel I’ve read from Chelsea Fine but it will not be my last.  If it’s any indication of her talent as a writer, I have high hopes for her future titles.

Best Kind of Broken starts off with a bang and never slows down.  It’s a surprisingly fast paced contemporary novel.  There isn’t a whole lot to the story but the characters and the dialogue really keep the book moving at a great pace.  It was impossible for me to put this one down once I started it because I really wanted to see if and how Pixie and Levi would get their happy ending.  It’s the best kind of contemporary novel out there that can keep you reading even when you know you have tons of others things you should be doing.

Pixie and Levi are both very broken people.  Pixie lost her best friend and her first shot at love all in one night.  Levi lost his sister and his shot at love that same night.  Now they don’t know how to find their way back to each other and let go of that one night that ruined both of their lives.  Pixie is no longer the vibrant, outgoing person she was before the accident.  She no longer paints in colors, spends time with a boyfriend that makes her feel absolutely nothing, and she avoids the one person who knows exactly what she’s going through.  Levi is just about as bad as Pixie.  He lost his whole family in one night and add to it the girl he was falling in love with and it makes for one seriously depressed person.  He dropped out of school, gave up football, and really just decided he didn’t deserve anything or anyone that would make him happy.  Levi and Pixie would continue to avoid each if other if only they weren’t working at the same inn and living next door to each other.  They may not want to but they are finally forced to face the past and decide if they have room for each other in their futures.

Pixie and Levi may say they want nothing to do with each other but the way they act says something very different.  They banter constantly, torment each other nonstop, and really just do anything they can to put themselves in the path of the other.  Everyone at the inn can see that they love each other and should be together but they are two hardheaded people who will do anything to avoid talking about the one night that ended the short life of Pixie’s best friend and Levi’s sister, Charity.  Their story isn’t a happy one but it’s clear that they need to work together to get to any kind of happy ending.  They can’t avoid their love for each other forever and they definitely can’t avoid the sexual tension between the two of them.

Overall, Best Kind of Broken is a great place to start if you have never read anything from Chelsea Fine.  She has definitely been added to my list of new adult authors to watch out for!

What others are saying about Best Kind of Broken:

Parajunkee’s review: “I have mixed feelings about Best Kind of Broken; on one hand the characters were interesting and I wanted to know their story, on the other hand I found the build-up to the “big secret” to be frustrating.”

Girls in the Stacks’ review: “Holy heck this is a freaking great book!”

The Good, the Bad, and the Unread’s review: “This is a lovely, quirky story about a group of very distinct personalities.”