“Everyone needs to read this book. I’m certain you won’t feel a single regret. ” – Harloe Rae, USA Today Bestselling author.From USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a new, standalone romance about first loves, betrayal and loss.Not all love stories are written the same way. Ours had torn chapters, missing paragraphs, and a bittersweet ending.Luna Rexroth is everyone’s … bittersweet ending.
Luna Rexroth is everyone’s favorite wallflower.
Sweet.
Caring.
Charitable.
Quiet.
Fake.
Underneath the meek, tomboy exterior everyone loves (yet pities) is a girl who knows exactly what, and who, she wants—namely, the boy from the treehouse who taught her how to curse in sign language.
Who taught her how to laugh.
To live.
To love.
Knight Cole is everyone’s favorite football hero.
Gorgeous.
Athletic.
Rugged.
Popular.
Liar.
This daredevil hell-raiser could knock you up with his gaze alone, but he only has eyes for the girl across the street: Luna.
But Luna is not who she used to be. She doesn’t need his protection anymore.
When life throws a curveball at All Saints’ golden boy, he’s forced to realize not all knights are heroes.
Sometimes, the greatest love stories flourish in tragedy.
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This book is magnificent. It may be LJ Shens Best book yet. It touched on every one of my emotions. That is saying something because I’ve loved every one of her books. She is a true artist. I laughed, I cried. I highlighted two whole pages. I just felt it all. Thank you for this jewel.
Wow. Just wow. I really thought The Kiss Thief knocked it out of the park, but this book Broken Knight just made a walk-off home run with all the bases loaded. I felt prepared going in having every scenario in mind and most held true. Even with that, LJ Shen had the amazing ability to surprise me at every turn of the page. I only thought I knew what I was getting into. This book will break you and then put you back together. Every emotion is felt. And Dean… I’ve always loved Dean Cole’s character. His charisma. He does not fall short here. There was a perfect mix of the first generation. I know we will hear more from this huge extended family.
Broken Knight can truly be read as a stand alone, however, you will thoroughly enjoy its beauty if you start with Defy and read the Sinner of Saint Series first. This book was amazing Leigh!!! I don’t have the words to do this review justice. I could not stop reading and I still wish I had pages to read.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.
Not all love stories are written the same way. Ours had torn chapters missing paragraphs, and a bittersweet chapters, missing paragraphs, and a bittersweet ending. Luna Rexroth is everyone’s favorite wallflower. Sweet. Caring. Charitable. Quiet. Fake. Underneath the meek, tomboy exterior everyone loves (yet pities) is a girl who know exactly what, and who she wants-namely, the boy from the treehouse who taught her how to curse in sign language. Who taught her how to laugh. To live. To love. Knight Cole is everyone’s favorite football hero. Gorgeous. Athletic. Rugged. Popular. Liar. This daredevil hell-raiser could knock you up with his gaze alone, but he only has eyes for the girl across the street: Luna. But Luna is not who she used to be. She doesn’t need his protection anymore. When life throws a curveball at All Saint’s golden boy, he’s forced to realize not all knights are hero’s. Sometimes, the greatest love stories flourish in tragedy.
Lord have mercy!!! You better be ready because this book is going to put you through the emotional ringer. This book is so amazing. This is the story of Knight and Luna. He is the All Saints star football quarter back and he is the life of the party. He has girls falling at his feet. Yet he only has eyes for one girl and that is Luna. These two have been friends for forever and have shared a lot of memories in a treehouse. Luna you see is mute. She stopped talking when her mom left. Both of these characters have mom problems. Knight though has always been her protector and in love with her for as long as he can remember. However things are about to change and a choice that Luna makes when she goes away to a special college in North Carolina will change everything for them. I do not want to give away much of the plot of this story. I went into it blind and I am so glad that I didn’t know much of this story. Get ready to lose your heart, you mind and you might just want to have a box of Kleenex handy for this one.
Shen knocks it out of the park with the hotly awaited sequel to Pretty Reckless. Fans of the hotholes will NOT be disappointed in this sexy, angsty and highly emotional romance!
OMG this book just broke my heart in million pieces
This book is one of my all times favourite and I find it hard to top it with anything else now. It will pull at your heartstrings in so many ways that you won’t be able to stop it no matter what. Heartbreaking love story between Rosie and Dean, heartbreaking love story between Luna and Knight. I loved everything about their story, from the friendship to the loss of trust, deceit, lust and blooming love. Be prepared to feel everything you don’t want in this rollercoaster of emotions.
This book! This raw, angsty, beautifully written, gem of a book is without a doubt one of the best books of the year. Knight and Luna are everything!! L.J. Shen has outdone herself!!
Vague review alert.
I want to give as little away as possible. Focusing more on how I felt rather than on what happened. Because this is one you need to experience for yourself. And that is what this book is. An experience. Broken Knight put me through the freakin’ wringer of emotions from beginning to end. I cried (alot). I swooned. I got so damn mad at times I had to put the book down. Yet, the fact that I actually felt so much is what made me love this book the most. It’s been days since I reached “The End” and I’m still not ok. Just thinking about it now and I still have that stomach-tightening, eye stinging, whole body consuming wave of emotions wash over me.
Now, all that being said, I will admit there were moments where I found Luna and Knight to be a bit exhausting. Filled with so much teenage angst and (sometimes unnecessary) drama. I did have to roll my eyes a couple times. Perhaps that’s a me not connecting with high schoolers anymore problem *shrugs*. I still loved their connection. I am definitely Team Lunight. Knight especially. He won over my heart. I have a soft spot for broken boys. It was his relationship with his mom, though, that totally sealed that deal.
I loved this book. I loved these characters. I cannot recommend reading this story enough. Get it immediately.
Wow! What a fantastic book! It gave me all the feels and was a very satisfying continuation of the All Saints High series.
Knight and Luna are phenomenally written, fully formed characters. They are human in that they are both lovable and flawed, endearing and infuriating and so fun to read.
This is a stand-alone but definitely more fun to read of you’ve read the other books on this series.
I can’t wait for the next installment!
I am broken. Now, I need Knight to help me piece back together. Leigh outdid herself with this book. It is PHENOMENAL! This book had so much depth, pain, heartbreak, truth, emotions, love, strength and everything in between to make a cocktail of perfection. I loved Knight in Pretty Reckless but reading him like this… His true self in this book was like diving headfirst into his soul. And Luna? I don’t have words. They are too much. She is too much. I love her so, so much! Each and every word and chapter of this story unfolded so beautifully. I didn’t want it to end. I wanted it to continue on and on. I applaud you Ms. Shen. This is by far your best work and my favorite. What can I say? I’m a sucker for the beautifully broken.
There are very few times in a person’s life where they come across a book that pulls no punches and is so real, raw and gritty that it literally consumes you where you can’t eat or sleep without thinking about it. Broken Knight is that book for me. I can honestly say that after reading it this book has irrevocably changed who I am as a person and how hard I will love and hold my loved ones around me. It is one of a kind and hands down L.J. Shen’s greatest story.
We all know the pull between Luna Rexroth and Knight Cole but what Broken Knight does perfectly is provide the minute and colorful details that vividly capture the love story between these two damaged souls. This book allowed us to see Luna and Knight’s fractured story and into the very heart and soul of this fated pair. Their story was absolutely magnificent. It was powerful, life-altering and honestly I am moved beyond reason.
After reading this story you will clearly see how Luna and Knight are so perfectly matched. We see how exceptionally intertwined and meshed they are. She is the ying to his yang and the eternal Moon to his thrashing Waves. The sheer pull they have on one another was monumental and beyond this earth. They circled one another in a dance of a lifetime and when they both gave in to the inevitable it was like the world stopped and combusted at once.
This author’s writing is smart and savvy but more than anything her words have the power to make my heart skip a beat. I laughed, I sobbed and I raged and then I swooned a thousand deaths because this story was nothing short of breathtaking. It was sexy, heartfelt, angsty as all hell and filled to the brim with the spitfire Shen banter we all die for. It was the perfect package and something so grand and exceptional that it’s hard to imagine ever reading a story as amazing as this again. But maybe that’s the point. There is no other story like Broken Knight nor are there characters like Luna and Knight. They are as original and timeless as the woman who created them. My heart will never forget this story and how it made me feel. Bravo! 10 (million) stars! ~Ratula
Broken Knight will chew you up and spit you out, and you will never be the same. This book is EVERYTHING we had hoped and waited for. LJ Shen will be responsible for broken hearts all over the world after readers devour this book. I think I am in need of a support group after reading that!
Knight and Luna were destined to be together since they were little. Everyone in the extended Hot Hole family has always believed so too. The problem is, Knight and Luna can’t seem to get out of their own way to be open to happiness. It’s a tortured love story for sure.
Broken Knight also lets us revisit the Four Hot Holes, especially my favorite couple Dean and Rosie. Their love story was also a tortured one. Getting to see them as parents is amazing. Don’t forget about the rest of the Tot Holes either, they all make an appearance as well. Of course it leaves us wanting more….. how much longer until Angry God is released?
This was a perfect addition to the All Saints High series (spin off from the Sinners of Saint series). While you do not have to read any of the other books because this book is written with the intention of it being a stand alone within the series, I can’t imagine not reading the other books. So whether you decide to read the other books first or not, the only real important thing is that you DO read them all because they are all amazing!!! This is a book I will read over and over again.
6 stars!!
My goodness. I will keep this short because if I start talking about how this book made me feel, I’ll give things away. Just know it’s incredibly well written, a beautiful story that encompasses years of friendship, selflessness, a story filled with angst, heartbreak and all types of emotional turmoil. It’s not an easy book to read, it’s frustrating at times and emotional in all the others. I found myself tearing up left and right, more so in the last 30% of the book. Those 30% completely wrecked me, body and soul. This is a story I will never forget, nor will I forget the way it made me feel. It hurt, it hurt so bad but that’s what made the story so amazing, the fact that I connected with it and felt every single moment between these characters like they were my family and friends. Those are the best kind of books for me, the ones that hurt the most, that touch deep, the ones you can relate to. This book was a masterpiece. Definitely one of L J Shen’s best ones, one I loved beyond comprehension and one I will never ever forget.
This couple is one of the most precious couples I have encountered. I love both Luna and Knight so so damn much. But this book was so much more than just Knight and Luna going from best friends to lovers. It was about overcoming your hurts, not being scared of being yourself and saying your piece, it was about family and a tight neat group that no matter what stuck together through and freaking through. I love these characters so much and I would love to say so much more about all of them and what they want through but I’m gonna shush now. Pick up this book, read it and love it with all you got. Knight needs your love and trust me, his story might break you but it will make you a better you and the tears will all be worth it.
From USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a new, standalone romance about first loves, betrayal and loss.
Not all love stories are written the same way. Ours had torn chapters, missing paragraphs, and a bittersweet ending.
Luna Rexroth is everyone’s favorite wallflower.
Sweet.
Caring.
Charitable.
Quiet.
Fake.
Underneath the meek, tomboy exterior everyone loves (yet pities) is a girl who knows exactly what, and who, she wants—namely, the boy from the treehouse who taught her how to curse in sign language.
Who taught her how to laugh.
To live.
To love.
Knight Cole is everyone’s favorite football hero.
Gorgeous.
Athletic.
Rugged.
Popular.
Liar.
This daredevil hell-raiser could knock you up with his gaze alone, but he only has eyes for the girl across the street: Luna.
But Luna is not who she used to be. She doesn’t need his protection anymore.
When life throws a curveball at All Saints’ golden boy, he’s forced to realize not all knights are heroes.
Sometimes, the greatest love stories flourish in tragedy.
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QOTD: What is your all time favorite quote from @authorljshen’s book? Any book it could be. Mine will always be this:
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I was enamoured. I was breathless. I am a fucking mess, all thanks to my Broken Knight. Best. Novel. Ever. Period. If you liked Pretty Reckless, you’ll be enthralled with Broken Knight. Gaah. Such a precious book. Such a heart wrenching story, ahh.
Honestly speaking, no words will do this book any justice. This is god’s honest truth. It took me days to get my mind on track. I still find myself losing and tracking off to this story. Knight, a sad broken and misunderstood legend. Luna, a moonshine bathed in broken pieces of her soul. Vaughn with his stupor demeanour and ghostly eyes. These three were incredible. I devoured BK like a hyena. I bathed in its glory. I took my sweet time to memorize each and every dialogue that had been passed. This is a story about Love. Family. A bond between two friends. A bond between a mother and her son. A bond between a wife and her husband. A bond between friends. A story that motivates you to Ride or Die, no matter the circumstances. Rise and Shine, always, forever and ever. I choose Broken Knight to be one of my best ever reads of all time.
Where’s Leigh? I could smother her with my tears and hug her out with my happiness. I was super ecstatic to have received the ARC and been able to get myself enough time to read this unputdownable book, a million times.
Beep beep beep beep! Those are other words that I can’t say after finishing Broken Knight. This book gutted me so many different time. My head hurt trying to hold on the emotions that wanted to break free and my heart ached while I read each page. Luna and Knight were everything I was hoping for and so much more. I didn’t know why I was going to get when I read this and while my emotions are raging….. the author put me back together by the end. There are some books that you never want to end. Your heart isn’t read for the final words and that’s what this book was to me. A book that I would live in happily for years and never get tired.
Go in blind. That is the only way you are going to get the full impact. Give into the emotions that you feel and give the author a chance to make you whole again. You can tell the blood, sweat and tears she put into this novel and when everything is said and done she rocked it! Fans of this authors books are going to devour the pages of this novel, I know that I did. Best decision ever! 5 soul shattering stars #2OCCJD
4.5 stars
Wow! LJ Shen takes readers on a wild ride back to the city of Todos Santos and the world of the Hotholes in Broken Knight. I think I experienced every emotion while reading this book. There were incredibly sweet and beautiful moments, but there were also heartbreaking and painful ones too. I was so invested in these characters that I wasn’t sure my heart could take it. There is so much angst you’re practically swimming in it at times.
LJ Shen captures all the vulnerability and confusion of youth and young love so painfully accurately that you can’t help but understand the actions of these characters (even if you don’t agree with them). I appreciated how much they all grew and matured after stumbling and struggling, and how each came into their own by the end. There are surprises and moments so incredibly hot that your kindle might catch fire, but there are also times when you’re probably going to need a tissue or two. I apologize for the vagueness of my review, but I really want readers to truly experience all the magic that is LJ Shen. Just buckle up, because it’s ride or die baby!
This book deserves all the starts in the world!!!
Broken Knight was so much more than I expected, I was up until the am reading and crying. Only LJ Shen can break my heart and put it back together. For me, Luna was the star of this book, I just loved how she grew as the book went on, she over came her fears and she learned to trust and be strong. I loved her so much. Knight, boy did I love him. He was someone I just wanted to hug and never let go of him.
This story was so much more than a love story, this was a story about Life, family, friendships, and growth. It was a story about forgiveness and looking forward to the future. We have to go through pain in life, but the light will always be there to guide us through it.
Luna and Knight were meant to be, they understood each other, they protected each other, and they belonged to each other. This is Shens best book yet, a completely MUST READ.
I don’t know where to start with reviewing this book! Broken Knight, book #2, in the All Saints High series was hands down superior to book 1. Broken Knight was so full of all ranges of emotions!! It was full of angst, love, happiness, heartbreak and was the ultimate ugly cry. Knight Cole is certain just as the name says….Broken! His and Luna’s story of putting him back together is definitely one to read.
Gah. I’ve yet to read a book by LJ I haven’t LOVED… and this one takes the cake. Soooooo damn good.
This is probably the hundredth draft I’ve tried writing, but I’m struggling to find the right words to say. And I probably won’t. So I’ll just leave it as this:
This story – it completely consumed me. Knight and Luna – these two were everything.
I laughed, I got angry, my heart hurt so damn bad…..and I cried. A Lot. And I had to take lots of breaks while reading. But by the end, my heart was full of so much love and joy that I was ready to go back to the beginning and experience it all over again. Just amazing.
Seriously, LJ Shen truly outdid herself with Broken Knight. It’s beautiful, heartbreaking, exquisite – simply put, it’s perfection.
LJ Shen has wrecked me in the best possible way. Broken Knight broke me and left me in such a book hangover. The feels you experience after completing this book will knock you on your a$$!
This friends to lovers book starring Knight and Luna will have you hooked from the very beginning. The angst will have you raging, the heartbreak will have you sobbing, and the love will have you swooning.
This is by far LJ Shen’s best work to date. If you could give more than 5 for a book this one deserves it all! You will feel all the emotions in this one book and it will have you gasping for air as you drown within the pages of Knight and Luna’s journey.