“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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Wow! If I could give this more than 5 stars, I definitely would. What an amazing experience this was to read! My feelings were all tied up, I was happy, I was sad, I was angry, I was heartbroken…. basically my feelings were EVERYWHERE. If you like reading unique and emotional stories, this is definitely one to get.
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There are no stars out there that can rank Broken Knight. It’s so much more than just a love story between two childhood friends. The hurt, the pain, the betrayal, the jealousy, the brokenness, and last but not least, the love. Everything is like perfect! I assumed about one thing, and I was right. Made me so mad. A lot of miscommunication that leads to another. I just love Knight so much! My heart aches for him. The ending was really bittersweet. There are really no words to describe how amazing it is. You just have to read it and feel it yourself. LJ hit it out of the park with this one. You see how much thought and effort was put into this. Pretty Reckless was my favorite read, but now it’s Broken Knight. You just need LOTS OF TISSUES!!! u2063
I’m still processing after reading this book, much like everyone I’m sure. There was so much to this story, so much to these characters. I like to look at every book objectively and although I do love all of LJ’s work, I do not blindly give her five stars. If I didn’t love the book, I’m not afraid to honestly review what I felt. With that said; this book exceeded my hopes, and what I anticipated for Knight and Luna.
Luna, we get to see layer by layer, peeled back like a rose and she isn’t without any thorns, she isn’t perfect. She must work her way through her fears, things that have held her back from Knight, from living, from everything. Getting to see that transformation alone was worth every tear-filled moment of this book.
Knight is broken. Flawed, but heroic and good. A genuinely good person who my heart beat so hard for throughout this whole book- not wanting to give any spoilers away- so I won’t, but his transformation was beautifully heartbreaking and done with such finesse that I wanted to clap out loud to an empty room.
This was worth every star and more.
Broken Knight…
The push and pull
Heart splintered into pieces
Loyalty
Love
Hope
Another epic awesomeness from LJ Shen, her work is Priceless. Her best book to date!
Nothing could prepare you for Broken Knight, with every feels and emotions you have…get ready to be mentally blown away.
This is a stand-alone book, a damn good one! Superb!
Broken Knight…yes..
Knight and Luna their story is nothing like others, it’s unique and built on a very good solid foundation at the age of 4 and 5. Both of them have feelings for each other and that feeling when not explained and been misunderstood can hurt and purposely play games just to see the other to suffer…until one would give up…in order for the other one to grow…
The string that binds them will it break and stand the test after 18 years being there for one another…
This is a powerful emotional story, be prepared to shed buckets of tears as get ready for the ride that brings out every fibre of being human in you.
You’ve be warned but curiosity always wins!
Go and Read Broken Knight
6 Ride or Die Stars
So here’s the thing. I read all the Sinner of Saint books last year ( except Bane because I was an idiot and didn’t read him until this last weekend ) and when LJ Shen announced she’s going to write a spin off series about the kids I was like why would she do that?
I was pretty sure it won’t work to me.
Again, I was an idiot. An even bigger one than I was for not reading Bane sooner than I did.
I should have known better. So, so much better.
Pretty Reckless was already so good, I almost couldn’t believe myself that I doubted Leigh’s incredible talent, because that, people, is what she has. A fucking incredible talent.
Broken Knight is everything. Pretty much the best book I’ve read this year. Pretty much one of my all time top favorite books ever. And definitely Leighs best book she’s ever written.
It is the chemistry between Luna and Knight, the knowing you love each other to pieces since you were kids, the angst, it so raw and emotional. I can’t even find the right words right now to describe what I’m feeling. I was yelling at the both of them so often in my mind it’s kinda ridiculous but that’s how you know you’ve read an incredible book, right?
My heart was ripped apart. I don’t cry in books and if I do it’s only a few tears or so but I really rarely really cry like a freaking baby. But I did in this one. Boy, did I cry.
The way my heart was slowly putting back together, amazing.
I’ll suffer forever from this one and I have absolutely no idea how I’ll survive Vaugn’s story because I have a feeling she’ll top herself again.
Thank you Leigh. Thank you for writing the stories we love. Thank you for making me feel like the biggest idiot for even doubting your incredible talent. Thank you for breaking my heart and putting it back together. Just thank you.
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.
Heart Wrenching story!! Even though my heart broke, Luna and Knights happy ending made up for it!!
LJ Shen stories suck the life out of you while simultaneously filling you up. Weird, right? Sure. But so very true. I’m like a junkie for her “Saints” characters and their tragically beautiful stories – always eager for more and ravenously reading her words.
Broken Knight was crazy unexpected, twisted, and powerful. My heart broke over and over again until finally shattering. It’s quite amazing to me that Shen used a couple tropes in this story that I normally don’t care for but as usual she blasts through walls, gates, and any other obstacle to provide a piece of work that’s wholly unique, fitting, and brilliantly executed. Her intimate and honest knowledge of her characters allows her to crack them right down the middle and expose every vulnerability and edge thus providing the same evocative power over readers.
Like all of her stories, this one straddles lines without apology. It’s gritty, SUPER angsty, delicious, and marvelous. It’s full of love, loyalty, blurred lines, lies, and heartbreak. Put quite simple, it was AWESOME. As LJ Shen books always tend to be. She’ll put your reading heart through the ringer, leaving you drained yet begging for more.
Another amazing Shen book. I don’t want to spoil one single page for you. So open it up and dive right in. I’m jealous you are experiencing it for the first time.
Knight…I just fell in love with his messed up self. That man. He fell hard when he was just a little boy and for some reason couldn’t seem to close the deal. Luna…she never felt worthy. I LOVED HER. She may have been timid but inside a fierce, beautiful butterfly was waiting to emerge. I got chills with their tragic love story. Because not everything is all sunshine and roses. Both of these two pulled my heartstrings and spoke to my soul. I loved all of their broken pieces so very, very much.
I am dying…dying for more about these characters. All Saints High definitely sucked me in and I can’t tell you how much I NEED to know more. Down right addictive is what it is!
“Someone I loved gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.” ~Mary Oliver
Fuck.
This book floored me.
Knocked me on my ass completely.
I was not prepared.
Not one bit.
“The sun will rise again tomorrow.”
No it won’t. Not anytime soon. I’m ruined here. I slept 2hrs last night because I had to get up for work. I read all night because I had no respect for today. I slept 3 hours the night before because, again, I had no respect for yesterday either. I read all of that night as well.
#rideordie #alwayswheneverforever
“If you think you have found something good without anything bad in it, it just means you haven’t examined it close enough.”
There really isn’t anything I could pinpoint that would have me to saying…”Yeah she could of done XYZ or changed this or that” This is, without a doubt, exactly how this book should have gone. It felt real, true to who they are, and she put it all out there. Is it an easy book to read? Nope. Would I change any of it? Not. One. Thing. It hurt, it dragged me kicking and screaming the whole way, and it’s still one of the best books I’ve read all year.
“I need to suck and do my job as a parent months ago. From now on, I’m going to suck like a whore in a brothel, kiddo.”
Very few (and I mean VERY FEW) books pull these kinds of emotions out of me. I can name 2 with in the past couple years, and I read a shit ton of books. If you can do that to me, then you’re one hell of an author. It isn’t an easy thing to do. I applaud LJ Shen and her writing, this book, and for her sticking true to the story. She put her heart into this book and it shows. This one’s going in my top 5 books for the year. No doubt about it
I want to say something profound, something that will make you jump on this roller coaster ride because it was gut wrenching but it was also so very beautiful and one of the best books I’ve ever read.
Let me start by saying, yes this is a stand alone, BUT if you want the backstory (which I think you need)you must read all of the Sinners books first.
I don’t think I can write this review without spoilers so here goes nothin
I have read some of the most beautiful reviews and some of the nastiest things that could ever be said about an author and her work. I COMPLETELY disagree with the negative ones because as gut wrenching as it was, IT WAS AMAZING! I have ever only cried that hard at one other book! Leigh was true to the characters and their development and their futures! It was INEVITABLE…and truth is WE ALL KNEW!!!! We knew it was gonna happen, get real with yourself! Death is part of life and you have to remember that “the sun always rises tomorrow”. That is the one thing that kept me from completely losing my mind.
The bottom line of the book is we have a broken boy (and his mom knew it) and an equally broken girl and the love they have had for one another since they were children. They had to go through the struggles of being flawed, finding out who they were as individuals, losing each other, losing parents, addiction, healing, overcoming,redemption and forgiveness to end up the way they did.
Knight and Luna will go down as two of my favorites forever! He is serious but funny, broken inside but put together on the outside. He is beautiful and so very loved! Luna…I FREAKIN LOVED HER!!!! Some folks have said she was weak…I totally DISAGREE! Shy, broken and flawed does not equal weak! She was fierce and the best thing that happened was her going off to school. She needed that to heal! Rosie knew it, her dad knew it and in the end she knew it!
This was also about finding someone after you lose the love of your life. I believe there is more than one soulmate for someone and if you lose a spouse and you are lucky enough to find that other person you should count yourself blessed. We all know that no one will ever replace Rosie but she knew her husband better than anyone and she had plans and those plans included finding a companion for Dean and it just so happens to be Dixie. The letter that she writes to her probably made me cry harder than anything. I don’t believe Dean is in love with Dixie but I think it’s a possibility and I can’t wait to find out more about them in future books. Dixie had her own story to tell and it was heartbreaking in and of itself.
The secondary characters were amazing and I can’t wait to see what happens with Vaughn in the next book. Levy and Bailey are just another Knight and Luna. Her friends from college helped Luna more than she could have ever imagined.
This was all tied up in a beautiful epilogue!
The truth is this was a book about sooooo many more stories than just Knight and Luna, they just all tied in together.
I said this in the spoiler group and I will say it here. This left a stamp on my heart. This is one of those books that when you hear someone mention it your heart will quiver and your soul will cry out. It was one of the most beautifully written books I’ve ever read and as far as the TotHoles are concerned it has been my favorite.
Thank you Leigh Shen for your beautiful words, for the epilogue that I needed, and the pain that I had to go through to get there! This was sheer BRILLIANCE!
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This story fucks your emotions, no lube and you enjoy all of it!
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I have never been more infuriated with two characters as I am with Knight and Luna. I yelled and cheered for their relationship to make it, then they shit all over that with destructive words and jealous notions. is an evil bitch. u2063
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This story rocked me to my core. Damn it all! Crying was not in the forecast for this book. Having survived all the ups and downs, painful and joyous moments, I did not see the multiple plot twists that resulted in a What The Actual Fuck all the way to an extended Fuuuuuck! u2063
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I enjoyed this book beyond words. Honestly, I knew the woman was talented, but damn it if Knight isn’t my favorite man of hers since Vic. u2063
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He’s hopelessly flawed and she’s beautifully misunderstood, together they make the pages ignite with their chemistry and fighting. Growth and independence make up the bones of this book and is truly one you must read!u2063
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Definitely a Top Three book for the year! One of the best things I’ve read!
Let me start by saying, I absolutely loved and adored this story. There isn’t a single thing I would change, every single second and moment was pure perfection. I would also like to note that this book shattered something inside of me, that I sat crying and rocking around a quite a bit because despite this crazy fantastical world that the author had built… she gives all her readers a staunch wake-up call of reality in Broken Knight. I was, admittedly, a sobbing messy ball of emotions throughout most of the book. I am still not confident that I’m ‘fine’. I am not okay, but the author did her best to patch her readers up and heal us in the end. She broke me, but she also pieced me back together again.
I went in thinking that I knew what to expect, I didn’t. I knew nothing. Simply put, there is no other story like this. It’s so tangled and interwoven into the world that she had previously created. It’s not just Knight and Luna’s story, it encompasses the entire crew, the kids and the parents. It pulls you back in to their world and holds you hostage while the author artfully manipulates your emotions like a puppeteer. Thank goodness she throws in some comic relief or I would be a zombie typing right now.
Luna and Knight have a gorgeous and admittedly brilliantly beautiful story full of heartache and healing. They grow up together then messily split apart and then they break and finally heal one another. Their story is breathtaking and epic. However, they don’t solely make this book into the gripping, heartbreaking, all-consuming beautiful disaster that it truly is. No, that would be a culmination of every single Todos Santos character that you’ve grown to love and really appreciate over the past few years. The parents, the kids, the town and the entire world that LJ has built throughout these two separate series are absolutely vital in making this book the overwhelming success that it is.
I don’t want to be cliche and say that this is her best book yet but like… it is. It really is. It’s haunting, it will stick around and whisper memories of the absolute destruction and mayhem that it invoked inside your soul for days after you finish. It destroys, mends, alters and plows through barriers. It tears off pieces of your soul and claims them indefinitely. It’s amazing. It is special. It’s a story that’s wrapped up tight in achingly real and messy feels and is truly heck-bent on holding you captive. Always. Forever. Whenever.
This book was an emotional ride. Knight and Luna don’t have an easy love story, or one that follows the traditional line, but they aren’t easy people, anyways. They both surprised me in this book, Luna with her personal growth and sometimes bad decisions, Knight with his softer side and weaknesses.
I also appreciated the multiple points of view, they were needed. I won’t say too much as to not spoil this for anyone, but I really loved it and I cried. I know everyone was going crazy before it came out, but yeah, it was worth the hype.
The Sun Always Rises
My most anticpated read of 2019 and it exceeded ALL my expectations! I am just reeling with every emotion. I absolutely loved it.
This was truly an emotional journey that forced me to feel everything. Every word. Every tear. Every heartache. But more than anything, I felt the love that trancended time and overcame every obstacle.
This story was beautifully written with heart and humor. I struggled with all the emotions the author evoked but I couldn’t stop reading. I was completely invested in these characters and their world.
Sometimes we need to break to be made stronger and find our way. This is that story. It’s a friends-to-lovers, second chance romance that will leave you thinking about it long after you turn the last page.
Go in blind. Experience it the way it was meant to be. Enjoy the tumultuous path it took to get their happily ever after. Life is hard. It’s full of the happiest of times and the most-heart breaking. Life is beautiful even when it’s hard…because it’s a gift.
This was one of the best books I have read. I ugly cried with this book and I don’t ugly cry ever. Ms. Shen did a phenomenal job on this book. Being on Vaughn!!! I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants all the feels
A masterpiece! Broken Knight was a story of a broken boy Knight Cole. A boy who had fallen in love with Luna RexRoth since he was 4. My heart was overjoyed with this love crush and angst romance. LJ Shen had wrapped my emotions so close, I cant hardly breath.
It was very hard to describe the story without spoilers. BK was complex yet it was happening like whirl of tornadoes. This romance had hurt me to the core. LJ Shen is a master of manipulation. BK was hurtful and highly emotional. Knight and Luna were young, reckless, confused and full with pride.. who doesnt? This story were theirs.. the soul searching.. gritty.. raw and sadness. I have cried so much..
This book caused some fights in my household yesterday…. I didn’t want to stop reading it. I just had to keep reading to see what was going to happen next with these kids! There was no big surprise revelation. For me everything went along as I had expected. That did NOT stop me from feeling the full source of emotions that these things will bring on. Yes I cried! I went through 1/2 a box of tissue…. my husband was looking at me crazy (as if he doesn’t cry over stories) and then he even came to give me a hug because he thought I needed it. This book was packed with raw emotion, which came as no surprise to me since I had read all the Sinners of Saints books so I already knew the players. I do not think that there is an adequate number of stars to give a book like this. They max you out at 5…. but this is the kind of book that requires the use of more than 5 stars. There was a lot of hype over this book and it was very well deserved. I didn’t want to go get shopping done. I didn’t want to make dinner (what we were having changed because of me) and I stayed up past my bedtime….all so that I could have my heart ripped out then put back…. then ripped out again and then put back! Their story could have been so easy! Friends all their lives, grew up knowing everything about each other….went to prom, got married, had kids and lived happily ever after. But life doesn’t work that way. My warning to anyone thinking of reading this book is to 1. Not pick it up until you have a whole lot of time to spare, because you will NOT want to put it down. and 2. Have a box of tissues nearby. There were a few things that pulled out some tears from me. Loved this book to pieces! And I know that it will be one to stick with me for a long time!
Another masterpiece, instantly 5 stars!!!!
Broken Knight (All Saints High Book 2)
Maybe this is will my unpopular opinion.
I want to hate this book but I CAN’T! Every time I read a book, I always try to find “a hole” but I can’t find it in this book. I’m not saying this book was perfect, I’m not. But I have a few moments I was saying on my head “oh no I don’t like it” but and then Leigh with her magic hands can cover that part.
This book was not kind of really sexy like Leigh used to write.
Yes, there are still a few moments of sexy as hell of both of them, Knight and Luna but that kind of something that can make your heart swelled in a good way.
I think there are a lot of sweet and cute moments than sexy one. And I love it!!
And I think Knight is the sweetest hotholes EVER!!!
Can’t wait for Vaughn’s book!!!
I’m not quite sure what to say other than Bravo. I’ve spent the last 20 minutes bawling my eyes out over what is possibly one of the best books I’ve read. The author has yet again penned a book worthy of my time, tears and love. I’m not one to throw around “best book” of the authors because with a back list like hers that’s a big statement, however I feel that in this case it is justified.
Knight was everything I was hoping him to be. Sweet, funny, flawed. He was an incredible character with a big heart and an even bigger personality that had me shaking my fist at him a few times. He truly was a good guy and his connection and love for Luna had me all up in my feels for the entire story.
Luna was perfection. I loved how she came into her own and found her strength. She stumbled a few times on her journey, but she always righted herself while fighting for what she wanted.
I loved the development of both of theses characters throughout the story. The struggle, self doubt and all of the emotions felt so big. You hurt and love and heal right along with these two.
I think Knight and Luna are going to hold a place in the hearts of readers for a very long time. My advice to any one picking this up would be savor this story, wrap yourself up in this one and revel in the words because this one is truly something special.