Two strangers whose paths should never have crossed. One traumatic encounter that brings them together. After high school senior Silas Brigs is rescued from an attempted assault, he finds himself indebted to a blond stranger. But he wants nothing to do with the calm, quiet Ben Adams. The California diver reminds Silas too much of what brought them together in the first place, an event he just … place, an event he just wants to forget. Yet no matter how hard Silas tries to distance himself, the closer the two inevitably gravitate.
With Silas’s attacker lurking in the shadows combined with Ben’s mysterious history, their blossoming friendship seems doomed to failure. Both are haunted by their shattered pasts, but can they learn to face their demons together? Because, no matter how much Silas wants to resist, they’re exactly what the other needs. Even if they don’t know it, yet.
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Oh wow can NiKole Knight write! Every Broken Thing is a beautifully written hurt/comfort that will give the reader an emotional roller coaster ride of their life – it’s certainly for me.
Damn this story was fantastic!
I don’t read many High School aged MM stories or slow burn, but I am so glad I picked this up.
Every Broken Thing was soooo much more than I expected.
Silas is snarky/sarcastic and just a bit broken, but damn is he awesome. I was laughing out loud with is witty/sarcastic banter. I love that he doesn’t hide who he is and is definitely a fighter.
Ben is the calm, silent protector and Silas’s total opposite, I was so loving his protective/jealous side when it came to Silas.
I love the dynamic between Silas and Ben and I cannot wait to read Every Hidden Truth and see how their story continues.
In this story we meet Silas and Ben. Silas is out and proud and does not hide his sexuality. Of course this makes him a target for bullies at school. One of the bullies takes it too far and becomes violent in his assault and Ben steps in to help Silas. Ben is new to town and Silas feels ashamed that Ben had to save him and see what had happened. But Ben wants to be friends with Silas and he refuses to give up. They become the best of friends. Just friends because Ben is straight. This story does not end in romance or a happily ever after. It ends with longing and tension between these 2 boys fighting their attraction for one another for fear of losing their friendship. It continues on in the next book and I am going to dive right on in!!!
Nikole has her pulse on the American high school. I can envision her walking down the halls and being a part of the student body. She highlights their fears, motivations and the clics that form…around jocks, clubs and bullies.
Silas has fallen on humor as a form of armor to protect himself, whereas Ben is the nice guy that everyone wants to have as a friend. As we learn more about the pain from their pasts that they continue to work through, you can see why they respond to each other the way they do.
This is the second book I’ve read by Nikole and my admiration for her work continues to grow. If I could give this 10 stars I would.
This was my first book by Nikole Knight, and I really enjoyed it. I clicked with the writing, and I loved how authentic this felt. Exactly like I would imagine highschool life, the interactions, the characters, the dialogues.
In this story we meet Silas and Ben. Silas doesn’t hide the fact that he’s gay, even if it makes him an easy target for bully’s. But he’s quirky and witty and he refuses to give in and not be himself because of others.
One day one of his bully’s takes it way too far, and he is saved by Ben, a new guy, originally from California and one of the new members of the school’s diving team. Silas is ashamed of the fact Ben had to save him, ashamed of what Ben witnessed, but Ben wants to be friends, and he doesn’t give up very easily. In the end, that’s what they become. Friends. But Ben is stunning – handsome and straight. At least, that’s what Silas thinks…
This is the slowest of slow-burn romances, and when you reach the end of the book, there hasn’t even been proper kissing! But you sense the tension between Ben and Silas, the longing, but also their fear of losing their friendship if they would allow it to become something else.
They both have a troubled past, and it’s something they bond over. They find understanding in each other, and I really enjoyed their banter – Silas has quite a smart, unfiltered mouth! And Ben…he’s just the sweetest guy around. Every guy in highschool should have a Ben.
So, this book doesn’t end with a hea or even a hfn. The story continues in the second book, and so now I’m really eager to see where that one will lead to. I would love to see them together at some point, because I am certain sparks are going to fly when they will finally give into their mutual attraction!
This book was jammed full of feels. The thing I liked the most, is it felt like a high school romance. It felt like the high schoolers were not doing more than they should and the YA angst was off the charts, as is usual in high school. Honestly, I can see this happening in high school. I did not enjoy the bullying scenes, but again, I can this happening. While, it did not happen in my high school while I was there, it definitely happened. Also, I liked how there was such an unknown about Ben. While, I wished we got his POV, at the end when we finally did get it, it made more sense this way. I truly enjoyed this read and while it definitely had some triggers, it is worth the tears and angst for sure.