Broken Aro by Jen Wylie Review by Carla

Book Description:

Open your eyes to darkness. What do you see? Does the darkness frighten you? Now imagine the darkness being the cargo hold of a slave ship. Your city has fallen. Your family is most likely dead. You don’t know anyone around you, and some of them aren’t even human. Giving up would be so easy to do, but not for Arowyn Mason. Not after being raised in a military family with seven brothers. Every great story should begin with a plan. Aro’s was to escape and to survive.

Escape comes, but at a price. As they reach the shore, Aro and the other survivors learn that freedom doesn’t mean safety. The slavers want their property back and will do anything to get it. The party uses every ounce of their brute strength, a hearty helping of cunning, and even ancient magics to keep themselves alive. Sickness, danger, and even love surprise them at every turn. Dealing with danger becomes their way of life, but none of them ever considered that nothing can be quite as dangerous as a prophecy. Running turns into another race altogether as her world falls to pieces again and again.

 

Review by Carla:

I would rate this book 5 stars!!  Arowyn Mason, a fifteen year old girl, loses her entire family when the city that she lives in is attacked.  She is taken on a ship to be sold as a slave.  She is placed in a cell with a group of soldiers who knew her brothers and her late father.  She meets Prince who is the outcast of the group and Kei who is a fey.  They escape the ship and end up in a land filled not only with humans but were, fey, and dragos as well.  Aro endures much heart break, but she is a survivor.  She makes a new family for herself among the men who are now in her life.  This book was so great that I actually read it in one sitting!  Aro is so strong and brave that the reader cant help but fall in love with her.  While this book is filled with action, there is also a bit of romance between Aro, Prince, and Kei.  I fell in love with Prince and Kei and cant wait to see how this story ends!  I would highly recommend this book!!