Jagged Little Scar

by Micheala Lynn

People don’t understand. Jodi Price knows she still has her guitar and her music and her life. But the accident took her singing voice and left behind the jagged reminder that she isn’t whole. Feeling anything means feeling pain. Computer geek Sam Werstler doesn’t need to get out more, she tells her friends. She’s been perfectly okay all by herself since she threw out that cheating, lying witch. But they finally coax her out to a concert. At first, Sam’s drawn to Jodi’s stage presence, then they’re two wounded loners passing time in the same place. Then…it’s so much more. Terrifyingly so much more. Will the raw scars of the past destroy their chance at a future? Newcomer Micheala Lynn plays out a love story you won't forget!

Genres: Lesbian, Music, Disability

213 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 16, 2014

About the author

Micheala Lynn divides her passions between writing, playing a wide variety of music, mountain biking, snuggling with her partner of many years on cold Michigan nights and home schooling their daughter. When not at her desk, she can be spotted on the local mountain biking trails or at a Renaissance faire speaking Old English and performing on the Scottish smallpipes. Her degrees include English Literature and Language, Anthropology and a master’s in Creative Writing, all from Central Michigan University.

Reviews

[Pin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jagged Little Scar has some of typical flaws of the first novel, especially somewhat stiff dialogue at times, but for me it was an easy, pleasant read with interesting characters and setting. While sometimes frustrating the chemistry between the protagonists worked. Will read the author's next book.

[Ted · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm kinda pissed. I feel cheated. Up to the 84% mark this was going to be my new gold standard for broken characters who heal throughout the book, find love, and be better together than they were separately. I am 100% sure, no 1000% sure Sam would have never and I do mean NEVER would have said what she said. This ladies, is freaking contrived angst at it's finest. I'm not even going to deal with the rest of the book. It's sullied. Broken. Not even .... UGH.

85% DNF

[Heinerway · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book! Cute read! This was what I call an emotional book filled with emotional characters.

[Nolly Frances Sepulveda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed it very much not only because it was a good story but because it lacked so much drama from other books I've read. The chemistry between the main characters and the love between their family and friends was refreshing not to mention witty. Would definitely read another book by this Author.

[Terri · Rating 1 out of 5]

I did not finish this book. I quit on page 117. I'm bored reading it. I feel like I know nothing about the characters except one is a guitar player that was in an accident and the other likes computers. That's it. The writing is very juvenile and repetitive. The dialog is unbelievable and doesn't flow at all. There is zero chemistry between the characters. There is nothing worth continuing for. I am totally clueless as to why this book has such a high rating. 1 star because I can't leave zero. Save your money.

[Ana · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sam is an alleged computer geek still in romance denial mode a year after getting cheated on by her ex-partner of three years. Jodi is a musician who cannot sing anymore after an accident and now keeps away from fans and strangers because of self-esteem issues and depression. Sam sees Jodi on stage and thinks she's hot.

There, saved you the first 30 pages. I usually loathe summaries in reviews because they are inherently pointless, but this is meant to demonstrate how horribly redundant the writing is. I was surprised to see a credited editor considering how much trimming (and proofreading) obviously didn't happen here. Did I mention Sam likes computers? Because the author sure wants you to know by repeating it a million times. Probably because that claim is very dubious; the author clearly didn't do much homework in the field of com-pew-tors, definitely not as much as into music seeing how no instrument escapes without having its brand name dropped somehow, which is obnoxious in its own right.

Anyhow, if you can get over horribly redundant and flat writing with characters all speaking in the same voice and spending way to much time wallowing in self-pity, belaboring the same points over and over and over again, go ahead. Maybe it gets better, I wouldn't know. This book has the questionable honor of being one of very few I couldn't bring myself to finish.

[MJSam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Based on the reviews I was expecting a better book. I got the impression this was written by a young author. For instance, all of the characters spend a lot of time 'giggling', which was really annoying as I don't know any women who actually giggle. The irony was that at one point one of the characters actually thinks that 'business women don't giggle'. Also all of the characters speak the same way, there's a lot of 'holy s***, holy crap, geez, and wow's' going on. There's not a lot of substance here, the characters meet, fall in love instantaneously and are both too sweet for words, but they don't discuss the accident or its effect on Jodi, even though these are things that a couple would actually talk about. Then at the 80% mark we have the standard break up over a contrived misunderstanding that's then easily glossed over. I kept hoping it would get better, because it had potential, but it never got there. I can't recommend it, this one was too immature for my tastes.

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought the story was great! The characters both have demons in the past but try to move past them to heal together. You can't help but want to have friends like Jodi does. Friends that are there for you no matter what. I thought the interaction between the main characters was very sweet. They both wanted each other to be safe and happy and sometimes that's a struggle. What set Sam apart was that she didn't NEED to know all of Jodi's past to fall in love with her. From experience, not everything from your past can be talked about. Even with your partner. The love they find together is in spite of the pain and the hurt they both have inside, yet also because of it. They both know what pain feels like. Whether it be physical or emotional or both. Would definitely recommend!

[susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice

I really can't say there was anything I did not like about this story. The storyline and characters were simple. I cheered for them at the end.

[Charlotte Lowry Glen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome read

Well worth a read. The story is well developed and written. The main characters are endearing and you can't help but feel for both Sam and Jodie. Will be reading again