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The Pace #2
Gebroken
Na de bloedstollende gebeurtenissen in het najaar proberen Sophie en Wes het gewone leven weer op te pakken – voor zover hun leven gewoon is, natuurlijk. Door alles wat er gebeurd is, is nog maar eens duidelijk geworden hoe kostbaar hun tijd samen is. Ze zetten dan ook alles op alles om er het beste uit te halen.
Helaas wordt hun kortstondige geluk al snel verstoord door een mysterieuze reeks gebeurtenissen. Sophie wil Wes beschermen, maar hoe bescherm je een geheim als je zelf nog niet eens de hele waarheid kent en het bestaan van degene van wie je houdt ernstig bedreigd wordt?
Helaas wordt hun kortstondige geluk al snel verstoord door een mysterieuze reeks gebeurtenissen. Sophie wil Wes beschermen, maar hoe bescherm je een geheim als je zelf nog niet eens de hele waarheid kent en het bestaan van degene van wie je houdt ernstig bedreigd wordt?
300 pages, Paperback
First published August 9, 2010
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Shelena Shorts
11 books377 followersShelena Shorts is an alumni of George Mason University where she studied English and Education. She uses her passion for literacy to entertain readers through writing and publishing. When she’s not working, she can be found wherever her super active kids are. Shelena lives in Virginia and is grateful for God's daily blessings.
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August 30, 2010
Fans of The Pace by Shelena Shorts will not be disappointed with the next installment of this series. The Broken Lake picks up right where the first book left off and offers a healthy dose of intrigue, romance and suspense.
In this book, Wes and Sophie attempt to put a chilling event behind them and build a life together. As they plan their future, they know fate is waiting to deal a destructive blow to their dreams of being together, but what they don’t anticipate is that fate is not the only thing threatening to keep them apart. Secrets and greed work against them as Wes faces a group of people trying to uncover the mysteries behind his laboratory experiments.
I enjoyed this second installment as I got see Wes and Sophie’s relationship develop. They are such a likeable couple, and I couldn’t help but root them on as they attempt to find happiness despite what their past proves will be next to impossible to achieve.
I liked the secondary characters in this novel, including Sophie’s mom, her co-workers Danny and Dawn, and even the evil Chase and they helped moved the plot along at a steady pace. Fun read that ends in a signature cliffhanger and leaves me eager for the next installment.
In this book, Wes and Sophie attempt to put a chilling event behind them and build a life together. As they plan their future, they know fate is waiting to deal a destructive blow to their dreams of being together, but what they don’t anticipate is that fate is not the only thing threatening to keep them apart. Secrets and greed work against them as Wes faces a group of people trying to uncover the mysteries behind his laboratory experiments.
I enjoyed this second installment as I got see Wes and Sophie’s relationship develop. They are such a likeable couple, and I couldn’t help but root them on as they attempt to find happiness despite what their past proves will be next to impossible to achieve.
I liked the secondary characters in this novel, including Sophie’s mom, her co-workers Danny and Dawn, and even the evil Chase and they helped moved the plot along at a steady pace. Fun read that ends in a signature cliffhanger and leaves me eager for the next installment.
February 27, 2020
Waar is de magie gebleven in dit tweede deel? Momentum liet mij echt met een speciaal gevoel achter. Dit was zo'n verhaal waardoor je wist waarom je YA graag leest. Het nam je echt terug naar de beginnende YA-jaren en ik hoopte dat die magie ook aanwezig ging zijn in 'Gebroken'. Ik miste echt heel wat elementen in dit tweede deel en ik vind dit echt zó jammer! De 'spanning' was ook pas te merken in de laatste 20 pagina's en dat is echt een gemiste kans. Zeker na de cliffhanger van het eerste boek. Jammer!
Ondanks mijn frustraties ben ik wel benieuwd naar boek 3 (die volgens mij dit jaar nog uitkomt, als ik mij niet vergis), juist omdat ik zo genoten heb van het eerste deel!
Volledige recensie volgt zo snel mogelijk op www.celinezoalszeis.be
Ondanks mijn frustraties ben ik wel benieuwd naar boek 3 (die volgens mij dit jaar nog uitkomt, als ik mij niet vergis), juist omdat ik zo genoten heb van het eerste deel!
Volledige recensie volgt zo snel mogelijk op www.celinezoalszeis.be
August 12, 2010
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BRILLIANCE!!!
I tell you, it's tough to find a series where, you love the 2nd book as much as the first, and it's nearly impossible to love the 2nd book more than the first.
And though I am not sure I loved The Broken Lake more, I loved it at least equally, it's breathtakingly written, just like The Pace.
Shelena has a way with characters that draw you in like a drug...I found myself holding my breath, at times, literally, I know it seems crazy, but I was...some scenes are so emotionally charged that, to breath would have taken something from them.
Also, The Broken Lake is funnier than The Pace, at one point they are talking about "swiper" from Dora the Explorer, it had me ROLLING off the bed!!!
This one will be REALLY hard to review, I can't talk to much about the characters with out giving away, stuff I can't because that would ruin it for you...
But, I will say, my full review it to come, and this one is RIGHT up there with The Pace, in terms of character development, and the beautiful world that Shelena has created!
AMAZING!
BRILLIANCE!!!
I tell you, it's tough to find a series where, you love the 2nd book as much as the first, and it's nearly impossible to love the 2nd book more than the first.
And though I am not sure I loved The Broken Lake more, I loved it at least equally, it's breathtakingly written, just like The Pace.
Shelena has a way with characters that draw you in like a drug...I found myself holding my breath, at times, literally, I know it seems crazy, but I was...some scenes are so emotionally charged that, to breath would have taken something from them.
Also, The Broken Lake is funnier than The Pace, at one point they are talking about "swiper" from Dora the Explorer, it had me ROLLING off the bed!!!
This one will be REALLY hard to review, I can't talk to much about the characters with out giving away, stuff I can't because that would ruin it for you...
But, I will say, my full review it to come, and this one is RIGHT up there with The Pace, in terms of character development, and the beautiful world that Shelena has created!
AMAZING!
February 25, 2020
Voor Dutch Venture Publishing mocht ik deelnemen aan de blogtour rondom ‘Gebroken’. Het eerste deel ‘Momentum’ vond ik leuk dus benieuwd naar hoe het verder zou gaan met de hoofdpersonages in dit tweede deel van de Momentumserie.
Net als met het eerste deel trekt de allereerst de cover mijn aandacht. Je ziet een lantaarntje met daarin een brandend kaarsje (grappig feitje; exact zo’n lantaarntje bezit ik zelf ook, ook al is die zilverkleurig in plaats van zwart zoals op de cover. Maar daarom heb ik op de Instagram foto het boek ook samen met dat lantaarntje afgebeeld) in handen van een vrouw met prachtige roze gelakte nagels en een mooie jurk aan. Het blijft mysterieus doordat je haar gezicht niet ziet en ik mij automatisch afvraag wie zij is en wat ze gaat beleven in het verhaal.
Wederom vind je op de achterzijde net als bij het eerste deel een nieuwsgierig makende zin; “Hoe bescherm je een geheim als je zelf de waarheid niet kent..?” Wat mij gelijk aan het denken zet en me het verhaal al in laat duiken voordat ik goed en wel begonnen ben.
De hoofdstuk illustraties bevatten deze keer het, al genoemde, lantaarntje met weer een korte ondertitel die verwijst naar komende gebeurtenissen. Juist dit soort details verhogen bij mij het leesplezier omdat ik op die manier merk dat er veel aandacht is besteed aan passende vormgeving rondom het verhaal. De hoofstukken zorgen tevens voor een prettige leesflow en dat je op de juiste momenten pauze kan nemen zonder de draad kwijt te raken.
Qua schrijfstijl leest het verhaal heel vlot omdat er gebruik is gemaakt van toepasselijke bewoording bij het YA genre en bij de karakters van de personages. Ook draagt dit bij aan het voor me zien van zowel het uiterlijk van de personages als hun omgeving tijdens het lezen.
“Het was gek want de dreunende, keiharde muziek was niet echt geschikt om langzaam op te dansen, maar toch sloeg ik mijn armen om zijn middel.”
De personages vind ik leuk en interessant genoeg om over te lezen. In vergelijking met het eerste deel had ik nu geen Twilight gevoel, maar meer een op zichzelf staand gevoel van herkenning van de personages uit deel één. In dit deel komt het meer over wie zij zijn en worden zij duidelijker in hun eigenheid. Dus automatisch voelt het verhaal dan ook origineler en verrassender aan. De hoofdpersonages hebben zich op persoonlijk vlak ook meer ontwikkeld in dit deel en komen volwassener over. Dit vind ik een leuk gegeven ten opzichte van gehele boekenseries, als personages als het ware opgroeien in zo’n serie en zich verder ontwikkelen qua persoonlijkheid.
“In plaats daarvan kuste hij mijn zoute lippen tot zelfs ik de smaak ervan lekker begon te vinden.”
Het is boeiend om de nieuwe avonturen van Sophie en Wes te volgen in dit tweede deel. Er gebeurd weer genoeg om het interessant te houden en de lezer daardoor vast te houden. Ik ben benieuwd of er een volgend deel verschijnt, ik neem aan van wel aangezien het nu letterlijk als De Momentumserie genoteerd staat, bij Dutch Venture Publishing. En ook dan zou ik dat vervolg weer graag willen lezen want ik vind het tot nu toe leuke, fantasierijke boeken die gewoon prettig en ontspannen lezen.
Lieve leesgroet, Elsa.
Net als met het eerste deel trekt de allereerst de cover mijn aandacht. Je ziet een lantaarntje met daarin een brandend kaarsje (grappig feitje; exact zo’n lantaarntje bezit ik zelf ook, ook al is die zilverkleurig in plaats van zwart zoals op de cover. Maar daarom heb ik op de Instagram foto het boek ook samen met dat lantaarntje afgebeeld) in handen van een vrouw met prachtige roze gelakte nagels en een mooie jurk aan. Het blijft mysterieus doordat je haar gezicht niet ziet en ik mij automatisch afvraag wie zij is en wat ze gaat beleven in het verhaal.
Wederom vind je op de achterzijde net als bij het eerste deel een nieuwsgierig makende zin; “Hoe bescherm je een geheim als je zelf de waarheid niet kent..?” Wat mij gelijk aan het denken zet en me het verhaal al in laat duiken voordat ik goed en wel begonnen ben.
De hoofdstuk illustraties bevatten deze keer het, al genoemde, lantaarntje met weer een korte ondertitel die verwijst naar komende gebeurtenissen. Juist dit soort details verhogen bij mij het leesplezier omdat ik op die manier merk dat er veel aandacht is besteed aan passende vormgeving rondom het verhaal. De hoofstukken zorgen tevens voor een prettige leesflow en dat je op de juiste momenten pauze kan nemen zonder de draad kwijt te raken.
Qua schrijfstijl leest het verhaal heel vlot omdat er gebruik is gemaakt van toepasselijke bewoording bij het YA genre en bij de karakters van de personages. Ook draagt dit bij aan het voor me zien van zowel het uiterlijk van de personages als hun omgeving tijdens het lezen.
“Het was gek want de dreunende, keiharde muziek was niet echt geschikt om langzaam op te dansen, maar toch sloeg ik mijn armen om zijn middel.”
De personages vind ik leuk en interessant genoeg om over te lezen. In vergelijking met het eerste deel had ik nu geen Twilight gevoel, maar meer een op zichzelf staand gevoel van herkenning van de personages uit deel één. In dit deel komt het meer over wie zij zijn en worden zij duidelijker in hun eigenheid. Dus automatisch voelt het verhaal dan ook origineler en verrassender aan. De hoofdpersonages hebben zich op persoonlijk vlak ook meer ontwikkeld in dit deel en komen volwassener over. Dit vind ik een leuk gegeven ten opzichte van gehele boekenseries, als personages als het ware opgroeien in zo’n serie en zich verder ontwikkelen qua persoonlijkheid.
“In plaats daarvan kuste hij mijn zoute lippen tot zelfs ik de smaak ervan lekker begon te vinden.”
Het is boeiend om de nieuwe avonturen van Sophie en Wes te volgen in dit tweede deel. Er gebeurd weer genoeg om het interessant te houden en de lezer daardoor vast te houden. Ik ben benieuwd of er een volgend deel verschijnt, ik neem aan van wel aangezien het nu letterlijk als De Momentumserie genoteerd staat, bij Dutch Venture Publishing. En ook dan zou ik dat vervolg weer graag willen lezen want ik vind het tot nu toe leuke, fantasierijke boeken die gewoon prettig en ontspannen lezen.
Lieve leesgroet, Elsa.
February 26, 2020
Samenvatting
LET OP! Deze samenvatting kan spoilers bevatten van ‘Momentum’ het eerste deel in de serie.
Het verhaal gaat verder vanaf het moment dat Wes Sophie heeft gered. Het is even moeilijk om bij elkaar te zijn door haar herstel van de mishandelingen en mede door haar moeder die haar als een moederkloek bij zich wil houden. Toch lukt het beiden om tijd, die erg kostbaar is, samen door te brengen. Ze worden als het ware naar elkaar toegetrokken als een magneet.
Quote: ‘Het maakte niet uit dat ik bijna dood was gegaan. Het maakte niet uit dat ik misschien wel doodging. Het maakte niet uit dat we allebei niet helemaal normaal waren. Het enige wat ertoe deed, was dat hij de mijne was.’(Blz. 56)
Als Wes in de openbaarheid wil treden maakt dat Sophie erg overstuur. Dan gebeurt er iets vreselijks. Voordat ze beide gek worden stelt Wes voor om iets anders te gaan doen, zijn voorstel is om er even tussenuit te gaan. Kunnen ze elkaar beschermen tegen alles wat op hun pad komt?
Mijn mening
Het is erg prettig dat je het boek zo op kan pakken en verder kunt lezen, zonder eerst het eerdere deel weer te moeten lezen. Het verhaal gaat steeds meer boeien, wordt spannender en het einde is weer heel verrassend. Dit geeft me het gevoel dat ik eigenlijk verder wil lezen voor meer. Een heel mysterieus, spannend en lief verhaal.
Conclusie
En vlotte schrijfstijl en net zoals het eerdere deel mysterieus en spannend en er gebeurt veel. Het is ook een boek dat ook door jeugdige lezers gelezen kan worden daar beide hoofdpersonages niet verder gaan dan lieve omhelzingen, zoenen en knuffels.
LET OP! Deze samenvatting kan spoilers bevatten van ‘Momentum’ het eerste deel in de serie.
Het verhaal gaat verder vanaf het moment dat Wes Sophie heeft gered. Het is even moeilijk om bij elkaar te zijn door haar herstel van de mishandelingen en mede door haar moeder die haar als een moederkloek bij zich wil houden. Toch lukt het beiden om tijd, die erg kostbaar is, samen door te brengen. Ze worden als het ware naar elkaar toegetrokken als een magneet.
Quote: ‘Het maakte niet uit dat ik bijna dood was gegaan. Het maakte niet uit dat ik misschien wel doodging. Het maakte niet uit dat we allebei niet helemaal normaal waren. Het enige wat ertoe deed, was dat hij de mijne was.’(Blz. 56)
Als Wes in de openbaarheid wil treden maakt dat Sophie erg overstuur. Dan gebeurt er iets vreselijks. Voordat ze beide gek worden stelt Wes voor om iets anders te gaan doen, zijn voorstel is om er even tussenuit te gaan. Kunnen ze elkaar beschermen tegen alles wat op hun pad komt?
Mijn mening
Het is erg prettig dat je het boek zo op kan pakken en verder kunt lezen, zonder eerst het eerdere deel weer te moeten lezen. Het verhaal gaat steeds meer boeien, wordt spannender en het einde is weer heel verrassend. Dit geeft me het gevoel dat ik eigenlijk verder wil lezen voor meer. Een heel mysterieus, spannend en lief verhaal.
Conclusie
En vlotte schrijfstijl en net zoals het eerdere deel mysterieus en spannend en er gebeurt veel. Het is ook een boek dat ook door jeugdige lezers gelezen kan worden daar beide hoofdpersonages niet verder gaan dan lieve omhelzingen, zoenen en knuffels.
August 29, 2010
The Broken Lake continues right after the incident of The Pace, where Sophie is recovering from her turmoil with Andy. Picking up the pieces and getting back to way things were and most importantly, back to Wes, things were beginning to be okay again, only peace and happiness doesn't ever really follow these two and after one crazy is gone another takes it's place.
Will Sophie and Wes ever find a way to beat destiny and finally find there happily ever after?
Man! I've missed these characters!
Wes and Sophie have the sweetest relationship, it's like a warm blanket that you just want to wrap around yourself at all times.
I loved this book just as much as I loved the first, there was so many melts-like-butter moments in this one, that left a perma-smile on my face the whole time I was reading. This was exactly what I needed.
I still believe what I wrote in my review of The Pace, this really is such a unique love story and The Broken Lake celebrates that love. Other books seem to always have something bigger then the actual relationship at hand and maybe that's what I find so refreshing in these books, Wes and Sophie are the main focus. This is there book, there journey to find that detour around fate, escape from the past and create a present that will pave a way to a future they can finally hold on to with both arms.
Now, only if these pesky obstacles would just stay away!
I really enjoyed getting deeper into Weston's history. The concept is still so fascinating and intriguing. The Pace was the first book I've ever read that dealt with immortality and reincarnation and while I've read many books since then, these books are the reason why I love this element in my escape.
While the the storyline does focus mainly on the relationship (which I adore) we still get some complications into the mix, letting us know that these lovebirds can't find there 'clarity' just yet, leaving us a cliffhanger that left my mind spinning with possibilities.
Gorgeous written. Entertaining plot and Amazing characters.
Shelena Shorts has done it again, giving us a wonderful story filled with cherished romance and and ending that will have you begging for the thrid.
Bring on The Iron Quill Shelena! I Need More!
Will Sophie and Wes ever find a way to beat destiny and finally find there happily ever after?
Man! I've missed these characters!
Wes and Sophie have the sweetest relationship, it's like a warm blanket that you just want to wrap around yourself at all times.
I loved this book just as much as I loved the first, there was so many melts-like-butter moments in this one, that left a perma-smile on my face the whole time I was reading. This was exactly what I needed.
I still believe what I wrote in my review of The Pace, this really is such a unique love story and The Broken Lake celebrates that love. Other books seem to always have something bigger then the actual relationship at hand and maybe that's what I find so refreshing in these books, Wes and Sophie are the main focus. This is there book, there journey to find that detour around fate, escape from the past and create a present that will pave a way to a future they can finally hold on to with both arms.
Now, only if these pesky obstacles would just stay away!
I really enjoyed getting deeper into Weston's history. The concept is still so fascinating and intriguing. The Pace was the first book I've ever read that dealt with immortality and reincarnation and while I've read many books since then, these books are the reason why I love this element in my escape.
While the the storyline does focus mainly on the relationship (which I adore) we still get some complications into the mix, letting us know that these lovebirds can't find there 'clarity' just yet, leaving us a cliffhanger that left my mind spinning with possibilities.
Gorgeous written. Entertaining plot and Amazing characters.
Shelena Shorts has done it again, giving us a wonderful story filled with cherished romance and and ending that will have you begging for the thrid.
Bring on The Iron Quill Shelena! I Need More!
February 17, 2020
Mijn review volgt in het kader van de blogtour later op mijn blog https://booksofhopeanddreams.wordpres...
June 14, 2016
2.5 stars.
The Broken Lake was okay, but there was a lot missing for me. Nothing really happens in the book. There is a lot of perfect romance stuff with the perfect guy that I'm really tired of. Characters in books are much more interesting when they have flaws. The best part of the book was when we found out there was something Wes actually wasn't good at! That was the snow skiing, I really did have a good chuckle picturing Mr. Perfect wobbling around in a puffy jacket on skis.
There was a lot of Sophie trying to see how far she could push Wes to have sex with her in this one too, but of course he doesn't, because in most of the YA romance novels I've been reading the guys are always unbelievably able to keep saying no over and over, no matter what compromising positions they are put in, or put themselves in.
There's a lot about fate, and soul mates, and how no one else is meant for each other the same way these two are, and no one else could possibly feel so strongly about each other. For me, maybe because I'm not a teen, it comes off as really blind and immature. There are other books that I've read that had these same elements in them, but other things happened in those stories to make them interesting and balance out the mushy gushy stuff.
Finally at the end of this book, something actually happens and we get cut off awkwardly in the middle of it. I don't mind cliff hangers, but when nothing really happens through a whole book and then you cut it off in the middle of something finally happening...that doesn't inspire me to want to read the next one. It just aggravates me because I feel manipulated into buying three books that could have just been one, or maybe (and that's a big maybe) two. I doubt I will be buying the third one.
The Broken Lake was okay, but there was a lot missing for me. Nothing really happens in the book. There is a lot of perfect romance stuff with the perfect guy that I'm really tired of. Characters in books are much more interesting when they have flaws. The best part of the book was when we found out there was something Wes actually wasn't good at! That was the snow skiing, I really did have a good chuckle picturing Mr. Perfect wobbling around in a puffy jacket on skis.
There was a lot of Sophie trying to see how far she could push Wes to have sex with her in this one too, but of course he doesn't, because in most of the YA romance novels I've been reading the guys are always unbelievably able to keep saying no over and over, no matter what compromising positions they are put in, or put themselves in.
There's a lot about fate, and soul mates, and how no one else is meant for each other the same way these two are, and no one else could possibly feel so strongly about each other. For me, maybe because I'm not a teen, it comes off as really blind and immature. There are other books that I've read that had these same elements in them, but other things happened in those stories to make them interesting and balance out the mushy gushy stuff.
Finally at the end of this book, something actually happens and we get cut off awkwardly in the middle of it. I don't mind cliff hangers, but when nothing really happens through a whole book and then you cut it off in the middle of something finally happening...that doesn't inspire me to want to read the next one. It just aggravates me because I feel manipulated into buying three books that could have just been one, or maybe (and that's a big maybe) two. I doubt I will be buying the third one.
February 24, 2020
Mijn volledige recensie is terug te vinden op:
https://linda-linea-recta.nl/gebroken/
Gebroken gaat verder waar Momentum stopte.
Wes, Sophie en vooral de moeder van Sophie proberen hun leven weer op de rails te krijgen.
Maar het goede nieuws is dat ik er nog ben. Het slechte nieuws is dat ik zeker wist dat Wes zich druk aan het maken was over mijn toekomst. Ik wist alleen nog niet hoeveel. Mijn moeder maakte het onmogelijk voor me om met hem te praten toen ik in het ziekenhuis lag.
Samen proberen Wes en Sophie er het beste van te maken, maar helaas blijft het niet pais en free.
Het verhaal eindigt met een gigantische, onverwachte cliffhanger. Deze plottwist had ik niet aan zien komen. Vol verwachting wacht ik op de vertaling deel drie: The Iron Quill (The Pace #3) welke eind dit jaar uitkomt.
CONCLUSIE
Na Momentum wilde ik verder. Het verhaal ging uit met een big bang en je wilt echt verder lezen.
Ik heb genoten van de groei die Sophie doormaakt, van watje naar een stoerder en socialer persoon. Hoewel ze nog steeds aan zichzelf denkt (wie niet?) heeft ze meer oog voor de menen om zich heen.
Iets in me wilde weer in huilen uitbarsten, maar de oude Sophie kwam even terug en kreeg grip op zichzelf.
Was ik in Momentum enigszins teleurgesteld, met Gebroken heeft Shelena Shorts mij blij verrast.
https://linda-linea-recta.nl/gebroken/
Gebroken gaat verder waar Momentum stopte.
Wes, Sophie en vooral de moeder van Sophie proberen hun leven weer op de rails te krijgen.
Maar het goede nieuws is dat ik er nog ben. Het slechte nieuws is dat ik zeker wist dat Wes zich druk aan het maken was over mijn toekomst. Ik wist alleen nog niet hoeveel. Mijn moeder maakte het onmogelijk voor me om met hem te praten toen ik in het ziekenhuis lag.
Samen proberen Wes en Sophie er het beste van te maken, maar helaas blijft het niet pais en free.
Het verhaal eindigt met een gigantische, onverwachte cliffhanger. Deze plottwist had ik niet aan zien komen. Vol verwachting wacht ik op de vertaling deel drie: The Iron Quill (The Pace #3) welke eind dit jaar uitkomt.
CONCLUSIE
Na Momentum wilde ik verder. Het verhaal ging uit met een big bang en je wilt echt verder lezen.
Ik heb genoten van de groei die Sophie doormaakt, van watje naar een stoerder en socialer persoon. Hoewel ze nog steeds aan zichzelf denkt (wie niet?) heeft ze meer oog voor de menen om zich heen.
Iets in me wilde weer in huilen uitbarsten, maar de oude Sophie kwam even terug en kreeg grip op zichzelf.
Was ik in Momentum enigszins teleurgesteld, met Gebroken heeft Shelena Shorts mij blij verrast.
February 21, 2020
Totale recensie kan je vinden op https://wp.me/p6InAo-1GX
February 20, 2020
4 sterren.
Heel spannend en heerlijk hoe de relatie tussen Sophie en Wes opbloeit ondanks alle onmogelijkheden op hun pad.
Heel spannend en heerlijk hoe de relatie tussen Sophie en Wes opbloeit ondanks alle onmogelijkheden op hun pad.
July 14, 2010
The Original Review - Here!
With its two main topics; Science and Spirituality, The Broken Lake brings a love story that flows harmoniously thanks to the combination of romance, suspense and some humoristic touches. The Broken Lake narrates the story of Sophie and Weston picking up just where The Pace ended. In this release by Shorts we will have our main characters battling to conquer the “clock” and the way each one fights internally and externally with their own issues. This book is surrounded by an invisible X element that’s waiting to surface to complicate the lives of our main characters. I have really liked the main character developing in this sequel and the inclusion of secondary and tertiary characters. Certainly you can see a different Sophie who will not give up without fighting hard in the process. I have really liked seeing her more self concentrated, in her love for Weston and slowly leaving behind the girl she used to be. Weston is adorable and the characteristics I liked about him in The Pace are still shining. The tenderness his love for Sophie evokes is certainly deep and at the same time the weakness any enemy could use against him. Sophie and Weston’s relationship in the Broken Lake is addictive, the reader has the pleasure to see their love flourish and regardless their “history”, they keep writing new pages without attempting to lose anything. My favorite moment occurs during the narration on pages 236-243 (ARC) and let me tell you page 241 (ARC) took my breath away. I’ve read a lot of YA books already and something that really turns me off are those relationships where “I saw you, you saw me, you’re the love of my life, I’ll die for you even though I don’t know anything about you”, and this is where the difference lies within this book series. Sophie and Weston have history rounding a century and those who have read The Pace know this factor. Their way of thinking is: we loved once, twice and now again, let’s fight destiny, re write our story and conquer it. This sequel possesses a huge heart among The Pace series and will set bases for the journey remaining to our characters, I just wish to see them get where I’m hoping. The Broken Lake, where destiny and love meet again in a battle to defeat the pace of time.
With its two main topics; Science and Spirituality, The Broken Lake brings a love story that flows harmoniously thanks to the combination of romance, suspense and some humoristic touches. The Broken Lake narrates the story of Sophie and Weston picking up just where The Pace ended. In this release by Shorts we will have our main characters battling to conquer the “clock” and the way each one fights internally and externally with their own issues. This book is surrounded by an invisible X element that’s waiting to surface to complicate the lives of our main characters. I have really liked the main character developing in this sequel and the inclusion of secondary and tertiary characters. Certainly you can see a different Sophie who will not give up without fighting hard in the process. I have really liked seeing her more self concentrated, in her love for Weston and slowly leaving behind the girl she used to be. Weston is adorable and the characteristics I liked about him in The Pace are still shining. The tenderness his love for Sophie evokes is certainly deep and at the same time the weakness any enemy could use against him. Sophie and Weston’s relationship in the Broken Lake is addictive, the reader has the pleasure to see their love flourish and regardless their “history”, they keep writing new pages without attempting to lose anything. My favorite moment occurs during the narration on pages 236-243 (ARC) and let me tell you page 241 (ARC) took my breath away. I’ve read a lot of YA books already and something that really turns me off are those relationships where “I saw you, you saw me, you’re the love of my life, I’ll die for you even though I don’t know anything about you”, and this is where the difference lies within this book series. Sophie and Weston have history rounding a century and those who have read The Pace know this factor. Their way of thinking is: we loved once, twice and now again, let’s fight destiny, re write our story and conquer it. This sequel possesses a huge heart among The Pace series and will set bases for the journey remaining to our characters, I just wish to see them get where I’m hoping. The Broken Lake, where destiny and love meet again in a battle to defeat the pace of time.
July 19, 2010
This second book in the Pace series has all the elements from the first, but it feels somewhat an incomplete story. If all the kisses and cuddles are left out, the story itself is very slim, not that it's a bad thing, but I think this whole book could have been a few chapters of exposition in the concluding book. I didn't learn anything new about Sophie or Wes, there really isn't much about who/what Weston is other than the press conference and reference to what happened at the end of book one.
As a reader, though, I did enjoy seeing the growth of Sophie and Wes' relationship, although since they've known each other through Sophie's previous lifetimes, their relationship is already fairly well established. But, they do try to make changes, choose new paths in the hope that they can alter Sophie's fate.
Knowing her fate, there is a sense of foreboding to the book which does make it more of a read you can't put down, you'll want to know if they can change or outsmart the future.
This book, like the first one, also ends in a cliffhanger and I simply don't like that because the book felt unfinished. Again, that's just my opinion. Still, it's a very enjoyable read and not one to be missed.
Also, I just have to say that they make waterproof casts and/or that going swimming while trying to hold a cast out of the water is near impossible. Sophie has her arms all over Wes who is wet which would damage her cast. Being a swimmer, I found all the scenes with her swimming/showering without covering her cast to keep it dry were hard for me personally to suspend my disbelief and took me out of the story while I considered how she would be doing these things. Maybe a removable cast would have made more sense, even.
I did like all the various threads and not being sure how they were all intertwined until the end of the book, but only the last few chapters really felt like they moved the story along.
I still really enjoy the characters of Wes and Sophie and hope there is a solution to the problems they face. I'm curious to know how the author is going to fix them and can't wait for the next book.
I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this courtesy of Windowpane Memoirs Book Tours. Thank you to Michelle.
As a reader, though, I did enjoy seeing the growth of Sophie and Wes' relationship, although since they've known each other through Sophie's previous lifetimes, their relationship is already fairly well established. But, they do try to make changes, choose new paths in the hope that they can alter Sophie's fate.
Knowing her fate, there is a sense of foreboding to the book which does make it more of a read you can't put down, you'll want to know if they can change or outsmart the future.
This book, like the first one, also ends in a cliffhanger and I simply don't like that because the book felt unfinished. Again, that's just my opinion. Still, it's a very enjoyable read and not one to be missed.
Also, I just have to say that they make waterproof casts and/or that going swimming while trying to hold a cast out of the water is near impossible. Sophie has her arms all over Wes who is wet which would damage her cast. Being a swimmer, I found all the scenes with her swimming/showering without covering her cast to keep it dry were hard for me personally to suspend my disbelief and took me out of the story while I considered how she would be doing these things. Maybe a removable cast would have made more sense, even.
I did like all the various threads and not being sure how they were all intertwined until the end of the book, but only the last few chapters really felt like they moved the story along.
I still really enjoy the characters of Wes and Sophie and hope there is a solution to the problems they face. I'm curious to know how the author is going to fix them and can't wait for the next book.
I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this courtesy of Windowpane Memoirs Book Tours. Thank you to Michelle.
December 30, 2010
This review is also posted on my blog, In The Good Books.
The Broken Lake picks up shortly after where The Pace left us.
The plot in the second installment to the series is better, in that several events throughout the middle of the book are important to the conflict, but otherwise, a lot of it felt pointless. If there were dramatic tension, I could handle the build up, but what's dramatic about Sophie and Wes hanging out on a lake, or having fun unchaperoned at a Ski Chalet?
I still couldn't really find myself feeling for any of the characters. I just found myself not caring about them or their ordeals.
The cliffhanger ending to this book didn't feel all that dramatic, and it didn't leave me aching to read the next book like they usually do.
I give this series 2 out of 5 and maintain that just because this review is less-than-favorable does not mean that you won't enjoy it either. If you liked Twilight, you might like this series.
The Broken Lake picks up shortly after where The Pace left us.
The plot in the second installment to the series is better, in that several events throughout the middle of the book are important to the conflict, but otherwise, a lot of it felt pointless. If there were dramatic tension, I could handle the build up, but what's dramatic about Sophie and Wes hanging out on a lake, or having fun unchaperoned at a Ski Chalet?
I still couldn't really find myself feeling for any of the characters. I just found myself not caring about them or their ordeals.
The cliffhanger ending to this book didn't feel all that dramatic, and it didn't leave me aching to read the next book like they usually do.
I give this series 2 out of 5 and maintain that just because this review is less-than-favorable does not mean that you won't enjoy it either. If you liked Twilight, you might like this series.
July 21, 2011
I re-read the 1st book before reading this 2nd one and so I was able to get the story and characters back in my head. I continued to enjoy this silly teen romance. The story is interesting enough and the depth of their relationship is backed up by the story. Although I don't understand how parents are so un-involved with their kids. It seems to be a theme in these books that the parents have no idea that their daughters have boys in their room every night. I appreciate that the authors make the boys, as part of their 'bigger-than-life' characters, have perfectly chaste self-control. But, it's a slippery slope. Just like all boys aren't movie star beautiful with perfect abs, they also don't usually have that sort of superhuman restraint. Best to keep in mind that it's fiction kids.
This does have a 'cliff-hanger' ending, so, if you haven't started the series yet, you might as well just wait for the 3rd one before reading it.
This does have a 'cliff-hanger' ending, so, if you haven't started the series yet, you might as well just wait for the 3rd one before reading it.
September 20, 2010
Not much happens in this book at all. The entire 3/4 of the book falls back and forth in Sophie and Wes's undying love for each other. I get it already. Give me something, anything, that moves this story forward. Yeah you get it right at the end of the book so that you are forced into buying the following book to find out what happens and where the second book's plot ends up.
I still find this book to be a fan fiction adjusted version of Twilight. The characters are basically the same and fighting over the same things. The only thing missing in The Broken Lake that would have been in New Moon was a best friend after the boyfriend left. Maybe we'll get that in book 3 as the plot actually starts to happen. Oh didn't I say that already? Right, I did because nothing else can be said about this story.
I still find this book to be a fan fiction adjusted version of Twilight. The characters are basically the same and fighting over the same things. The only thing missing in The Broken Lake that would have been in New Moon was a best friend after the boyfriend left. Maybe we'll get that in book 3 as the plot actually starts to happen. Oh didn't I say that already? Right, I did because nothing else can be said about this story.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 14, 2020
"In slow motion, the next flower left the hands of Mr. Mary's loves one and disappeared into the deep hole where her body would lie forever. I was very sure at that moment that this hole resembled the ones where Amelia and Lenny lay. A hole similar to where Wes may have dropped a flower for Lenny. A hole that Wes would surely never want to see again. And unfourtunantly one that I wasn't so sure I could avoid.
September 27, 2010
I adore this series. It's a great concept, beuatifully written and intensely romantic. It's hard to review this one without giving away spoilers and crucial plotpoints from the first book, THE PACE. So I'll just leave it with 5 stars and refer you to my review of THE PACE if you have any questions:
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March 21, 2011
I liked the first book better. Maybe I'm slow, but I didn't understand how the title fit the book. I also had a hard time caring about the characters in this book. I hate not finishing a series but I'm undecided if I will continue and see what happens next.
September 30, 2011
Read in a day! Couldn't put down... book 3 please come out now! ;o)
February 20, 2020
In Gebroken vinden de eerste honderd bladzijdes weinig tot geen gebeurtenissen plaats. Hierdoor wordt het tempo uit het verhaal gehaald. Maar steeds verder richting het einde komt er weer meer tempo in het verhaal. Dit komt mede doordat er spannende gebeurtenissen plaatsvinden. Tevens is het einde verrassend, spannend en bovenal intrigerend. Ook heeft Gebroken een open einde met een enorme cliffhanger, waardoor ik niet kan wachten om het volgende deel te lezen om te weten hoe dit gaat aflopen! --> Vanaf 22 februari is de hele recensie te lezen op mijn blog: https://www.elinebooks.com/
February 24, 2020
Een heerlijk vervolg op Momentum. Net zoals in het eerste deel is dit boek weer pakkend vanaf de eerste pagina. De relatie tussen Sophie en Wes wordt weer verder opgepakt en de relatie wordt intenser en mooier. De lezer wordt zelf een beetje verliefd op dit super leuke stelletje dat echt alles voor elkaar over heeft.
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August 20, 2018
Expected a bit more in the second book but The Pace was definitely better, The Broken Lake only really picked up pace and got exciting nearing the end of the book and not nearly not as much as was expected. It even a bit of predictable.
December 2, 2023
An entire book full of I love you's and I'll never leave you's. I was bored and almost stopped listening. The plot was extremely predictable and it took the main character forever to put 2 and 2 together. And then the book was over.
November 17, 2020
Ik vond dit boek een stuk minder goed dan deel 1, langdradig en ietwat saai. Zo'n grote cliffhanger aan het eind helpt ook niet mee.
July 3, 2021
Gebroken
October 21, 2011
So, Sophie and Wes are back again in this continuation of The Pace. We meet them about a few weeks (probably), after we left them, and a few things has changed. For one, Sophie's mom suddenly starts behaving like an overprotective hawk, I mean, she wants to urf, be together with Sophie? And Sophie herself also feels changed. She can't stop thinking that she doesn't have that much time left, before she may die. But life goes on, it has to, and Sophie is still very much in love with perfect, nice Wes. Everything is just perfect.
That is, until Chase comes into the picture. Remember the guy from the party in the Pace? The one who looked like he was on something and had needles marks on his arms? Well, me neither, but he's back, and he's gonna make life bittersweet. Sophie can't shake of the feeling that he is up to something bad, and when Wes says that he can feel it to, and that the guy gives a negative vibe, she decides that no way he can be trusted. The fact that he toke over after one of the employees was murdered doesn't change much in his favor either.
I didn't liked Sophie. I know, we've heard it before, I almost never like the heroine, but I think, if i remember correctly, that I had nothing against her in the first book. But she has changed. Instead of being happy about still being alive, Sophie decides to mope around and be sad. Even at times where she's having fun with Wes and where everything generally should be perfect, she still continues to think about sad things. What may be, not what are. But Wes was nice. He was still way too perfect, way too... too much. But he was like that too in the first book, so nothing's changed there, aside from the fact that he AND Sophie decides to try and do a lot of new things. In with the new, out with the old.
The plot... the plot was a bit forced. I still don't understand the fightclub, apart from something that happens in the end. I don't think it's that necessary, it was actually a bit weird, because I would never have imagined Danny taking Sophie and Dawn such a place, but who knows? But apart from that, it was okay. It wasn't that action packed, but a plot doesn't have to be filled with action to work. I would still have liked a bit more, but it was okay. There was way too much kissing and moping around though. And the thing in the ending was not cool. Read the book to figure out what I'm talking about!
All in all the book was okay. it wasn't one of those books you just have to read again, but I'm still glad I read it. I like the writer's writing style, and I loved Sophie's friends, even though a bit things still needs to be explained. But there will be a third book (there has to be, with that cliffhanger ending!), so I hope we will get out answers in that one. I, for one, have to read it.
That is, until Chase comes into the picture. Remember the guy from the party in the Pace? The one who looked like he was on something and had needles marks on his arms? Well, me neither, but he's back, and he's gonna make life bittersweet. Sophie can't shake of the feeling that he is up to something bad, and when Wes says that he can feel it to, and that the guy gives a negative vibe, she decides that no way he can be trusted. The fact that he toke over after one of the employees was murdered doesn't change much in his favor either.
I didn't liked Sophie. I know, we've heard it before, I almost never like the heroine, but I think, if i remember correctly, that I had nothing against her in the first book. But she has changed. Instead of being happy about still being alive, Sophie decides to mope around and be sad. Even at times where she's having fun with Wes and where everything generally should be perfect, she still continues to think about sad things. What may be, not what are. But Wes was nice. He was still way too perfect, way too... too much. But he was like that too in the first book, so nothing's changed there, aside from the fact that he AND Sophie decides to try and do a lot of new things. In with the new, out with the old.
The plot... the plot was a bit forced. I still don't understand the fightclub, apart from something that happens in the end. I don't think it's that necessary, it was actually a bit weird, because I would never have imagined Danny taking Sophie and Dawn such a place, but who knows? But apart from that, it was okay. It wasn't that action packed, but a plot doesn't have to be filled with action to work. I would still have liked a bit more, but it was okay. There was way too much kissing and moping around though. And the thing in the ending was not cool. Read the book to figure out what I'm talking about!
All in all the book was okay. it wasn't one of those books you just have to read again, but I'm still glad I read it. I like the writer's writing style, and I loved Sophie's friends, even though a bit things still needs to be explained. But there will be a third book (there has to be, with that cliffhanger ending!), so I hope we will get out answers in that one. I, for one, have to read it.
August 11, 2014
A haunting past, a terrible future. This is what seems to happen to these star-crossed lovers whenever they finally find each other in life, but can they trick fate this time around?.
The second book of The Pace series is the continuation of Sophie and Weston's story. In the Broken Lake, they both realize that more than worry about the horrible past repeating itself, they have to deviate from the catastrophic fate that makes them be apart in each life they live.
They aren’t like any other normal couple: Wes is a science breakthrough.
With his childhood hemophilia being cured by an alligator blood transfusion, he is unable to control his body temperature, but he’s also granted with a mighty strength, always using it to protect his beloved Sophie.
Sophie is also not normal. Seeming like an average 18 year old with an overprotecting mother, she thinks her life is anything but extraordinary. Until she meets Weston and finds out the truth: She’s lived several lives, a same soul in different bodies, falling in love always with the same man that protects her like a knight in shining armour, Weston.
But no love can overcome fate: On her 19th birthday, Sophie always dies, and Wes is left heartbroken, looking for her soul every single day of his life. Until he does.
Opinion:
I have to say I liked more The Pace than The Broken Lake.
It's well written, has amazing quotes in it but somehow doesn't have that one quality that makes it unforgettable.
The antagonists appear as a part of the plot, but do not integrate in the storyline often. I personally would have loved to know much more about Chase and Tim, but I was left in the dark about them. Why where they so interested in Sophie and Weston’s relationship? Is there some kind of hidden agenda that we just don’t know about? Many questions come to my mind!
Sophie's friends are a fun diversion; we get to see some of Jackson's and Dawn's relationship as well as Kerry's and Rich's, which was a different turn than the storyline from The Pace.
Also, I felt like the love story only came to be truly fulfilled in a certain part of the book (no spoilers !), but in the rest of the book was just cute and lovely, without showing anything new than the romance we saw on The Pace.
I hope for a nail biting, sleep depriving continuation on the Iron Quill.
Hope this review was helpful!
The second book of The Pace series is the continuation of Sophie and Weston's story. In the Broken Lake, they both realize that more than worry about the horrible past repeating itself, they have to deviate from the catastrophic fate that makes them be apart in each life they live.
They aren’t like any other normal couple: Wes is a science breakthrough.
With his childhood hemophilia being cured by an alligator blood transfusion, he is unable to control his body temperature, but he’s also granted with a mighty strength, always using it to protect his beloved Sophie.
Sophie is also not normal. Seeming like an average 18 year old with an overprotecting mother, she thinks her life is anything but extraordinary. Until she meets Weston and finds out the truth: She’s lived several lives, a same soul in different bodies, falling in love always with the same man that protects her like a knight in shining armour, Weston.
But no love can overcome fate: On her 19th birthday, Sophie always dies, and Wes is left heartbroken, looking for her soul every single day of his life. Until he does.
Opinion:
I have to say I liked more The Pace than The Broken Lake.
It's well written, has amazing quotes in it but somehow doesn't have that one quality that makes it unforgettable.
The antagonists appear as a part of the plot, but do not integrate in the storyline often. I personally would have loved to know much more about Chase and Tim, but I was left in the dark about them. Why where they so interested in Sophie and Weston’s relationship? Is there some kind of hidden agenda that we just don’t know about? Many questions come to my mind!
Sophie's friends are a fun diversion; we get to see some of Jackson's and Dawn's relationship as well as Kerry's and Rich's, which was a different turn than the storyline from The Pace.
Also, I felt like the love story only came to be truly fulfilled in a certain part of the book (no spoilers !), but in the rest of the book was just cute and lovely, without showing anything new than the romance we saw on The Pace.
I hope for a nail biting, sleep depriving continuation on the Iron Quill.
Hope this review was helpful!
September 20, 2010
I was bit concerned about The Broken Lake, I didn’t have the slightest idea of what to expect and I was a little worried it may not be as good as The Pace but however Shelena proves me that sequels often turns to be good and even better than their predecessors.
After Sophie brush with death she have to resume her life once again, with an overprotective mom and a very different Weston but this different is good he doesn’t want to take her time with Sophie for granted and be with her as much as she can but attention has been drawn to Weston and his company after Sophie’s aftermath and now Wes secret is in danger to be revealed and his life may be in danger.
I thought before writing this review how I would describe Wes and Sophie’s relationship in this book and they only thing that came into my mind was corny but don’t get me wrong is not a bad corny, a good corny, the kind of corny that you read and you don’t want stop reading it and the corny that every girl wants in her life. I couldn’t help to fall in love with their relationship even though they were attached to the hip in this book and Shelena found the way to write those scenes as something natural, as they were both meant to be this close and they were sharing each and every minute together. Did I find it obsessive? Not at all…. I find it very romantic.
I loved Weston in this book, he was surer of himself, more loving, more caring and sexier and I loved that he was willing to put everything in the line for Sophie even if that means putting his life on the line
The only thing that I find lacking was the antagonists of the story, we are still in the dark about whom or what they want and though I was happy that this was Sophie & Weston book I would have a little more about them and their motivation behind their scheming to get their hands on Weston.
So I wish I could say more about the book the plot because it would ruin the whole experience but if you liked the Pace I can assure that you are going to LOVE The Broken Lake I think 2010 is my year of reading awesome books and I can’t wait to get my hands on The Iron Quill.
Thanks to Michelle (Windowpane Memoirs) for me letting me participate in the The Broken Lake Arc Tour.
After Sophie brush with death she have to resume her life once again, with an overprotective mom and a very different Weston but this different is good he doesn’t want to take her time with Sophie for granted and be with her as much as she can but attention has been drawn to Weston and his company after Sophie’s aftermath and now Wes secret is in danger to be revealed and his life may be in danger.
I thought before writing this review how I would describe Wes and Sophie’s relationship in this book and they only thing that came into my mind was corny but don’t get me wrong is not a bad corny, a good corny, the kind of corny that you read and you don’t want stop reading it and the corny that every girl wants in her life. I couldn’t help to fall in love with their relationship even though they were attached to the hip in this book and Shelena found the way to write those scenes as something natural, as they were both meant to be this close and they were sharing each and every minute together. Did I find it obsessive? Not at all…. I find it very romantic.
I loved Weston in this book, he was surer of himself, more loving, more caring and sexier and I loved that he was willing to put everything in the line for Sophie even if that means putting his life on the line
The only thing that I find lacking was the antagonists of the story, we are still in the dark about whom or what they want and though I was happy that this was Sophie & Weston book I would have a little more about them and their motivation behind their scheming to get their hands on Weston.
So I wish I could say more about the book the plot because it would ruin the whole experience but if you liked the Pace I can assure that you are going to LOVE The Broken Lake I think 2010 is my year of reading awesome books and I can’t wait to get my hands on The Iron Quill.
Thanks to Michelle (Windowpane Memoirs) for me letting me participate in the The Broken Lake Arc Tour.
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