I took a long time to finally get around to reading this, but I realized I needed to clear some of the older books from my shelf. As I got into it, I remember why I was so resistant. The story just didn't feel compelling. The depiction of the main character's anxiety felt unrealistic and Kyler didn't call to me, either. I don't think my students in this audience range would like this.

I have to start this review by saying, I don't frequently pick up romances, they just aren't my cup of tea normally. But when I do read romance, I like them like All Our Broken Pieces. It was beautiful and sweet and real. Yes, there is romance, but the story is also about mental health and family relationships, friends, and following your dreams. It's a lovely story, with wonderful OCD rep. If you're reading this review, you should go read All Our Broken Pieces!

Thank you so much to Disney-Hyperion & NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Thank you so much for allowing me to read and review your titles.
I do appreciate it and continue to review books that I get the chance to read.
Thanks again!

ALL OUR BROKEN PIECES was one of those reads that, while easily devoured in one sitting, left me unsure of how much I actually enjoyed the meal. It relies on the dramatics that I lived for as a teen in the contemporary novels I read, but some things just came together a little too conveniently for my liking. I have no doubt this book will certainly find its readers, though.

I will also endeavor to find multiple #OwnVoices reviews regarding the OCD representation. Some facets of how the disorder was presented in the book left me...iffy, at best (especially in regards to a certain "love cures all" vibe it gave off). Also, and this may have been a change made for the final print copy, but I wish there were a section included at either the beginning or end of the book for Resources or further reading.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this book! It took me some time to get around to reading it, but when I did, WOAH!!!! I instantly fell in love with these characters and did not want to put this book down!! I also did not want it to end! This was not your average boy and girl next door love story. They helped each other so much and I think teens and adults should read this book! I have already recommended this books to others and will continue to do so! Thank you again to NetGalley!!!!

All Our Broken Pieces is one of those books that will make you feel the happiest you have ever felt, before it rips your heart out and sews you back together again. It is, in a word, magnificent. A book that will make you believe in love again and warm your dead, cynical heart. Lennon and Kyler will begin to feel like real people, and you want to laugh with them and cry with them and experience everything they are experiencing and it’s just so raw and real and heartbreaking and hopeful all at the same time, and I sincerely wish I could write as eloquently as Kyler, but I can’t, so instead I will simply fangirl over this absolutely exquisite work of fiction.

All Our Broken Pieces is a novel you never want to end, it’s so beautiful and the love story is so fragile yet so perfect, and Lennon and Kyler and their story will be unforgotten. This novel deals so beautifully well with OCD and mental health, and the way Kyler and Lennon fall together is stunning because, while Kyler himself is scarred physically, I still don’t feel like you can “understand” OCD without having actually gone through it, and yet, he gets Lennon like you wouldn’t believe and instead of stifling her and telling her she shouldn’t ritualise or worry or should maybe get a grip, he lets her be her, even if she’s worrying or ritualising and this is the ultimate story that you should just love somebody as they are, and that is just so pure in this world where everybody seems to be trying to fix everybody else.

This is such a beautiful piece of fiction, the prose is absolutely outstanding, honestly. Lennon and Kyler have such ways with words that I could only ever hope to achieve, like even if I could achieve just 1% of their way with words I would be a happy bunny. All Our Broken Pieces had me rooting for Lennon and Kyler throughout and I just could not get enough of these two beautiful, adorable, broken people. The way they deal with adversity, their determination to be with each other and their absolute belief in the others’ feelings made me so indescribably happy. I had been wanting to read just a pure, sweet love story for ages, just a simple YA novel without all the angst, and this was it. Like it wasn’t perfect, but what Lennon and Kyler had was worth the hassle, and it made the whole novel so worthwhile and it just made me so freaking happy, man. Also, mad props to Jacob, Lennon’s little brother who is the IDEAL wingman and I just love that kid so hard for what he did for those two.

LD Crichton is a writing marvel. I fell head over heels in love with her words and her characters. We also share a name so BONUS. I now want to read all of her words, forevermore and I am rather pleased to see she has another book out so phew, I don’t have to wait long to read more of her beautiful way with words. I absolutely adored every page of All Our Broken Pieces, even when I got a chest infection and couldn’t read it for a week, I was still with Lennon and Kyler in my head, waiting to get back to them. This is a magnificent novel, with such accurate mental health rep and one of the most adorable, happy love stories I have read in ages. Read it, and thank you, fellow Leah, for a magnificent novel.

As someone with OCD, I was very excited for this but it wasn't what I hoped it would be. I'm hoping to read more from the author in the future though, as I'm hoping it was just a fluke that this didn't work for me.

*I voluntarily read and reviewed this ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*

What to say about this book... I'm so glad I picked it up and it feels like a real gem. The issues these teens are facing are so real, their reactions make sense, and they tugged on my heartstrings the entire time. 

This book deals with OCD, and trauma in Kyler's past in ways that don't glorify their scars. This book is absolutely precious and is one I highly recommend.

This is an adorable teen romance that had such an amazing portayal of mental health illness. I instantly fell in love with Lennon, a girl struggling to hide her OCD while living with her inner demons, and Kyler - the boy who thinks he is a demon because of the scars that marr his body. With gorgeously written prose, a heart shattering twist, and a world that is too utterly relatable for so many, All OUr Broken Pieces is one for every one to devour, sob, and remend their hearts. 4/5 Stars!!

2 Stars
Many thanks to Netgalley and Disney Book Group for providing me with an eARC of this title for review. All opinions are my own.

I really wanted to like this story. But if I am being honest it took me way longer than it should’ve just to finish it. While I do like seeing more books that address mental illnesses such as OCD, I didn’t feel like the characters in this story did a good job of portraying the important pieces of this disorder.

Not to mention, the characters themselves weren’t relatable and had little to no depth. I couldn’t figure out what was the focus of this story, the OCD or the “love story”. This one just didn’t do it for me and I couldn’t recommend it to someone and feel good about it.

This is such an interesting retelling of Beauty and the Beast. He was burned in a fire, she has OCD. They are definitely rich kids, but I really liked the writing.

I thought this book was very good. The characters were so real and I could picture these situations as if they were real.

I HAVE EMOTIONS! (when do I not lol) All Our Broken Pieces really brought the feels out. This book deals with mental health, loss, and finding people who get you completely as well as people who don't understand you at all. Lennon and Kyler are the main characters and they both have issues to deal with. Lennon has OCD and Kyler is hiding his facial scars from the world.

Really quick, I want to make it clear that Lennon has legitimate OCD. It's not like how sometimes people say they're "a little" OCD or whatever. She believes someone will die if she doesn't do certain things.

At the start of the book, both Lennon and Kyler are not in a great place, but in each other and in themselves, they find somewhere they belong. Let's get to the review!

Synopsis (from Goodreads):

Lennon Davis doesn’t believe in much, but she does believe in the security of the number five. If she flicks the bedroom light switch five times, maybe her new L.A. school won’t suck. But that doesn’t feel right, so she flicks the switch again. And again. Ten more flicks of the switch and maybe her new step family will accept her. Twenty-five more flicks and maybe she won’t cause any more of her loved ones to die. Fifty times more and then she can finally go to sleep.

Kyler Benton witnesses this pattern of lights from the safety of his treehouse in the yard next door. It is only there, hidden from the unwanted stares of his peers, that Kyler can fill his notebooks with lyrics that reveal the true scars of the boy behind the oversized hoodies and caustic humor. But Kyler finds that descriptions of blonde hair, sad eyes, and tapping fingers are beginning to fill the pages of his notebooks. Lennon, the lonely girl next door his father has warned him about, infiltrates his mind. Even though he has enough to deal with without Lennon’s rumored tragic past in his life, Kyler can’t help but want to know the truth about his new muse.

Kyler is a bit lost when we first meet him. He has his friends in the band he sings and plays the guitar in, but outside of that, his father is a tyrant, his mother is loving but doesn't do much about his father's behavior. His little sister is there, but he doesn't think he can talk to her about everything he feels.

Kyler has burns across one side of his face and he wears a hoodie every day to hide them. He also uses his wit and humor to fend off anyone who tries to get close to him at school. That is until Lennon shows up.

Lennon would love to not be in LA. Unfortunately, she doesn't have much of a choice. Her mother died in a car accident which means Lennon has to move in with her dad who lives in LA with his new wife and two kids. Lennon isn't close with any of them.

Since the accident, Lennon has had an intense fear of being in cars (can you blame her?). She was also exhibiting signs of OCD before her mother's death, but the loss just exacerbated the symptoms. She taps on her legs, desk, or whatever is nearby when she is anxious and flips the lights on and off multiple times when she goes in her room. She believes that if she does all this, the people she cares about will not end up dead like her mother.

Lennon and Kyler meet on her first day of school. They are partnered up for a group project (one of my favorite tropes ever!). They must create a modern interpretation of Romeo and Juliet.

When they first sit down together, Lennon is anxious but finds she doesn't mind the boy in the hoodie. His caustic humor doesn't bother her. Perhaps he is hiding just like her. As they meet more to work on their project (they happen to live across the street from each other), it becomes clear they have a connection.

Kyler can't stop thinking about her and Lennon is just trying to seem as "normal" as possible so she doesn't lose this new relationship.

But when two people are this close, secrets don't stay secrets for long. Kyler finds out about Lennon's OCD and Lennon finds out more about Kyler's scars. She also learns about his band and how he's wary of it growing in popularity. He doesn't want people commenting on his face.

It's incredibly refreshing to read about a young couple talking to each other so openly. Sure, there are moments when they keep things back, but not to the point where I became frustrated.

Unfortunately, Lennon and Kyler are not the only people in this story. They also have to deal with their families, including Kyler's dad and Lennon's step-sister.

For some reason, her step-sister makes it her mission to ruin Lennon's life and releases private information in front of the whole school. I was ready to punch her. She is a major asshole, but luckily, gets what's coming to her.

Kyler's dad is an asshole in a different way. He tries to get others to do what he wants through intimidation and deals. I hope he chokes on a peach pit.

Due to her step-sister's actions, Lennon is sent to a mental health facility. She spirals after the information is leaked and her father has no idea how to help her. To say Lennon is pissed would be an understatement.

While at the facility, she is not able to see Kyler at all. Her father refuses to let him visit. And while at first, I was upset by this, Lennon needs that time to recover, get treatment, and come back to herself again.

Kyler also uses that time to figure out what he wants. Does he want to continue with his band or do something completely different? Can he get passed his fears and perform in front of tons of people? Can he be as brave as he believes Lennon is?

The relationship between these two was very well done. The dialogue was spot on and felt perfect for how old they are. The author ensured these characters were always true to themselves and never turned into a cliche.

They both care for one another so deeply, but that's not the only thing driving them. They are more than just their relationships. I love that.

I also love that neither Lennon nor Kyler are magically cured of their mental health issues by the end of the book. They'll still of shit to work through. That's what sucks about mental illness. But they don't let that stop them. They grow stronger throughout the story because of those issues (not despite them). They fight through the darkness. They fight for themselves and they fight for each other.

All Our Broken Pieces by LD Crickton hit me right in the heart. I don't have OCD, but there are certain thoughts and behaviors Lennon has throughout the book that are very familiar to me. Her experience in the mental health facility and with her therapist could have been scenes from my own life. I am giving All Our Broken Pieces 4.5 out of 5 stars.

A few trigger warning: Talk of death, mentions of suicide, intense descriptions of OCD, anxiety, and depression.

All Our Broken Pieces is available now!

Thank you to NetGalley and Disney-Hyperion Books for the free eARC in exchange for my honest review.

I’d heard great things about Crichton’s books and how entertaining they were, but I’d never had a chance to read any until now.
When I actually began reading, I realized that my idea of this book was very different than reality. To be completely honest, I requested All Our Broken Pieces without knowing what it was about. I’d thought it was a friendship book, but uhhh—
I was wrong, to say the least.
But it’s cool. I moved past that relatively quickly, and don’t think it influenced my reading except for that brief moment where I realized that this was a romance, not an exclusively friendship book.
All Our Broken Pieces definitely fulfilled the entertaining part of the story, but there were a few things that I was so-so on that made it kind of a meh book for me. Positives first, though.
The romance and plot and characters were definitely engaging.
I thought Lennon and Kyler were individually interesting, and their own struggles were engaging and there.
I’ll talk about this more later, but I did think they were individual who are naturally intriguing. Like, if you met them in person, you’d want to know more. They have this type of magnetism to them that makes the story a lot more engaging.
Kyler has his own struggles with his scars and his relationship with his father, and Lennon is forever balancing looking okay on the outside and her OCD on the inside, as well as grief over her mother’s death and adjusting to a new family with a dad who doesn’t understand and a step-sister who hates her.
They’ve each got a lot of baggage, and it makes them interesting to read.
But I did feel like Kyler was a bit of a soft-on-the-inside bad boy cliché. Abusive father (emotionally, not physically), overprotective of sister, beats people up, hardened to life because it dealt him a bad hand, etc. Oh. And he has long hair. Do with that what you will.
Parts of his story felt a little bit dramatized (like his story for his scars etc.) and it sometimes felt just a little bit out there. He felt just a little bit too much like a cliché bad boy, and I was kind of hoping for someone softer for Lennon.
Lennon was a lot more complex and nuanced in my opinion, which I enjoyed.
So definitely interesting, even if they were each Characters with a Capital C at times.
I wasn’t sure how I felt about the OCD rep.
I’m not #OwnVoices for OCD, and even if I was, I still wouldn’t be able to speak for the whole community. Even with someone looking over All the Broken Pieces from a medical perspective, as well as sensitivity readers, things could be missed.
I could not find any #OwnVoices reviews for this, but if you have one, please let me know!
I can say that there were two instances in the book where I felt like it was borderline on romanticizing OCD with the phrasing. I didn’t mark them, and unfortunately I could only find the quote for one without rereading the whole book.
In general, I avoid books that mix mitigating the effects of mental illness and romance (i.e. All the Bright Places) because tragic or not, I feel like there’s a subtle undertone that suggests to the reader that romance “cures” mental illnesses.
I feel like it’s important to establish that the romance is not the reason the character is doing better. They’re doing better because they’re working on it themselves, not because having a partner suddenly makes things better and “cures” them of their illness.
This is the quote that gave me iffy vibes, and I tried not to take it out of context by including the full. (It’s on page 159, if you want it.)
“The place somewhere deep inside me where I understand that speaking to him, with him, about important things, trivial things, or shouldn’t be things, fires each piston in my brain, and for the first time in recent memory, I get deliverance from the storm that forever brews inside my head.
It’s calm.
It’s quiet.
It’s settled.
And it never lasts long enough.”
Do with this what you will. I personally can’t say whether or not the rep is good. But I feel like there were a few moments that could have used some rephrasing.
Similarly, something that I can definitively say is that I felt like some of the therapy Lennon did in a center was glossed over and overshadowed by the romantic motivations. The effort she put in while at the center was very much overshadowed by the fact that she was doing it to go back to Kyler, and it felt like there wasn’t enough emphasis on the fact that she was working on doing better.
It’s just she goes in after a spiral and comes out being able to face her worst fear, seemingly because of love and desire to get back to Kyler, which was the focus of the story while Lennon was in the center.
I wanted more emphasis on the benefits of therapy and what the center did for Lennon.
I realize I’m being kind of picky. But I also realize there are a lot of harmful stereotypes about OCD out there, and I was iffy with the way the romance and mental illness rep was mixed.
(I also want to note that there was no resources page or note at the end or beginning of the book, so do with that what you will. I didn’t remove stars for this, but it did make me hmm.)
Overall, All Our Broken Pieces had a lot of potential, but I’m not actually sure how I feel about the result.
I thought there were a lot of compelling elements in All the Broken Pieces, even if they were a bit cliché at times, but I was undecided on the OCD rep and how it factored in with the romance.
I’d definitely love to read an #OwnVoices review for this and am not sure if I’d recommend or not.

Lennon has gone through a lot. Her mother recently passed away, she moved across the country to live with her dad in L.A., and she has OCD. 5 is her lucky number, when her anxiety gets bad, tapping her fingers 5 times might stop something terrible from happening, or flicking the light switch 5 times, or opening and closing the door 5 times. Unfortunately all the bad and new things that have happened recently have put her OCD into overdrive.
Kyler happens to be Lennon's new next-door-neighbor, and occasionally he witnesses the light display that comes from her bedroom. He is impressed by how she handles the difficult things in her life, probably because he has dealt with difficult things too. He survived a fire when he was a child, but it left him badly scarred. Now he hides behind his hair and his hoodies.
Lennon and Kyler are thrown together on an English assignment and as they get to know each other they see past what everyone else sees.
L.D. Crichton has woven together a fairly believable story of what being a teenager, in L.A. dealing with life and all of it's difficulties might look like. There is some language, so it may not be appropriate for younger teens, depending on the parent of course. I would recommend this for older teens because of the more mature content and topics it handles.

Lennon Davis is a normal teenager that looks normal on the outside. Not everybody around her knows that she is suffering from severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. For example; number 5 gives her great security. If she does a certain thing like switching the light 5 times, maybe bad things won't happen to her or her family. Her family that just has moved to their new house in an L.A. suburb, as her new stepmom who her dad married is an actress and brought her daughter Andrea with her and their little son Jacob after Lennon's mom passed away. Ten more flicks of the switch and maybe her new step family will accept her. Twenty-five more flicks and maybe she won’t cause any more of her loved ones to die. Fifty times more and then she can finally go to sleep.

Kyler Benton witnesses this pattern of lights from the safety of his treehouse in the yard next door. It is only there, hidden from the unwanted stares of his peers, that Kyler can fill his notebooks with lyrics that reveal the true scars of the boy behind the oversized hoodies and caustic humor. But Kyler finds that descriptions of blonde hair, sad eyes, and tapping fingers are beginning to fill the pages of his notebooks. Lennon, the lonely girl next door his father has warned him about, infiltrates his mind. Even though he has enough to deal with without Lennon’s rumored tragic past in his life, Kyler can’t help but want to know the truth about his new muse.

I truly had mixed feelings about this book. I liked the first part, but the story was dragging along at some points. At many points the things happening (or lack thereof..) didn't help the story further. If some chapters where shorter and some parts where put out, it would have been a story with more speed and some more excitement, which was completely missing right now. The only two incidents in the book seemed to be Lennon's stepsister doing something bad to put Lennon and Kyler in a bad light, and a car theft in the end. Further on the story is mostly set up on the dialogues between Lennon and Kyler or what they do or think, which is not always enough to keep a reader interested untill the end of the book.I truly wanted to like this book more than I did now!

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Kyler is content hiding himself away, playing in his band just for fun, hiding behind baggy clothes so nobody can see him- that is until he spots the new girl moving in next door. Lennon has had her life ripped apart over the last few months when her mom died, her OCD went wild and she had to be hospitalized. Now she is moving in with her father and his new family, going to a new school, new therapist- and meeting a new boy. When Kyler and Lennon are assigned a project together, they learn that they have more in common and more to offer the world than either knew. Can they help each other heal, or will it just make more heartache to try?

Lennon
Lennon from Maine
Lennon from Maine with serious issues
Lennon from Maine with serious issues who sews
unravel me


I expected to like this book when I started, but All Our Broken Pieces snuck up on me. I absolutely adored this story, I really connected to everything that was contained within the pages. There was heartbreak, and some very real hard truths, but there was also hope, acceptance and the sweetness of developing love. The book focuses on a girl battling her OCD and a boy fearful of what people see when they look at him, both struggling in different ways but with them isolated. When you break it down like that, the story could have had the potential to be dark and depressing but instead I found the book to be uplifting, cute and humorous, with some heart wrenching moments as well- just what I wanted without knowing it.

Can I just butt in to my regularly scheduled review to tell you how much I love Lennon and Kyler together? They are just so adorable with their snarky text messages, ridiculous banter, dark humor and general random trivia, but more than that they are exactly what the other needed and the interactions between them just made me want to melt. Kyler is a closet romantic with the most wonderful of random tidbits and song lyrics that made me love him even more each time he wrote them.

Fact (definitely): Kyler Benton is a Breath Stealer. He's that beautiful. I know because I saw him.

I don't know what kind of magic L.D. used, but I got lost in this story. All Our Broken Pieces is a pretty hefty book at over 400 pages, but I blew through it in a single afternoon. I found the flow of the plot to be easy to navigate and the characters to be engaging and I didn't want to put the book down. I cheered on Lennon and Kyler, loving all their broken pieces, and I found this to be an adorable story full of strength and challenges while at the same time sweet and light. I realize that I am rambling random love sentiments, but I just want to hug the book to my chest and force everyone to read it too. This is the perfect read for anyone who enjoys YA contemporary romances with real situations and mental health issues.

Periodically, I read teen romances. Romance is in no way my favorite genre but on occasion a book transcends simple romance, tells a more complex story. This book makes a strong stab at being more. It is, at heart, still a romance and has some tropey, eye-rolling moments and overly convenient plot points. Still, a decent read.

***Actual Rating: 5/5 Fire-to-Dust Stars***

”Idyllic Trepidations,” he whispers. “Could be a band name, Davis. Think about it. Our slogan could be ‘Make Peace with Your Fears.’”

For starters, I honestly wasn’t expecting this book to be that good. The blurb sounded highly intriguing to me (as usual as a contemporary romance novel always is) and thus, I signed up to be part of the blog tour from Rockstar Book Tours. Mercifully, I was granted the opportunity to read this book prior to its official release date, and guess what? It turned out that I totally devoured the story in a sitting, which had never happened this year so far.

All Our Broken Pieces was told from the two main characters’, Lennon’s and Kyler’s POVs. Their thoughts were quite distinctive yet easily recognizable to the readers, in my opinion. Both of them were in their own heads a lot, but somehow, their perspectives on daily life around them were unbelievably on point.

Lennon was a proud teenage girl with slightly severe OCD. She was obsessed with the number FIVE, so she practically had to do everything with an interval of five times, five terms, or five rounds. For example, turning the doorknob five times before entering a room gave her a sense of security, and switching the light on-and-off five times or any numbers multiply by five was the only way to calm her down when she was upset.

Kyler was a musical genius, a lead singer in his high school band named Fire and Dust, and sort of a goner. What Kyler and Lennon had in common was their scars. Kyler’s scar was visible on his face and body for everyone to see, criticize, and laugh at, whereas Lennon’s scar was more of an invisible black hole in her heart due to her dear mother’s sudden passing.
”His face. It’s not a birthmark. He’s tortured. Like the Phantom of the Opera. A reclusive musical genius with a burned-up face.”

Truthfully, All Our Broken Pieces was pretty much a modern retelling of one of my all time favorite musicals, The Phantom of the Opera. I was extremely thrilled to find out this specific feature of this book. Besides, the entire storytelling as well as world building were exceptionally well-done, so I’ve got nothing to complain about.

What captivated me most was undoubtedly the characters. This book was 100% characters-driven and the fast pace of the story made the entire book unputdownable. In other words, I loved the way the protagonists grew as a person and as a role model. I absolutely appreciated the positivity by the end of everything. It was unbelievably, incredibly encouraging and I seriously couldn’t praise it enough.

Aside from the unforgettable characters, I also LOVED the delivery of Lennon’s OCD symptoms. There were times when she simply couldn’t take the vicious peer pressure at school so that she totally broke down in front of everybody regardless of Kyler’s thoughtfulness and comfort. Honestly, I seriously couldn’t have come up with anything better than the presentation of that scene in this book.
THOUGHTS: MY MOTHER DIED IN A CAR GOING SOMEWHERE. BUT AT LEAST SHE HAD A DESTINATION. I DIE INSIDE STANDING STILL.

I could FEEL the rage and frustration in Lennon’s every movement, every tantrum she threw, and every word she cursed. Never did I ever expect those seemingly meaningless vocabularies could convey such powerful and demanding ideas to the readers. Hence, I was fairly impressed with Lennon and Kyler’s story.
I opt for one last push of OCD me into the atmosphere. I make it loud and clear to everyone I will never fit in, and that’s okay. “I’ve waited 3,628,799.996 seconds to hear you say that. I missed you, too.”

By the way, my top favorite part of this book was definitely the last section of the story where Lennon and Kyler had to correspond with each other via paper airplanes! Paper airplanes were such a lovely memory in my childhood, so I was touched in person when reading that part. Besides, I also adored all of the side characters in this book. From Lennon’s mean stepsister, to Kyler’s supportive band members, all of them were equally amazing, equivalently memorable. Frankly, I’d love to be their friends in real life if possible!

In conclusion, All Our Broken Pieces was a huge delight to read for me. Needless to say, I’d HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book to EVERYONE. Lennon and Kyler’s story was a must-read and not only was it adorable in its essence, it was an incredibly uplifting masterpiece as well. Ahhhh, this was easily one of the BEST books I’ve read this year so far and I can’t wait for all of you to give it a shot! Quit hesitating and you can thank me later!

***Massive thanks to Rockstar Book Tours and the publisher for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.***

Thank you to NetGalley, Disney - Hyperion, and L.D. Crichton for an ARC ebook copy to review. As always, an honest review from me.

I ended up DNFing this book, because I just couldn't get into it. I read 25% of it, but that took me almost a month to do. I kept putting the book down and reading other books which I LOVED! I thought I would really enjoy the book based on the topic of mental illness- specifically OCD, but I found myself annoyed with the way both of the characters spoke and viewed life. Besides life is way too short to read a book that you cannot get into. Not a bad book per say, and definitely great representation of a topic that is not talked about enough. But not for me. Maybe I'm growing out of the YA category. Who knows? But if you're interested in All Our Broken Pieces don't let my review discourage you from giving it a read. Just not the book for me.