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The Broken Vows by Catharina Maura

11 reviews

mahy27's review against another edition

hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

This was my least favorite book from the Windsor series. My girl Celeste could not catch a break. Why did everyone hate her so much? She literally watched her best friend die right in front of her eyes believing she was the reason why. I understand her friend was mentally ill but why wouldn’t she trust her only friend whose last words were that she was cheated on? Everyone only cared about Zane and his feelings, what about Celeste? Imagine being surrounded by that much hate. She didn’t deserve all that. Also the book never explains the break up. We just get little snippets here and there. And it was very, very repetitive. I kind of hoped that when the 3 years was up that she’d walk away, but shocker she doesn’t. Zane is officially the worst windsor and Lexington is right behind him with his rude ass comment. Hopefully the next two books are better. 1.75/5

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ariana_m's review against another edition

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emotional tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I have liked the books that I have read in this series so far but this was so bad. First of all, I hate when the girl has to grovel. The past timeline was rushed, the writing didn't flow, the present timeline was worse. The book doesn't actually start until the 40% mark. Another thing, what the author was trying to write about was a conservatory not an observatory. An observatory is for space and and conservatory is for plants. A quick google search would have told her that. I feel like she watched "Queen Charlotte" and ran with it. I did not like Zane and Celeste in this book at all. They were both toxic and very insecure and jealous. I strongly disliked the relationship. Also at the risk of sounding like a prude, I disliked how much sex was in this. Like...are yall incaple of having a conversation that doesn't allude to sex or ends up with you guys having sex??? I'm sorry but the smut was too much. It was happening every other chapter and sometimes every chapter. I didn't like this book at all.

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kitcat_reads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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jhorne04's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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kassea_xoxo's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

I have followed this series since The Wrong Bride. I love how each book brings a different perspective to the Windsors family.
This book is incredible and takes you on quite the emotional roller-coaster.
Be prepared for a book full of happy moments, anger, sadness, tears and of course some spice. Can't wait to hear about Lex and Raya. Lex is such a sneaky man, and I can’t wait to meet Raya.

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kat7794's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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jasbeingjas's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

I went into this pretty sure that Zane and Celeste would be my least favorite couple in the series, but surprise surprise, my heart broke so terribly reading this book for both of them and I was not prepared. This was a great installment in the series. It's also the longest book in the series and I was also worried it would drag, but it didn't really. There was a lot to this relationship and honestly given that there was so much trust that needed to be rebuilt I'm glad the book was longer so that it didn't feel like it just happened overnight. Or like some switch flipped and suddenly they both decided to suddenly be in love again.

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