This is thousands BETTER from the first book. I admit that I'll never like Ethan, but I understood him in here.

"Plove" "It's a mixture of passion and love."

Be still my heart. Bad Romeo broke my heart, and Broken Juliet put it back together again. The author again took me back and forth between the past and the present. She reminded me of how broken Ethan was back in drama school. He was, "The damaged young man who hurt me in a misguided attempt to protect me." And hurt her he did. He broke her.

It was painful to read of a love so strong and passionate that failed in spite of how hard Ethan tried to make it work. He was just too damaged to be what Juliet needed. At least in his own mind. He thought that leaving her, twice , was the best thing for her. He thought that his issues would ruin her life, and that walking away would save her. He was wrong.

Juliet is a shell. She tried to move on. She tried to put the pieces back together again. She tried to forget. But she couldn't. So, she surrounded herself with her friends, and her career. What she didn't do was expect to come face-to-face with the man that broke her. How was she supposed to be on stage with him again. How could she look into the eyes of the man who still held her heart, and her hate?

Ethan knows he deserves her hate. He owns it. But that doesn't stop him from loving her or wanting to change her mind. He's spent the last 3 years trying to change. Trying to become the man she deserves. But will she give him another chance to prove that they are meant for each other? Is she too broken? Is she too afraid of the pain to try again? Will she listen when he begs her, "Let me help you be brave."

Wow! What an emotional roller coaster the Starcrossed series is. At times my heart hurt and I wanted to get off, but I sucked it up and held on. Hoping. Wishing. Cheering. Crying. Waiting. And I'm so glad that I did. Yes, I'm a hot mess now, but I'm smiling.

Amazing book! I loved the tension and the history between the two characters!