REVIEW: Pretty F*cked by JR Gray (Pretty Broken #4)

- May 14, 2023

PRETTY F*CKED

Pretty Broken - Book Four

by JR Gray

Release Date: April 27, 2023

Review

I’m dying. This was so good. Caspian and Iris will break me. Their story is raw and powerful. It’s dark, but there’s still hope mixed in the love they share.

The story jumps between past and present, as we finally get to delve into the tumultuous relationship between Cas & Iris. The toxic culture of music, managers & fans is not a place for love to flourish, or mental health for that matter.

Cas’ glass half full view of the world is at odds with Iris’ reality. A reality that takes an incredible mental strength to get through day by day.

These two have a toxic codependency that sometimes seems bleak, but could also be a beautiful love if they can find a way to truly understand each other.

Pretty F*cked is part of one of Cas & Iris’ story. Their story can’t be told in just one book.

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Synopsis

Caspian Locke

I don’t think we even begin to understand love until we’ve lost the one we thought we’d spend the rest of our life with.

I don’t think we begin to understand ourselves until we realize that it’s most likely our fault.

And I don’t think we begin to understand life until we understand it comes in so many shades of gray.

You can be a good person and still do irrevocable harm.

Life is messy, so fucking messy.

I hate it.

Or maybe I hate myself.

I thought for a long time I hated him.

But I can’t hate Iris.

No matter how much he hurts, I still carry this little fucking wish in the depths of my soul that one day he’ll forgive me and admit he still loves me.

Part of life is living with the burden of what I’ve done and waiting for a day that will never come.

This is that life.

And we all come out Pretty F*cked.

About JR Gray

When not staying up all night writing, J.R. Gray can be found at the gym where it's half assumed he is a permanent resident to fulfill his self-inflicted masochism. A dominant and a pilot, Gray finds it hard to be in the passenger seat of any car. He frequently interrupts real life, including normal sleep patterns and conversations, to jot down notes or plot bunnies. Commas are the bane of his existence even though it's been fully acknowledged they are necessary, they continue to baffle and bewilder. If Gray wasn't writing…well, that's not possible. The buildup of untold stories would haunt Gray into an early grave, insanity or both. The idea of haunting has always appealed to him. J.R. Gray is genderqueer and prefers he/him pronouns.

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