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Broken Boys Can't Love by Micalea Smeltzer
5.0
Broken boys can’t love, that’s what Jude thought for so many years. Not feeling like enough, going through life in a fog, making himself out to be someone he’s not. Until he met Millie. His best friends sister, of limits, or that’s what he keeps telling himself.
Millie is sunshine in a person. Bright, happy, beautiful. She loves her family and had a great childhood, but longed for her independence. Now attending the same college as her brother, she gets that taste of freedom. What she doesn’t expect is to fall for the one person her brother warns her about. Her brothers best friend. Her new roommate.
Jude’s persona as a player comes at a cost. One he didn’t see coming. His past relationship trauma catapults him into thinking his not good enough. But Millie peals back the layers he hides and slowly reveals the person he pushed away for so long.
Millie is completely new to the whole dating thing. Especially everything that happens after said date. Her insecurities cause her to ask for help from the one person she shouldn’t. But the more she gets to know Jude, his walls start to come down.
“Millie Madison makes me feel alive in a way I never have before. It’s like before she graced my life with her kaleidoscope of colors I was living in black and white. There was nothing wrong before, but now my life is so much better because she’s in it.”
“We don’t always choose who we fall in love with. Sometimes it happens in an instant. Sometimes it takes time. Sometimes it’s with someone from the wrong side of the tracks, or it’s with the person who’s always been right there. Jude kisses me, and as my eyes close, sinking into his kiss, I think about how sometimes you fall for your brother’s friend, the guy who’s all wrong on paper, but is perfectly right in your heart.”
Millie is sunshine in a person. Bright, happy, beautiful. She loves her family and had a great childhood, but longed for her independence. Now attending the same college as her brother, she gets that taste of freedom. What she doesn’t expect is to fall for the one person her brother warns her about. Her brothers best friend. Her new roommate.
Jude’s persona as a player comes at a cost. One he didn’t see coming. His past relationship trauma catapults him into thinking his not good enough. But Millie peals back the layers he hides and slowly reveals the person he pushed away for so long.
Millie is completely new to the whole dating thing. Especially everything that happens after said date. Her insecurities cause her to ask for help from the one person she shouldn’t. But the more she gets to know Jude, his walls start to come down.
“Millie Madison makes me feel alive in a way I never have before. It’s like before she graced my life with her kaleidoscope of colors I was living in black and white. There was nothing wrong before, but now my life is so much better because she’s in it.”
“We don’t always choose who we fall in love with. Sometimes it happens in an instant. Sometimes it takes time. Sometimes it’s with someone from the wrong side of the tracks, or it’s with the person who’s always been right there. Jude kisses me, and as my eyes close, sinking into his kiss, I think about how sometimes you fall for your brother’s friend, the guy who’s all wrong on paper, but is perfectly right in your heart.”