Book Review: The Brokenhearted by Amelia Kahney

A teenage girl is transformed into a reluctant superhero and must balance her old life with the dark secret of who she has become.

Prima ballerina Anthem Fleet is closely guarded by her parents in their penthouse apartment. But when she meets the handsome Gavin at a party on the wrong side of town, she is immediately drawn into his dangerous world. Then, in a tragic accident, Anthem falls to her death. She awakes in an underground lab, with a bionic heart ticking in her chest. As she navigates her new life, she uncovers the sinister truth behind those she trusted the most, and the chilling secret of her family lineage…and her duty to uphold it.

The Dark Knight meets Cinder in this gripping and cinematic story of heartbreak and revenge. From Alloy Entertainment, this inventive new superhero story is sure to captivate any reader.


Genre: YA, romance, dystopian

Cover love: AHHHH OFF THE SCALE RIGHT NOW.

Overall:

I loved this book a lot. I don't often get excited about books like this, and this book made me excited, and I looked forward to getting a chance to read. Anthem was a great MC, she showed what it was like to be a human teenage girl in hard times. She appeared weak at times, strong at others, and then a mix of the two. But she was someone who would want to be friends with. She made mistakes, sure, but that's all about being human. The writing was a kind of writing I used to hate, the "I stammer" "I say". But now it's my favorite tense to write in, so I'm in love it now. Bedlam was a lot like a Gotham (BATMAN), so I approved strongly of this. And Anthem is a ballerina, WIN WIN for her. There were little things that didn't need to be in there, but towards the end, it really pulled on your heart strings. All in all I REALLY enjoyed this book.

Romance:

In the beginning, Anthem "falls in love" with a boy named Gavin, they've known each other for a week, and then they decide to do married people things. Which I frown upon a lot, especially since they weren't married. But the author doesn't write it, so if you don't know anything about it, you don't know it happened. Simple. There's a little bit of kissing, but not a lot.

Language:

I have read so many books with swear words, that I often just not even see a bad word when one comes up. If there were any in this book, I didn't see. I got so sucked up in the plot I didn't notice anything. Which I was thankful.

Violence:

Just like Gotham in Batman, the city is pretty run down, there are bars, and drugs being passed around. People are getting robbed and murdered, so that presence is in it, and a lot of people are bleeding often, but nothing that a normal person can't handle, the author is very simple in how she writes, and I liked that. And Anthem, being kind of a superhero now, her ballet really comes in handy with fighting the bad guys, so it's really cool to learn how I could use some of my ballet to kick someone's butt. lol

Religion:

None.

This book also shows how there are two different types of guys: the awesome ones, and the crappy ones. I really approved of this, since I wrote all about feminism just a few days ago. The author gave an overall look of everything, and I liked that.

Rating: 5 out of 5!

-M.L