A Broken Kind of Beautiful

Sometimes everything you ever learned about yourself is wrong

Fashion is a fickle industry, a frightening fact for twenty-four year old model Ivy Clark. Ten years in and she’s learned a sacred truth—appearance is everything. Nobody cares about her broken past as long as she looks beautiful for the camera. This is the only life Ivy knows—so when it starts to unravel, she’ll do anything to hold on. Even if that means moving to the quaint island town of Greenbrier, South Carolina, to be the new face of her stepmother’s bridal wear line—an irony too rich for words, since Ivy is far from the pure bride in white. 

If only her tenuous future didn’t rest in the hands of Davis Knight, her mysterious new photographer. Not only did he walk away from the kind of success Ivy longs for to work maintenance at a local church, he treats her differently than any man ever has. Somehow, Davis sees through the façade she works so hard to maintain. He, along with a cast of other characters, challenges everything Ivy has come to believe about beauty and worth. Is it possible that God sees her—a woman stained and broken by the world—yet wants her still?

This book deals with serious problems and deep emotional trauma. But throughout the entire book the theme of redemption runs clear. "Fear not. I have called you by name. I have redeemed you." The book shows how damaging it can be to focus only on our outward appearance, Our worth doesn't come from our appearance or accomplishments, but instead our worth and identity comes from being a child of God.

Katie creates characters in this book that seem as if they are real, live, breathing people you actually know.The reader actually feels their pain and unhappiness.Each of these characters had been broken at some point in their life, This wa one of the best books I have read in a long time.

.I received this book for free from Waterbrook/Multnomah's Blogging for Books program for the purpose of reviewing. My thoughts and opinions are my own.