ARC received from the author for an honest review.

I will admit that until Ms Krat contacted our blog, I had not heard of her.

Flawed and Damaged intrigued me when I read the synopsis, so I was quite sure I was going to enjoy it.

And enjoy it I did!

Elizabeth and Ryan meet because of a misunderstanding - what a misunderstanding too! - and you can just feel that things are never going to be the same for either of them ever again.

Flawed and Damaged is the only way to describe the main characters. Both holding on tight to events in their pasts that are affecting them to this day. They have built up walls around themselves for so long you wonder if they are every going to move past them.

What I really liked about their story is that their romance was a slow burn. I am definitely NOT a fan of insta-love relationships. I want my characters to grow and learn about each other, not just jump into bed together.

There is that push-pull between our MCs. OMG my head was spinning with Ryan's mood swings! Seriously I never knew which was he was going to swing next! I wanted to grab him and shake some sense into him! I am surprised Elizabeth hung around with the way he was PMSing!!!!

I was cheering for him to get his act together and see what was in front of him, but I was not sure he was going to be able to do it.

Flawed and Damaged is written with alternating view in most chapter, which can sometimes irritate me, but this time it didn't. What did bother me and disconnect be a bit from the story, mainly because there was a fair bit of doubling up of dialogue from both characters. It disrupted the flow of the story for me. This did improve and get less as the story progressed though, and it might not bother others.

There are some fantastic secondary characters too. I adored Elizabeth's best friend Nina, and I am intrigued by Ryan's brother Mark. I hope we get more about him.

Flawed and Damaged does not end on a cliffhanger - hallelujah! - but it is kind of left opened to continue the story. There is a second book to this series that is due for release in 2015 (but no date as of yet).

There was some fantastic imagery. Being set in both Russia and France, I was drawn more to the French side of things - probably because we see more pictures of Paris than Moscow. I could imagine myself sitting on the balcony, eat chocolate croissants and looking at the Eiffel Tower.

Flawed and Damaged is a good debut novel, and I am interested to see where the next book takes us.