It’s One Heck of a Ride!

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Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall may not be the book you expected it to be, because it’s so much better than what you could ever have envisioned. It is so riveting a story, I barely took any time to highlight passages. The narrative pulls readers along, why stop for any reason and delay finding out what the next development will be? During the trial portion of the book in Chapter 54, I literally silenced the Audible narration of my Kindle edition to turn each page myself, desperate to see how the story would end, and just when you think it’s over, new developments arise. 


This is an immersive story, the kind that might pull a reader out of a months long reading slump, and all the details are best left for their own discovery. Suffice it to say this story hits on soulmate love, passion, betrayal, loss, grief, love for children and family, wealth, farming, and substance abuse. No stone is left unturned, and all the loose ends get tied up before the story ends. At the time I started this book, 66% of those rating the book on Amazon gave it 5 stars, and 94% rated it 4 stars or higher. 

The Amazon book blurb sums it up well, “A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, Broken Country is a novel of simmering passion, impossible choices, and explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.” It’s one heck of a ride! 

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