All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
Bryn Greenwood
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
4.12
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 50 ratings · 352 pages · Published: 09 Aug 2016
Goodreads Best Fiction of 2016 Runner-Up
As the daughter of a meth dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. Struggling to raise her little brother, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible "adult" around. She finds peace in the starry Midwestern night sky above the fields behind her house. One night everything changes when she witnesses one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold, wreck his motorcycle. What follows is a powerful and shocking love story between two unlikely people that asks tough questions, reminding us of all the ugly and wonderful things that life has to offer.
Tagged as:
- age gap 8
- forbidden love 8
- biker hero 7
- friends to lovers 7
- angst 7
- bad boys 6
- mystery 6
- suspense 5
- dark romance 5
- m-f romance 4
- contemporary 3
- poor heroine 3
- young adult 2
- new adult 2
- dual pov 2
- virgin heroine 2
- dad-bod hero 2
- first person pov 1
- secret relationship 1
- 20th century 1
- height difference 1
- multicultural 1
- caretaking 1
- hurt/comfort 1
- insta-love 1
- slow burn 1
- second chances 1
- indigenous mc 1
- small town 1
- grumpy/ice queen 1
- independent heroine 1
- tortured heroine 1
- plain heroine 1
- alpha male 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- tortured hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- abuse 9
- child sexual abuse 2
- suicide / ideation 2
- dubious consent 2
- eating disorders 1
- torture of side characters 1
- torture of mcs 1
- past child neglect 1
- substance abuse 1
- geography
- north america 1