All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
Bryn Greenwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
4.17
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 76 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 9
- forbidden love 9
- biker hero 8
- friends to lovers 8
- angst 8
- bad boys 7
- mystery 7
- suspense 6
- dark romance 6
- poor heroine 5
- m-f romance 5
- contemporary 4
- young adult 3
- new adult 3
- dual pov 3
- virgin heroine 3
- dad-bod hero 3
- slow burn 3
- sweet/gentle hero 3
- tortured hero 3
- first person pov 2
- secret relationship 2
- 20th century 2
- height difference 2
- caretaking 2
- hurt/comfort 2
- second chances 2
- indigenous mc 2
- small town 2
- independent heroine 2
- tortured heroine 2
- found family 1
- competent heroine 1
- college 1
- take-charge heroine 1
- working class hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- abuse 10
- child sexual abuse 4
- suicide / ideation 3
- dubious consent 3
- eating disorders 2
- past child neglect 2
- substance abuse 2
- drug abuse 1
- racism 1
- fatphobia 1
- misogyny 1
- mental trauma 1
- past child abuse 1
- death / grief 1
- geography
- north america 2
- usa 1