BREAKDOWN (Perversion Records #1) by Aly Zigada-Review & Giveaway

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 18, 2019

Atticus Creed saved my life. His voice talked me down. His lyrics stripped me bare. His tattoos against my hidden scars made me feel beautiful. In turn, I wrecked him with a love that exposed his soul and lies that called to his vilest demons.

We were innocent then.

I’m not a broken girl anymore. Now I’m the woman who reigns over the corrupt record label he abandoned, and he’s a tortured musician who wants retribution as viciously as I want another taste of his lips. Inevitably, he will crash in my arms, and I will burn in his.

Depravity is all we know. It’s in the air we breathe, it’s in our sweat, it’s the music we make.

An unforgettably searing and unapologetically honest romance about enemies, lovers, and the music that binds them.

Warning: This book contains adult language and subject matter including graphic violence and explict sex that may be disturbing for some readers. This book is not intended for readers under the age of 18.

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REVIEW: BREAKDOWN is the first instalment in Aly Zigada’s contemporary, adult, PERVERSION RECORDS dark, erotic romance focusing on the men and women who own, work for and work at Perversion Records.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there are numerous sexual and violence triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from several first person perspectives BREAKDOWN reveals some of the history, background and infighting that led to the Creed family loss of the family owned Perversion Records, whose recording studios and offices have been established in the reclaimed Moss plantation, an Atlanta estate once known for its’ connections to slavery. As the home of Perversion Records, a studio focusing on the rap music genre, the Moss plantation is the background to secrets and lies, power and control, murder, abuse, infidelity and so much more.

Imogen Creed is determined to take back her family legacy- Perversion Records- by any means necessary including using her song-writing brother Atticus in the process but Atticus, still in a love/hate relationship with Sophie Drew, the current Chief Operating Officer at Perversion Records, is determined to win back the woman who destroyed his heart.

BREAKDOWN is a story of greed, power, envy and control; a story of lust, love, betrayal and vengeance; of murderous deeds, and spiteful retaliation. Not all is as it seems at Perversion Records. From lawsuits to threats of death, no one is safe in an industry known for the destruction of its own. There is much disquietude and uneasiness under the surface, a surface that masks a company slowly spiralling out of control. From suicide to murder, rampant drug abuse, sex and addictions BREAKDOWN reveals the ugly side of the rap music industry, an industry where murder, retaliation and blood shed are but a small part of a bigger problem.

We are introduced to Imogen Creed, and her brother Atticus; Perversion Records COO Sophie Drew; CFO Ezra Del Toro and his wife CEO Merritt Monaghan; as well as up and coming twenty year old, rap star Jocasta Jones, a young hearing impaired woman who may be the catalyst to destroy them all.

Aly Zigada’s BREAKDOWN is a dark, gritty, raw and visceral look at retribution; a slow build up of reprisal and vindictiveness using anything and anyone as a means to an end. Fidelity is rare; trust must be earned but is seldom realized; betrayal and revenge are all part of the game; friendships are destroyed in the blink of an eye. All of the main characters have questionable reputations: likability like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Everyone has an agenda; is emotionally impaired; and struggles to maintain a sense of stability as madness slowly engulfs them all.

One again, heed my warning. If questionable consent, abuse, graphic violence and explicit sexual situations including infidelity, rough and violent sex acts, make you uneasy, this is not the story or series for you.

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Reviewed by Sandy