Book Review May 3rd
Breathe into Me
by: Amanda Stone
★★★☆ 3.5 Stars
Wanting nothing more than to walk into a room without everyone knowing the horrific details of an event that changed her life six years ago, she vows to concentrate on school and make something of herself.
But then she meets Kane Riley - the local bad boy. Kane's reputation is far from perfect, but is there more to him than what everyone else sees?
Kelsey soon learns that you can’t run from your past, no matter how hard you try. When her nightmares find her once again, Kelsey must find the courage to face the demons that have been haunting her and save the people she loves most.
Review
Maybe I’m just getting sick of New Adult novels where all
the female leads have troubled pasts because Breathe into Me
was just okay. I was not Wowed or amazed and was expecting a lot more from it
than I got.
I’m a sucker for romantic suspense stories and this one
certainly had a twinge of that. Perhaps this element is what kept me reading… Somehow
the whole incident in Kelsey’s past became too whined about. Obviously at her
age there was not much she could have done to prevent the ‘accident,’ if you
will, even though she feels guilty for provoking her father. It was just too
obvious he would make a come-back and when he did it was more of a letdown than
anything. There were no big action pack moments or hero crashing in through the
window scenes to save the day.
I really did enjoy the whole tattoo idea. I think it was an important
step for Kelsey to take in order to face her past and also memorialize her
mother in a way more fitting for youth of today.
Kelsey’s job aspirations are very honorable and brave. She
wants to take what she can from her past experiences and prevent similar situations
from occurring. She blames herself over her mother’s death and carries a black
cloud on her shoulders because of this. “I wasn’t like your average
eighteen year old. I had seen things that had changed me, broke me. It would
take a special kind of man to love a person as broken as me.”-Kelsey
Of course this is where hardcore Kane comes in.
There were a few issues I had with Breathe into
Me that lowered the rating. Number one was the editing; it was so
horrible. Example: “I’m just going to throw some close on.” Also there were
times when the writing became too corny and even some of the things the
characters were saying were ridiculous, like her ‘coocah’… I’ve heard it called
many different things, but this one is completely new. I found the dialogue to
be too ordinary, repetitive and corny. At times it also seemed scripted and did
just not flow well in my eyes. Breathe
into Me was not a bad read, it just wasn’t great in my eyes so once
was enough for me.
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