I want to share with you an author I was introduced to recently. Her name is Heather Allen. Just Breathe is her debut novel and the 2nd book, Barely Breathing is set to be released April 15th. We are the first stop for her blog tour on Wed, April 10. I am posting my review as well as purchase links for Just Breathe. The eBook is on sale for $.99!!
A giveaway is also being offered as part of the blog stop!
Purchase Here:
http://www.amazon.com/Just-Breathe-ebook/dp/B00AVLTKFE/ref=sr_1_13_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1365518672&sr=8-13&keywords=just+breathe
My Review:
We meet Ever
Harding as her boyfriend, Michael, decides he wants to break up. They have been
together for three years and Ever is heartbroken. Who wouldn’t be? He is her
first love and she didn’t see this coming at all! Heather drew me in at the
very beginning. Her words broke my heart along with Ever’s and actually took me
back to my teenage years. *sigh
She is about
to turn 18, a senior in high school and her plans for the future just came to a
screeching halt. Ever is miserable but does her best to keep a smile on her
face that only her best friend, Gabbi, can see through. Working past her pain,
she is finally starting to feel better. Arriving at school one morning she
finds Gabbi waiting and ready to tell her the new gossip. Michael is dating
again. Great! He’s moved on and she’s trying to get through the day without
crying. More miserable than before, she’s extra moody and snapping at everyone
around her.
Gabbi
decides to take matters into her own hands and makes Ever go out one Friday night.
Not happy about this, she complains the entire way. “Ever, this is for your own
good. The only way you are going to move on, is to face up to it.” To that I
would say, what the whaaaat?? Best friend or not, I might have to hurt someone
if they made me watch my ex while on a date! Ever is furious and very
uncomfortable.
The weeks
are finally passing and Ever is doing her best to forget about Michael. Her
passion is swimming and that is where she feels she is in her element. Her
favorite spot is at a lake that few people populate and it’s perfect when she
wants to work out her frustrations. This particular day she feels she isn’t
alone. Not seeing anything she continues her laps. She finally spots something
that looks like lights jumping around. Curious, she gets out and dressed.
Determined to find the source, she starts walking toward the lights. She spots
a boy lying in the grass and the lights are coming from his fingers. Again,
what the whaaat?? Frightened, she takes off running before she can be seen.
This day marks the start of some very realistic dreams about running away from
someone chasing her.
The next day
starts just like any other but this time while sitting in class, someone takes
the empty seat that was vacated by Michael. Risking a glance she sees the guy
from the lake next to her. Jack Tanner is his name and she can’t take her eyes
off him! I love her reaction to him! When he turns his blues eyes on her, she
forgets everything else. Breathe Ever!! They have a couple classes together and
she’s been asked to help him, so he can catch up on his work. Any opportunity
to see his blues eyes is fine by her. Wait, did I say blue? Now his eyes are
green. No, they are blue again! What’s that about?
They begin
to see more of each other, and she’s noticing that Jack is holding something
back. He remains cryptic and she is confused. That’s OK; he is taking her the
beach for the first time and Ever is determined to get answers. From Jack, she
learns that when she turns 18 she has an important choice to make. Remain on
land and have no memory of Jack and anything he’s shared with her or choose to
live in the sea. Her love of the water is making sense to her now but this will
mean giving up everything she loves on land.
Heather begins to paint us a beautiful picture of a world under the sea.
And what Ever thought to be black and white is not the case at all. What she
does know, she’s fallen in love with Jack but he always seems to disappear when
she needs him the most. Through Jack’s sister, Amber, Ever learns she has a
huge role to play in the future of all the mer-people. Both sides have appealed
to Ever, hoping she will choose them. In the end, she decides she is going to
choose Jack. She loves him and will fight for him. If only she can find him!
What she finds is lies and deceit from Jack. Replaying everything in her head
from the beginning, she feels foolish. Blinded by his good looks and choice
words, a disaster is going happen and it could be all her fault.
I loved the
story Heather gave us. I was not expecting what came when the other shoe
dropped. I am very much looking forward to see what happens in Barely
Breathing!!
4.5/5
stars!!!
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