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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
Breaking Nova
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Firstly let me say that I LOVE Jessica Sorensen I have read every book she has released, I have done muilty ARC reviews , I have never given one of her books less then 4.5 stars.
Ever.
Until now :(
This felt as though it was written by an entirely different author. I felt I was reading an advert for drugs.
Jessica has such strong characters, and I'm not just talking about the MCs either, I fell in love with Luke, with Seth and they weren't MCs, my expectations were high as they always are, but the only high I got from this book was from the constant drugs :(
Breaking Nova started out great, the usually angsty dark traumatic beginning that is typical Jessica, but that's where it stopped, through all the other books I've connected so strongly with the characters, no matter what has happened in their past, no matter how they are acting in their present, no matter how they think of their futures,
I felt none of that, none, nada, zilch, and it hurt!
I wanted something, anything to happen and it didn't, was it well written, yes, but it didn't captivate me, it barely kept me interested enough to finish. Harsh I know, but if you look at any of my reviews, I don't sugarcoat things.
There are plenty of reviews up already giving in depth run downs of what happened in Breaking Nova, so I'm going to keep it short and sweet and say I'm not sure if I'll be interested in the second book, even if we were left with a smallish cliffhanger.
Jessica, I'm so sorry, this just didn't work for me.
***arc received via netgallery***
Firstly let me say that I LOVE Jessica Sorensen I have read every book she has released, I have done muilty ARC reviews , I have never given one of her books less then 4.5 stars.
Ever.
Until now :(
This felt as though it was written by an entirely different author. I felt I was reading an advert for drugs.
Jessica has such strong characters, and I'm not just talking about the MCs either, I fell in love with Luke, with Seth and they weren't MCs, my expectations were high as they always are, but the only high I got from this book was from the constant drugs :(
Breaking Nova started out great, the usually angsty dark traumatic beginning that is typical Jessica, but that's where it stopped, through all the other books I've connected so strongly with the characters, no matter what has happened in their past, no matter how they are acting in their present, no matter how they think of their futures,
I felt none of that, none, nada, zilch, and it hurt!
I wanted something, anything to happen and it didn't, was it well written, yes, but it didn't captivate me, it barely kept me interested enough to finish. Harsh I know, but if you look at any of my reviews, I don't sugarcoat things.
There are plenty of reviews up already giving in depth run downs of what happened in Breaking Nova, so I'm going to keep it short and sweet and say I'm not sure if I'll be interested in the second book, even if we were left with a smallish cliffhanger.
Jessica, I'm so sorry, this just didn't work for me.
guh... draaaaaama! I'm at like 19% and I cant read another flippin page. Maybe I'll come back to this another time but I am not in the mood to read about teens that had bad crap happen to them turn to drugs and alcohol to "make it all go away"... grow up.
I hated the drugs, Dylan, Delilah, Novas confusion, her choices.
Majority of this book was her confused and making these terrible choices that just irritated me. I absolutely hated that this book had the characters dealing with their pain by doing drugs. But I just had to continue reading to see multiple things play out. Landon's video, what Nova will become, and Quinton-I had to see what happens to him.
And than Nova see's the light after watching Landon's video. Shortly after the book ends, and well...
I most likely will read the next book as soon as its released because I NEED to see where things go.
Majority of this book was her confused and making these terrible choices that just irritated me. I absolutely hated that this book had the characters dealing with their pain by doing drugs. But I just had to continue reading to see multiple things play out. Landon's video, what Nova will become, and Quinton-I had to see what happens to him.
And than Nova see's the light after watching Landon's video. Shortly after the book ends, and well...
I most likely will read the next book as soon as its released because I NEED to see where things go.
Oh man...that was an angst-filled book and for some reason I can't get enough of them.
I am on the fence about this book and how to review it without giving everything away.
I don't mind being spoon fed information as long as it was consistent. I could have starved to death with this one! Both Nova and Quinton's back stories are pretty heart breaking. And then the 15 months later, I totally get that.
The slow build of their friendship makes total sense. There is a lot of drug use and reference to it, but it was justified. I am not condoning anything just stating how many people cope.
I really had a lot of hope for Nova and Quinton but then he ending...SUCKED. Can't say more without ruining it all.
I don't mind being spoon fed information as long as it was consistent. I could have starved to death with this one! Both Nova and Quinton's back stories are pretty heart breaking. And then the 15 months later, I totally get that.
The slow build of their friendship makes total sense. There is a lot of drug use and reference to it, but it was justified. I am not condoning anything just stating how many people cope.
I really had a lot of hope for Nova and Quinton but then he ending...SUCKED. Can't say more without ruining it all.
This book made me feel ...
depressed ... so very, very, very fucking depressed
This story is about Nova. She's struggling to understand and find herself after the death of her boyfriend. Anxiety, depression and an overall sense of loss have consumed her. She finds herself losing control of her emotions, and in some ways her mind.
Now enters Quinton. He's also struggling with depression and loss. But his main issue is a feeling of overwhelming guilt and self-loathing that are leading him away from his true self.
When these two characters collide their mutual attraction goes astray - leaving them both questioning if they are capable or worthy of love & redemption.
There is very little light in this book. There is a lot of drug use, self abuse, rage and crying.
I loved it. Then I hated it. Then I loved it again. It was an emotional roller coaster ride. But the damn thing ended on a pretty steep cliffhanger. One that had me asking ...
Ms. Sorensen - are you trying to hurt me? Really?
Anxiously awaiting the next book!
depressed ... so very, very, very fucking depressed
This story is about Nova. She's struggling to understand and find herself after the death of her boyfriend. Anxiety, depression and an overall sense of loss have consumed her. She finds herself losing control of her emotions, and in some ways her mind.
Now enters Quinton. He's also struggling with depression and loss. But his main issue is a feeling of overwhelming guilt and self-loathing that are leading him away from his true self.
When these two characters collide their mutual attraction goes astray - leaving them both questioning if they are capable or worthy of love & redemption.
There is very little light in this book. There is a lot of drug use, self abuse, rage and crying.
I loved it. Then I hated it. Then I loved it again. It was an emotional roller coaster ride. But the damn thing ended on a pretty steep cliffhanger. One that had me asking ...
Ms. Sorensen - are you trying to hurt me? Really?
Anxiously awaiting the next book!
Originally posted on www.fictitiousdelicious.com on 12/11/13:
When I pick up a new adult book, I expect certain things. Near the top of that list is a roller coaster of emotions. Really happy moments, sexy moments, moments that make me want to cry, and moments that make me want to pull my hair out. BREAKING NOVA breaks that mold by providing the reader with zero happy moments, a few moments that make you want to cry (the lake scene killed me!) and about a billion moments that made me want to pull my hair out. Oh, and a sexy scene or two.
There was too much despair and not enough hope for my liking. Seriously. There are less than 10 pages of happiness in the whole story. Things start out bad for our heroine, Nova and then proceed to get worse. Then she meets Quinton, a guy with a past that is full of even more pain than Nova is dealing with. It's hard not to feel sympathy for these two. Their situations are heart wrenching. You think maybe they'll fix themselves, fall in love and live happily ever after? NO. At least not in this installment of their story.
Maybe the most disturbing part for me was how they deal with their pain. No, not how they deal with it, really. I completely understand that. I guess that it's the fact that I saw such potential for them to better themselves, but they don't want it, you know? We get 200 pages of characters believing they don't deserve any kind of happiness in their lives and pretty soon I found myself agreeing with them. I know that sounds horrible, but this is what I mean by too much despair and not enough hope. I started to believe the things they tell themselves. I want to root for characters!
This was my first book by Jessica Sorensen and even though I wasn't crazy over this book, I will most definitely read her again. Please don't mistake my "meh" feelings about BREAKING NOVA to mean that it wasn't well written. Because it was. It was just too damn sad! I suspect that book 2 will be the start of the "Hey! Let's try to get help for our issues so that we can like ourselves and stop abusing our bodies" act of the story. You'll have to tell me if it is, because if it is, I'll certainly pick it up.
When I pick up a new adult book, I expect certain things. Near the top of that list is a roller coaster of emotions. Really happy moments, sexy moments, moments that make me want to cry, and moments that make me want to pull my hair out. BREAKING NOVA breaks that mold by providing the reader with zero happy moments, a few moments that make you want to cry (the lake scene killed me!) and about a billion moments that made me want to pull my hair out. Oh, and a sexy scene or two.
There was too much despair and not enough hope for my liking. Seriously. There are less than 10 pages of happiness in the whole story. Things start out bad for our heroine, Nova and then proceed to get worse. Then she meets Quinton, a guy with a past that is full of even more pain than Nova is dealing with. It's hard not to feel sympathy for these two. Their situations are heart wrenching. You think maybe they'll fix themselves, fall in love and live happily ever after? NO. At least not in this installment of their story.
Maybe the most disturbing part for me was how they deal with their pain. No, not how they deal with it, really. I completely understand that. I guess that it's the fact that I saw such potential for them to better themselves, but they don't want it, you know? We get 200 pages of characters believing they don't deserve any kind of happiness in their lives and pretty soon I found myself agreeing with them. I know that sounds horrible, but this is what I mean by too much despair and not enough hope. I started to believe the things they tell themselves. I want to root for characters!
This was my first book by Jessica Sorensen and even though I wasn't crazy over this book, I will most definitely read her again. Please don't mistake my "meh" feelings about BREAKING NOVA to mean that it wasn't well written. Because it was. It was just too damn sad! I suspect that book 2 will be the start of the "Hey! Let's try to get help for our issues so that we can like ourselves and stop abusing our bodies" act of the story. You'll have to tell me if it is, because if it is, I'll certainly pick it up.
Wow! I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm glad that this is book 1 in a series and that it ended the way it did. It was so heavy and thick with emotion and heartbreak it wouldn't do the next part of Niva's life justice to rush this. I love Sorensen and the way she crafts these heart wrenching novels. Can't wait for the next one.
******Some Spoilers*******
Breaking Nova follows the story of Nova and Quinton. Both experience some life changing situations and loose people they care deeply for.
True to Jessica Sorensen's style, you are immediately drawn in from the first page. The prologue alone is insane and you just want to find out more about the characters and what they are going through and how they are coping.
Breaking Nova takes you on a journey of dealing with life after loss. Nova is just trying to understand what happened to her boyfriend and why his life was cut short. Then she meets Quinton and he awakes something inside of her that she thought was dead. He is just as broken as she is, maybe even worse. However, Nova quickly learns that drugs and alcohol will only hide the problems, they don't fix anything.
Nova has sort of an eye opening experience and decides to change her life for the better. However, you find out that Quinton is just continuing to live his life in a downward spiral. The ending doesn't really end with a cliffhanger, but left me with some questions and the hope that it's not too late to save Quinton.
Breaking Nova isn't so much as a love story, but a story of self discovery, moving on, and not being afraid to ask for help. Tough issues are explored and the characters are very real. Looking forward to reading what happens next.
Breaking Nova follows the story of Nova and Quinton. Both experience some life changing situations and loose people they care deeply for.
True to Jessica Sorensen's style, you are immediately drawn in from the first page. The prologue alone is insane and you just want to find out more about the characters and what they are going through and how they are coping.
Breaking Nova takes you on a journey of dealing with life after loss. Nova is just trying to understand what happened to her boyfriend and why his life was cut short. Then she meets Quinton and he awakes something inside of her that she thought was dead. He is just as broken as she is, maybe even worse. However, Nova quickly learns that drugs and alcohol will only hide the problems, they don't fix anything.
Nova has sort of an eye opening experience and decides to change her life for the better. However, you find out that Quinton is just continuing to live his life in a downward spiral. The ending doesn't really end with a cliffhanger, but left me with some questions and the hope that it's not too late to save Quinton.
Breaking Nova isn't so much as a love story, but a story of self discovery, moving on, and not being afraid to ask for help. Tough issues are explored and the characters are very real. Looking forward to reading what happens next.
I received an e-copy of this book from the publishers at NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Jessica Sorensen is truly a household name when it comes to contemporary fiction, so it's not surprising that when I was alerted to a new series I was desperate to try it out. From the synopsis it sounded like a troubled girl who would ultimately tame the wild and broken boy. Seems like a light and fun little read, doesn't it? And then I got to page 1...
Nova's story opens on her discovering her childhood best friend and love of her life in some sort of traumatic situation. It is only to be assumed he died in some manner and she was the one who found him that way. (Okay... not so light and fun) Nova doesn't know how to coup with her existence without Landon. She tries to distract herself from the pain by counting things obsessively. Number of cracks in the street, number of rocks in a path, number of limbs in a tree, and so forth. She sets a routine for herself to keep her panic attacks and break downs manageable. She knows she will never love again and is merely surviving each day because she doesn't have the strength of will to end her suffering. Her life and routines are rocked to their core when she meets Quinton.
Quinton also has issues. He has also confronted a devastating loss that he can't seem to recover from. Guilt and shame eat away at him until the only way he can numb the pain is through drugs. He, also, swears to never love again. Enter Nova.
Nova and Quinton rock each others steadfast law to never enter into a relationship with another person. They are instantly drawn to each other. Perhaps because they are both suffering from the same sort of pain that is eating away at their souls, or maybe it's simply because they see their lost loved ones in each other and are hungry to experience that connection again. Either way, whatever is happening between Nova and Quinton can either mend their shattered lives or destroy it even further.
I have not had a book that rocked me to the core as much as this one did. I started it directly before bedtime thinking I'd get a chapter in and call it a night. I stayed up for 6 hours and finished the entire thing without stopping. I was sobbing my eyes out almost the entire book. Sorensen made the characters' devastating plights and their tragic stories believable. She made me want to root for Nova and Quinton to finally find happiness again and pull themselves out of the downward spiral they were headed. I wanted them to heal through each other's combined strength.
I will not give away the ending but... that didn't happen and I am MAD! I am mad that the book was so intoxicating and I have to wait until February 2014 to find out what happened with it's epic cliffhanger (why do you hate us, Jessica, why?). I am mad because when I could finally breath easy for the characters something happened and they started to backslide. I am mad because I will not be able to get over this book for many, many days/weeks/months! You are a genius, Jessica. An evil, diabolic, cruel genius of literature!
Breaking Nova will completely break your heart into a million tiny pieces and Jessica Sorensen will own at least a fragment of it even after it is finally put back together.
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