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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
After reading and falling in love with the rosemary beach series I thought I would give the sea breathe series a try and wow I loved this first book. Abbi has a gift of being able to portray extremes in society from trailer trash to rich rock star. Her characterazations and vivid descriptions are what brings the story to life.
Breathe is a sweet romance with captivating characters. Told in the first person narrativte from Sadie's point of view at 17 she is far more mature than her years. She has had to be the responsible adult in her family for a long time taking care of herself and her mother. Sadie's mother Rebbecca is what i can only assume a typical white trailer trash and the images that go alongside it, she is incrediably self absorbed and more than a little derograty towards Sadie making her feel socially inept. While Sadie is a lovely person both inside and out she always finds the good in people and has a special draw towards her not realising just how wonderful she really is. Even though Sadie is independent she radiates an air of vulnerablity making people feel the need to protect and look after her.
Jax has obviously had the complete opposite upbringing to Sadie yet for all his wealth and fame he is still lonely. No one sees the real him. At first Jax comes of as a pretenntious jerk but this is just a coping mechanism for him. From their first encounter there is a deep connection between Jax and Sadie she sees the real boy behind the rock star. However the differences in their lifestyles is the one thing Jax wants to protect her from. While he cannot deny his feelings for her he does what he things is best even though it hurts both of them.
While the story centers around the relationship between Sadie and Jax it also provides a nice introduction to the other main characters in the sea breeze series. Breathe moves from heart wrenching. Abbi protrays the relationship roller coaster eliciting swooning to tears and back again
Breathe is a sweet romance with captivating characters. Told in the first person narrativte from Sadie's point of view at 17 she is far more mature than her years. She has had to be the responsible adult in her family for a long time taking care of herself and her mother. Sadie's mother Rebbecca is what i can only assume a typical white trailer trash and the images that go alongside it, she is incrediably self absorbed and more than a little derograty towards Sadie making her feel socially inept. While Sadie is a lovely person both inside and out she always finds the good in people and has a special draw towards her not realising just how wonderful she really is. Even though Sadie is independent she radiates an air of vulnerablity making people feel the need to protect and look after her.
Jax has obviously had the complete opposite upbringing to Sadie yet for all his wealth and fame he is still lonely. No one sees the real him. At first Jax comes of as a pretenntious jerk but this is just a coping mechanism for him. From their first encounter there is a deep connection between Jax and Sadie she sees the real boy behind the rock star. However the differences in their lifestyles is the one thing Jax wants to protect her from. While he cannot deny his feelings for her he does what he things is best even though it hurts both of them.
While the story centers around the relationship between Sadie and Jax it also provides a nice introduction to the other main characters in the sea breeze series. Breathe moves from heart wrenching. Abbi protrays the relationship roller coaster eliciting swooning to tears and back again
If I've read this book when I was younger, then I think I would have loved this one. I might have given this five glowing stars, no questions asked. Jax Stone (I still can't read his name without chuckling), is every teenage girls dream come true.
He's rich, a rock star, and is the oh so good to be true kind of guy.
Jax and Sadie's story is so cheesy and so fluffy that it's giving me a toothache. It is the kind of cliché story that we all know would work but just came up short.
Cinderella, anyone? Hmmm, not this time and that's huge coming from me because I love anything that's fairytale related. But despite that, their story just didn't connect with me. Something is missing. I wanted to feel that giggling feeling I always have when reading a story about young love but where was it? I was already in the last chapter and I still haven't felt it.
Oh well, another day another book. Still have a couple of books from this series.
DNF @21%
I am running for my life. This book is, in all honesty, shit .
Sadie : If "mature for her age" means "naive new born cinderalla", then "mature for her age" she is.
Her mom is another "wtf woman!" character, but that doesn't makes me sympathetic of her for more than 2 chapters. She regularly denies that she's pretty.. which I don't think is "modest".. rather "ungrateful" because hello! Not everyone gets good looks! She is "compassionate" because she helps an old dude with arthritis with the garden and plays chess with him.. how sweet! My perfect Mary Sue! chef's kiss
I am running for my life. This book is, in all honesty, shit .
Sadie : If "mature for her age" means "naive new born cinderalla", then "mature for her age" she is.
Her mom is another "wtf woman!" character, but that doesn't makes me sympathetic of her for more than 2 chapters. She regularly denies that she's pretty.. which I don't think is "modest".. rather "ungrateful" because hello! Not everyone gets good looks! She is "compassionate" because she helps an old dude with arthritis with the garden and plays chess with him.. how sweet! My perfect Mary Sue! chef's kiss
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved the idea behind it , but it just felt like thing happened quickly , like the fell in love quickly , loved quickly parted quickly ...
Before you go judging me for reading this book and actually liking it, let me explain.
I was fully prepared to finish this book being unimpressed and totally dis-liking it. The writing was so stiff and formal. There were no contraction used when there should have been. I’m not too sure if this was to make the main character seem more mature like she’s supposed to be, but if it was it didn’t really help any. Instead the dialog seemed forced and… Not good.
However, I believe it was just after the 100 page mark things started to get a little steamy and after that I was a goner. I found myself looking forward to those steamy moments and it’s because of them that this series is definitely going to become a guilty pleasure for me. Take away this books steamy moments and you have a stiff, forced feeling to the dialog and all the relationships as well as a gushy romance that will make you want to puke.
I definitely plan on picking up the next book when I feel in need of indulging myself.
I was fully prepared to finish this book being unimpressed and totally dis-liking it. The writing was so stiff and formal. There were no contraction used when there should have been. I’m not too sure if this was to make the main character seem more mature like she’s supposed to be, but if it was it didn’t really help any. Instead the dialog seemed forced and… Not good.
However, I believe it was just after the 100 page mark things started to get a little steamy and after that I was a goner. I found myself looking forward to those steamy moments and it’s because of them that this series is definitely going to become a guilty pleasure for me. Take away this books steamy moments and you have a stiff, forced feeling to the dialog and all the relationships as well as a gushy romance that will make you want to puke.
I definitely plan on picking up the next book when I feel in need of indulging myself.
I love cute teen love stories and im a sucker for ones that include falling in love with a rock star because it takes me back to my teeny bopper days. Cute story but not that well written. Like i said though, im a sucker for cheesy teenage love stories.
Really enjoyed. Can't wait to continue reading the series.