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Breathe, Annie, Breathe
by Miranda Kenneally
UPDATED REVIEW
MY OPINION: ****
I began reading this series solely to arrive at this one and reread it. I remember 2017-me loving this book with all my heart. I think I was going through my contemporary phase at that time and was kind of obsessed with young adult summer romances. I had not read any of the books prior to this one in the series so this year, I decided it was time to finish the series once and for all.
If you have been following my reviews, you'll know that I have not enjoyed the previous books in this series as much as I thought I would. They've all ranged from the two or three star level, besides the first one. However, this book merited a four-star rating because of how much more interesting it was compared to the previous books, despite it being a significantly lower rating than the raving five-stars I gave it previously.
Annie was considerably less annoying than all of the previous protagonists of this series. That was my main issue with most of the previous books. However, Annie's character was more emotional and real compared to the annoying, whiny, complaining babies of the previous books.
Annie is training for a marathon in honor of her boyfriend who had passed away about a year earlier before he could complete the marathon. Annie is an awful runner (like me) and could barely run a mile. However, she finds a coach (one of the characters from the previous books) and begins training.
During training, she meets the handsome, swoonworthy, adrenaline-junkie brother of her coach, Jeremiah. Annie tries to push him away because she isn't ready for a relationship after everything that happened with Kyle, her ex-boyfriend. We don't get to learn a lot about what happened to him until later on in the book; we just know that they broke up and got back together shortly before he died.
I think Annie was completely justified in her point of view about marriage. If you don't want to get married, then you shouldn't have to. I think it was unfair of Kyle to try to force that onto her because it gave her so much unnecessary guilt after he died. It wasn't her fault but she couldn't seem to see that through her guilt.
Annie is afraid to get involved with Jeremiah because of his adrenaline-junkie tendencies. He is often in the hospital due to injuries he gets from running, bungee-jumping, racing, etc. She doesn't believe she can deal with someone who is so close to losing his life just like her ex and she tries to stay away from him and force him to stop. However, he can't help it. I found it cute that the rush she gave him just with her presence was better than the rush he got from extreme sports, despite the fact that it wasn't the most realistic of storylines.
I liked this considerably better than the rest of the series. This book was also quite inspiring. While reading it, I wanted to go run a mile despite the fact that I am one of the worst runners ever.
I would recommend this book to readers looking for a cute, light summer read.
Main Character: Annie
Sidekick(s): Jeremiah, Matt, Kelsey, Vanessa, Savannah, etc
Villain(s): Death, guilt, etc
Realistic Fiction Elements: This book was all very real to life.
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MY OPINION: *****
THE BEST BOOK EVER
Okay, so this was one of those one day reads. Actually, almost-two-hour reads.
I needed some summer reads. Those quick romantic ones that are thrilling, easy to read, and short. And amazing.
I haven't found a good contemporary novel lately and I was starting to think about giving up. So I went to the library and picked up about three. No, four.
I started reading a lot of them but none of them were good enough for me after the first couple of chapters. I wanted a one day read... just for fun and also to get caught up on my Goodreads reading challenge, which I am pitifully behind on and keep lowering gradually so I can feel better about myself...
Yeah.
Then I picked up this one and the font was that type of typeface that is really easy to read. I know that sounds weird, but I honestly judge books by the font. Not the covers, not the first chapter, not the blurb. I judge them by the font AND DO NOT JUDGE ME
:D
Okay, so this book was amazing. Wonderful. Beautiful. Sad. Happy. Romantic. Gorgeous.
Yeah. I have a whole list of adjectives about this book.
This book is about a girl named Annie whose boyfriend passed away in a fatal accident. She kind of blamed herself because she broke up with him? But they got back together before the accident! I really don't understand that part but maybe because it was about 11 at night and my brain was sleepy and unfunctional.
So she starts training for this marathon that her boyfriend, Kyle, always wanted to run in but never got to...
The thing is, she was/is a horrible runner.
So she finds this trainer named Matt who has an expensive fee but is a really good coach (I LEGIT WROTE COUCH).
She soons starts to run really well, though she has stomach and muscle problems, as well as a runner's knee.
But she meets Matt's brother, Jeremiah (SWOON), who she soon feels drawn to.
Yeah, so that's the climax.
Basically, Annie feels like she can't date anymore after what happened with Kyle, but she really likes Jeremiah (AND SO DO I). Jeremiah is an adrenaline junkie who constantly hurt himself doing really dangerous things.
The one thing that I didn't like about this book was...
Jeremiah was so sweet, amazing, gorgeous, and brave. He was really nice and I REALLY NEED HIM TO BE REAL. How come all of the best guys only exist in books and then we get to REAL LIFE and almost all of them are like BLARGH.
Annie was so determined and brave and I actually liked her! I know, that sounds mean or weird, but I almost NEVER like the main character.
The thing that I really connected with in this book was the fact that I am a HORRIBLE runner. Maybe I'm not as bad as Annie was but no, I am terrible. My mile times are legit in the eleven-minute zone and I can barely run one lap at my neighborhood park. So yes, this book kind of inspired me to TRY to run better once school starts and we have to start those dreaded mile runs every two weeks again.
And also, I think this book could have used some flashbacks. That would have helped a lot when I am trying to understand Annie's past relationship with Kyle. We got a few, but I needed a few more... But that's just me. :D
And Kelsey, she seemed rude at first, but when you read more, you could really start to understand her personality.
I really loved this book and I really need to read more books by this author or I will spontaneously combust. I loved this SO much and I would recommend this book to contemporary lovers who need some quick, amazing summer reads.
Main Character: Annie
Sidekick(s): Jeremiah, Matt, Kelsey, Vanessa, Savannah, etc
Villain(s): Running, etc
Contemporary Elements: This book was all of that Contemporary YA book that we all secretly love.
MY OPINION: ****
I began reading this series solely to arrive at this one and reread it. I remember 2017-me loving this book with all my heart. I think I was going through my contemporary phase at that time and was kind of obsessed with young adult summer romances. I had not read any of the books prior to this one in the series so this year, I decided it was time to finish the series once and for all.
If you have been following my reviews, you'll know that I have not enjoyed the previous books in this series as much as I thought I would. They've all ranged from the two or three star level, besides the first one. However, this book merited a four-star rating because of how much more interesting it was compared to the previous books, despite it being a significantly lower rating than the raving five-stars I gave it previously.
Annie was considerably less annoying than all of the previous protagonists of this series. That was my main issue with most of the previous books. However, Annie's character was more emotional and real compared to the annoying, whiny, complaining babies of the previous books.
Annie is training for a marathon in honor of her boyfriend who had passed away about a year earlier before he could complete the marathon. Annie is an awful runner (like me) and could barely run a mile. However, she finds a coach (one of the characters from the previous books) and begins training.
During training, she meets the handsome, swoonworthy, adrenaline-junkie brother of her coach, Jeremiah. Annie tries to push him away because she isn't ready for a relationship after everything that happened with Kyle, her ex-boyfriend. We don't get to learn a lot about what happened to him until later on in the book; we just know that they broke up and got back together shortly before he died.
I think Annie was completely justified in her point of view about marriage. If you don't want to get married, then you shouldn't have to. I think it was unfair of Kyle to try to force that onto her because it gave her so much unnecessary guilt after he died. It wasn't her fault but she couldn't seem to see that through her guilt.
Annie is afraid to get involved with Jeremiah because of his adrenaline-junkie tendencies. He is often in the hospital due to injuries he gets from running, bungee-jumping, racing, etc. She doesn't believe she can deal with someone who is so close to losing his life just like her ex and she tries to stay away from him and force him to stop. However, he can't help it. I found it cute that the rush she gave him just with her presence was better than the rush he got from extreme sports, despite the fact that it wasn't the most realistic of storylines.
I liked this considerably better than the rest of the series. This book was also quite inspiring. While reading it, I wanted to go run a mile despite the fact that I am one of the worst runners ever.
I would recommend this book to readers looking for a cute, light summer read.
Main Character: Annie
Sidekick(s): Jeremiah, Matt, Kelsey, Vanessa, Savannah, etc
Villain(s): Death, guilt, etc
Realistic Fiction Elements: This book was all very real to life.
*****************************************
MY OPINION: *****
THE BEST BOOK EVER
Okay, so this was one of those one day reads. Actually, almost-two-hour reads.
I needed some summer reads. Those quick romantic ones that are thrilling, easy to read, and short. And amazing.
I haven't found a good contemporary novel lately and I was starting to think about giving up. So I went to the library and picked up about three. No, four.
I started reading a lot of them but none of them were good enough for me after the first couple of chapters. I wanted a one day read... just for fun and also to get caught up on my Goodreads reading challenge, which I am pitifully behind on and keep lowering gradually so I can feel better about myself...
Yeah.
Then I picked up this one and the font was that type of typeface that is really easy to read. I know that sounds weird, but I honestly judge books by the font. Not the covers, not the first chapter, not the blurb. I judge them by the font AND DO NOT JUDGE ME
:D
Okay, so this book was amazing. Wonderful. Beautiful. Sad. Happy. Romantic. Gorgeous.
Yeah. I have a whole list of adjectives about this book.
This book is about a girl named Annie whose boyfriend passed away in a fatal accident. She kind of blamed herself because she broke up with him? But they got back together before the accident! I really don't understand that part but maybe because it was about 11 at night and my brain was sleepy and unfunctional.
So she starts training for this marathon that her boyfriend, Kyle, always wanted to run in but never got to...
The thing is, she was/is a horrible runner.
So she finds this trainer named Matt who has an expensive fee but is a really good coach (I LEGIT WROTE COUCH).
She soons starts to run really well, though she has stomach and muscle problems, as well as a runner's knee.
But she meets Matt's brother, Jeremiah (SWOON), who she soon feels drawn to.
Yeah, so that's the climax.
Basically, Annie feels like she can't date anymore after what happened with Kyle, but she really likes Jeremiah (AND SO DO I). Jeremiah is an adrenaline junkie who constantly hurt himself doing really dangerous things.
The one thing that I didn't like about this book was...
Spoiler
Jeremiah and Annie went REALLY fast in the beginning. I mean, they were legit almost doing IT when they didn't even know each other's LAST NAMES.Jeremiah was so sweet, amazing, gorgeous, and brave. He was really nice and I REALLY NEED HIM TO BE REAL. How come all of the best guys only exist in books and then we get to REAL LIFE and almost all of them are like BLARGH.
Annie was so determined and brave and I actually liked her! I know, that sounds mean or weird, but I almost NEVER like the main character.
The thing that I really connected with in this book was the fact that I am a HORRIBLE runner. Maybe I'm not as bad as Annie was but no, I am terrible. My mile times are legit in the eleven-minute zone and I can barely run one lap at my neighborhood park. So yes, this book kind of inspired me to TRY to run better once school starts and we have to start those dreaded mile runs every two weeks again.
And also, I think this book could have used some flashbacks. That would have helped a lot when I am trying to understand Annie's past relationship with Kyle. We got a few, but I needed a few more... But that's just me. :D
And Kelsey, she seemed rude at first, but when you read more, you could really start to understand her personality.
I really loved this book and I really need to read more books by this author or I will spontaneously combust. I loved this SO much and I would recommend this book to contemporary lovers who need some quick, amazing summer reads.
Main Character: Annie
Sidekick(s): Jeremiah, Matt, Kelsey, Vanessa, Savannah, etc
Villain(s): Running, etc
Contemporary Elements: This book was all of that Contemporary YA book that we all secretly love.