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A review by lisaluvsliterature
Save Your Breath by Kandi Steiner
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This is the first in this series of standalones that I’ve read, but I really enjoyed it! It totally was a type of story like we are seeing with Taylor Swift and my KC Chiefs star Travis Kelce. It was a hockey player, not football, but same old type of story. I loved all the insight into Mia’s career and how it was taking off, but also how there were people out there putting her down. Again so much like Taylor Swift deals with. And then there was Aleks, who was the grumpy sexy hockey player, but also the boy she knew as a teen and that she knew how hard his life had been. It was easy to understand why he felt the way he did about himself based on his family, and even then when Mia’s dad kind of warned him off of her. However he was a teenage boy at the time, so what dad wouldn’t?
It was easy to see the attraction between them already there, and how it grew enough they could show it to each other, and those around them could see it as well. But oh my gosh the miscommunication at times was so frustrating. It made sense, again, based on what the two had dealt with in their past with their families, exes, and even how interactions between the two of them that could have led to more ended up going. Even with the miscommunication issues, I love the way they figured out and didn’t let it go for long that they didn’t really want to break up. I loved how quickly that was solved even if something else had to pop up for that final drama/darkest moment.
Now, the final epilogue was one of Aleks’s teammates, and I am very excited for his story, even if this is the first one in the series I’ve read. So I’m looking forward to that book. And, I have to get this out, one negative and then I’ll stop, I cannot stand the “hot guy” cover for this book. I hate that expression on his face. I mean I get why he is kind of sneering. But that is not an attractive (to me) sneer at all. So I will stick to the pretty purple special edition cover, or the other one with the drawn characters instead. Anyway, this was a wonderful sports/rock star romance!
It was easy to see the attraction between them already there, and how it grew enough they could show it to each other, and those around them could see it as well. But oh my gosh the miscommunication at times was so frustrating. It made sense, again, based on what the two had dealt with in their past with their families, exes, and even how interactions between the two of them that could have led to more ended up going. Even with the miscommunication issues, I love the way they figured out and didn’t let it go for long that they didn’t really want to break up. I loved how quickly that was solved even if something else had to pop up for that final drama/darkest moment.
Now, the final epilogue was one of Aleks’s teammates, and I am very excited for his story, even if this is the first one in the series I’ve read. So I’m looking forward to that book. And, I have to get this out, one negative and then I’ll stop, I cannot stand the “hot guy” cover for this book. I hate that expression on his face. I mean I get why he is kind of sneering. But that is not an attractive (to me) sneer at all. So I will stick to the pretty purple special edition cover, or the other one with the drawn characters instead. Anyway, this was a wonderful sports/rock star romance!